Wibke Timmermann

Contact:  wibke.timmermanngmail.com    

Qualifications: M.A. Joint Honours (Modern History, Philosophy), University of St. Andrews; M.A. in Law, University of Sheffield; LL.M. in International Humanitarian Law, CUDIH, University of Geneva.

Besides pursuing a PhD at the ICHR, I work currently as a Legal Officer at the Prosecutor’s Office (Special Department for War Crimes) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before this, I was a Legal Assistant in the Defence Team for Aloys Ntabakuze on the Military I case at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. My research interests lie primarily in the area of incitement, hate propaganda, and freedom of speech, as well as the prevention of genocide and other crimes against humanity.

Publications

• ’The Relationship Between Hate Propaganda and Incitement to Genocide: A New Trend in International Law Towards Criminalization of Hate Propaganda?’, (2005) 18 Leiden Journal of International Law 257.
• ’Incitement in International Criminal Law’, (2006) 88 International Review of the Red Cross 823.

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