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Dr Veronika Fikfak

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Associate Professor in International Law
Room:Ìý3.02, 31 Tavistock Square
Email:Ìýv.fikfak@ucl.ac.uk

Biography

Veronika Fikfak is an Associate Professor in International Law and International Relations at University College London, School of Public Policy and a co-Director of the ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûInstitute for Human Rights. Veronika leads a team of six researchers on the ERC project , which looks at how states respond to judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. She is currently working with the Department of Executions in Strasbourg on incorporating insights from this project into policy recommendations to 46 states of the Council of Europe. She is a managing editor of the American Journal of International Law Unbound and sits on the Board of the European Society of International Law. She also serves as a judge ad hoc at the European Court of Human Rights.Ìý

Research

Dr Fikfak’sÌýresearch interests lie in the fields of international law, human rights, and public law. HerÌýcurrent research focuses on reparations for human rights violations, compliance with international norms, interaction of domestic and international law, and system design. SheÌýemploys quantitative and qualitative approaches in herÌýwork, informed by psychology and behavioural economics. HerÌýwork has been funded by the European Research Council, UK’s ESRC Future Research Leaders Grant, the British Academy, Norway’s Research Council, Carlsberg Foundation, and the Humboldt Foundation. SheÌýhasÌýpublished articles in European Journal of International Law, American Journal of International Law, andÌýInternational Journal of Constitutional Law, amongÌýothers.

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Publications

Books
  • Fikfak, V. andÌýHooper, H. (2018).Ìý. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Journal articles

2022

  • Fikfak, V. (2022)Ìý‘’,ÌýThe Cambridge Law Journal, 81(2), pp. 221–225.
  • Fikfak, V. (2022)Ìý‘’,ÌýChicagoÌýJournal ofÌýInternational Law,Ìý23, pp.103.
  • Fikfak, V. andÌýIzvorova, L. (2022) ‘’, Human Rights Law Review, 22(3).
  • Ridi, N. andÌýFikfak, V. (2022) ‘’,ÌýJournal of International Dispute Settlement, 13(2), pp. 210–232.
  • Fikfak, V., Peat, D.ÌýandÌýVan der Zee, E. (2022) ‘’,ÌýGerman Law Journal, 23(3), pp. 281–297.
  • Peat, D.,ÌýFikfak, V. andÌývan der Zee, E. (2022) ‘’, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 13(2), pp.Ìý167–178.
  • Fikfak, V. (2022) ‘’, International Journal of Constitutional Law, 20(3), pp.Ìý942–975.

2021

  • Van der Zee, E., Fikfak, V., andÌýPeat, D. (2021)Ìý‘’,ÌýAmerican Journal of International LawÌýUnbound, 115, pp. 237–241.
  • Fikfak, V. and Kos, U. (2021)Ìý‘’, Pravna Praksa: Special Edition, 40(8).

2020

  • Fikfak, V. (2020)Ìý‘’,ÌýLeiden Journal of International Law, 33(2), pp. 335–369.

2019

  • Feldman, D. and Fikfak, V. (2019) ‘’,ÌýJournal
    European Review of Public Law
    ,Ìý31(1), pp. 139–172.

2018

  • Fikfak, V. (2018) ‘’,ÌýEuropean Journal of International Law, 29(4), pp.Ìý1091–1125.

2017

  • Fikfak, V. (2017) ‘’,ÌýImpact, 2017(9), pp. 6–8.

2016

  • Fikfak, V. (2016) ‘’,ÌýHague Journal on theÌýRule of Law,Ìý8(2), pp. 205–226.

2015

  • Kukavica, J. andÌýFikfak, V. (2015)Ìý‘’,ÌýThe Cambridge Law Journal,Ìý74(3), pp. 415–419.

2013

  • Fikfak, V. (2013)Ìý‘’,ÌýAsian Journal of International Law, 3(2), pp. 271–304.Ìý
  • Fikfak, V. (2013)Ìý‘’,ÌýCambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies,Ìý15, pp.Ìý587–617.

2009

  • Fikfak, V. andÌýBurnett, B. (2009) ‘’,ÌýInternational Journal for theÌýSemiotics ofÌýLaw,Ìý22, 437–450.
Book chapters
  • Fikfak, V. (Forthcoming) ‘’, in K. P. Tobia (ed.)ÌýThe Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Jurisprudence. Cambridge University Press.
  • Fikfak, V. (2022) ‘’, in R. Murray and D. Long (eds.),ÌýResearch Handbook on Implementation of Human Rights in Practice. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
  • Fikfak, V. (2022)Ìý‘’,Ìýin H. Ruiz Fabri (ed.)ÌýMax Planck Encyclopaedia International Procedural Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Fikfak, V. (2021)Ìý‘’, inÌýH. P. AustÌýand T.ÌýKleinlein (eds.)ÌýEncounters between Foreign Relations Law and International Law. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press,Ìýpp. 299–316.
  • Fikfak, V. (2016) ‘’, inÌýM. Kanetake andÌýA. Nollkaemper (eds.)ÌýThe Rule of Law at the National and International Levels: Contestations and Deference. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 45–66.
  • Fikfak, V. (2015)Ìý‘’,Ìýin M. Andenas andÌýE. Bjorge (eds.)ÌýA Farewell to Fragmentation: Reassertion and Convergence in International Law, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press,Ìýpp. 343–368).

Teaching

Dr Fikfak teaches on the ‘Human Rights and World Politics’ module.Ìý