Franziska Fluhr

Franziska Fluhr is a Researcher at Essex Law School, University of Essex, specializing in international legal frameworks addressing civilian harm in conflict zones and modern slavery victim rights. She leads the project Cumulative Civilian Harm in War through the Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub, analyzing gaps in international humanitarian law.

• LLM in International Humanitarian Law (University of Essex)
• BA in Philosophy & Economics (University of Bayreuth, Germany; Université Saint-Joseph, Lebanon)

Her work focuses on:

• Enforcement of international human rights law
• State accountability mechanisms
• Refugee law protections in crisis contexts
• Intersection of humanitarian law and criminal justice systems

Recent publications examine institutional failures in addressing modern slavery survivors' rights and victim categorization hierarchies in legal systems. She also provides training through UN Staff Officer Courses for peacekeeping personnel.