Justine Batura

Justine Batura is currently a legal trainee at the European Court of Human Rights. Previously, she interned with the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED). She studied law in Potsdam and Paris Nanterre, and holds a Master of Laws in International Law from University College London (UCL). She is an editor at Völkerrechtsblog.

Symposium
The role of the ILC

The International Law Commission as an interpreter of international law?

Justine Batura Sué González Hauck Sophie Schuberth

The role of the International Law Commission (ILC), as the subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly charged with the promotion and codification of progressive development of international law, has...

Symposium
Empty Chairs

Empty chairs

Justine Batura Nesa Zimmermann

“Enforced disappearance is a particularly heinous crime”. This phrase has been repeated time and again by civil society organisations and UN experts, and states have condemned this crime countless times....

Symposium
Empty Chairs

Symposium on Enforced Disappearances

Justine Batura Nesa Zimmermann

The year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) and the 40th anniversary...

Interview

A ‘golden age’ of inter-state complaints?

Isabella Risini Justine Batura Lukas Kleinert

Recently, the Principality of Liechtenstein brought an inter-state complaint against the Czech Republic to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Already before, the two countries shared a complicated relationship....