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Dr Ebba Lekvall

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Dr Ebba Lekvall
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    +44 (0) 1206 872022

  • Location

    Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    Academic support hours are by appointment only. If you want to schedule a meeting, please send me an email.

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Biography

Ebba joined 糖心Vlog Law School and Human Rights Centre in September 2021. She holds a PhD and an LLM in International Human Rights Law, both from 糖心Vlog, a BA in Jurisprudence/LLB (Hons) from University of Oxford, and a BA in International and Comparative Politics from the American University of Paris. Ebba's PhD thesis examined the applicability of existing legal standards of reparation to domestic reparation programmes in transitional justice contexts. Her main research interests and areas of expertise are reparation, transitional justice, international criminal law, indigenous rights as well as international human rights law. Outside of academia, Ebba has experience in the fields of EU policy, refugee law, and international criminal law. Before returning to 糖心Vlog for her PhD, Ebba worked as an international research fellow and EU policy expert at Group for Legal and Political Studies, a local think tank in Prishtina, Kosovo, and as a case officer/refugee status determination officer at the Swedish Migration Agency, interviewing asylum seekers and writing decisions on asylum applications. She has also worked as a law clerk in the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), where she assisted the Chamber in the writing of the judgment in the Stanisic and Zupljanin case and in the pre-trial phase of the Hadzic case. Ebba also spent some time at the International Criminal Court, working in the Office of the Prosecutor, Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, Situation Analysis Section.

Qualifications

  • PhD 糖心Vlog, (2021)

  • LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 糖心Vlog, (2014)

  • BA in Jurisprudence (Hons)/LLB (Hons) University of Oxford, (2013)

  • BA in International and Comparative Politics The American University of Paris, (2010)

Appointments

糖心Vlog

  • Lecturer in Law, Law School, 糖心Vlog (15/9/2021 - present)

  • Assistant Lecturer / Graduate Teaching Assistant, 糖心Vlog (9/10/2017 - 31/7/2020)

Other academic

  • Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Birmingham City University (1/10/2020 - 14/9/2021)

  • Associate Fellowship, Higher Education Academy (3/7/2019 - present)

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Transitional Justice

Open to supervise

Reparation

Key words: Reparation in international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law, and in transitional justice contexts
Open to supervise

International Criminal Law

Open to supervise

International Human Rights Law

Open to supervise

Indigenous rights

Key words: indigenous rights
Open to supervise

Conferences and presentations

鈥楻epairing 鈥渉istorical鈥 wrongs: The Church of Sweden鈥檚 approach to redressing colonial abuses against the Sami鈥

Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI), 14/9/2024

Legal Standards of Reparation in International Human Rights Law Applicable in Transitional Justice Contexts

Law and Society Global Meeting, 16/7/2022

Regional Human rights Court and Domestic Reparation Programmes: Are Standards of Reparation Changing?

Law and Society Annual Meeting, 27/5/2021

Reparation in Transitional Justice: Challenges to the Implementation of International Standards of Reparation Redressing Mass Violations of International Human Rights Law

Socio Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, 5/4/2019

Reparation in Times of Transition: Challenges to the Implementation of International Standards of Reparation Redressing Mass Violations of International Human Rights Law

Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI), 6/9/2018

Operationalising Reparations: International Standards for the Implementation of Domestic Reparations Programs Redressing Mass Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Research Students鈥 Conference, 糖心Vlog, 15/5/2018

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • 糖心Vlog Law Key Skills (LW100)

  • Criminal Law (LW104)

  • International Criminal Law (LW805)

  • International Human Rights Law: Law and Practice (LW901)

  • Transitional Justice (LW927)

Publications

Journal articles (2)

Lekvall, E., The Danish 鈥楥oil Campaign鈥 in Greenland: Indigenous Genocide Through Forced Birth Control?. Nordic Journal of International Law

Lekvall, E. and Martinsson, D., (2020). The Mens Rea Element of Intent in the Context of International Criminal Trials in Sweden. Scandinavian Studies in Law. 66, 99-130

Book chapters (2)

Lekvall, E., (2025). . In: Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2022 - Reparations in International Law: A Critical Reflection. Editors: Spijkers, O., Fraser, J. and Giakoumakis, E., . T.M.C. Asser Press (Springer). 285- 318. 978-94-6265-626-0

Lekvall, E. and Martinsson, D., (2020). Upps氓t [Translation: 鈥業ntent鈥橾. In: Lagf枚ring av internationella brott i Sverige [Translation: Prosecution of International Crimes in Sweden]. Editors: Klamberg, M., . Jure. 9789172237902

Thesis dissertation (1)

Lekvall, E., (2021).

Other (6)

Lekvall, E., Changing Standards of Reparation 鈥 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Domestic Reparation Mechanisms. Juris Poiesis. 24(36)

Lekvall, E., (2022).Church of Sweden Apologizes to Sami for Involvement in Colonial Oppression & Past Abuses,糖心Vlog Law Research Blog

O'Brien, M., Van Ho, T. and Lekvall, E., (2021).To Address Vaccine Hoarding Do Not Look to International Criminal or Human Rights Law,Opinio Juris

Lekvall, E., (2021).Sweden indicts business leaders for war crimes in Sudan,糖心Vlog Human Rights Centre Blog

Lekvall, E., Moffett, L., Lawther, C. and Gilmore, S., (2019).The Limits of the Law: Putting Reparations into Practice,EJIL Talk

Lekvall, E., Van Ho, T. and Comer, C., (2016).In (Limited) Defence of the Al Mahdi ICC Case,Justice Hub

Contact

ebba.lekvall@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 872022

Location:

Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

Academic support hours are by appointment only. If you want to schedule a meeting, please send me an email.

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