ALEXANDRA ADAMS, Ph.D
Coordinator of the Political Science Department
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Office: MEH 704
Tel. ext.: 358
alexandra.adams@haigazian.edu.lb
BIO
Dr. Alexandra Adams is a German qualified judge/lawyer and holds a Ph.D. in International Criminal Law (The Definition of Rape in International Criminal Law) from the University of Cologne.
She studied law at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and obtained her law degree at the District Court in Frankfurt, and her judge qualification at the Regional court of Cologne. She assisted defense counsel Howard Morrison OBE QC (now Judge at the ICC) at the ICTY in The Hague. In 2004, she volunteered at the Centre for Women, ESCWA in Beirut.
Since 2014, she has been an instructor of International Law and Political Science at several Lebanese Universities (Haigazian University, LAU, NDU, Phoenicia University, Sagesse, USEK).
She is a member of the ‘Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht’ (German Research Group International Criminal Law) and participates regularly as a judge at the ICC Moot Court Competition in The Hague. She published serval articles and a book in the field of sexual violence as an international crime.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Public International Law, International Criminal Law
Human Rights Law,
International Relations,
International Organizations,
Gender Discrimination
Conflicts in the Middle East,
Foreign policy-making
Diplomacy
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Sexual Crimes in International Law/Violence against women
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes).
International Relations and Foreign policy making (security issues)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
‘The Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and Their Contribution to the Crime of Rape’, European Journal of International Law, 29 (2018), 3, 749-769;
‘Sexual Slavery: Do We Need This Crime in Addition to Enslavement?’, Criminal Law Forum (2017), 1-45;
‘The First Rape Prosecution before the ICC: Are the Elements of Crimes Based on a Source of International Law?’, International Criminal Law Review, 15 (2015) 6, 1098-1121;
‘Die Tatbestandsmerkmale der Vergewaltigung im Völkerstrafgesetzbuch von Deutschland`, Zeitschrift für internationale Strafrechtsdogmatik, 12 (2013), 500-513;
‘Der Tatbestand der Vergewaltigung im Völkerstrafrecht’, Kölner Kriminalwissenschaftliche Schriften (KKS), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2013.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Doctorate in International Criminal Law, University of Cologne
Programme Etranger, Faculté de Droit et de Science Politique d´Aix-en-Provence
‘Diploma Bàsico de Espanol como Lengua Etranjera’, International Diploma of the Spanish Language, Spanish Embassy Bonn