Yulia Ioffe

Yulia Ioffe is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Queen Mary University of London's School of Law, focusing on the AHRC-funded project 'Rethinking Child Law and Policy'. She holds a DPhil (PhD) in Law from the University of Oxford, an LL.M from Harvard Law School specializing in international human rights law, and degrees from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. Her work bridges international law, refugee rights, and child policy, with particular attention to treaty interpretation by international organizations.

Research interests include asylum-seeking children's rights, refugee law compliance, and the role of international bodies in legal frameworks. Her recent work analyzes Russia's constitutional changes, Ukrainian treaty relations, and nuclear policy implications. She has taught international human rights law at Oxford and contributed to UNHCR initiatives.

Publications span journals like the American Journal of International Law and EJIL: Talk!, covering topics from refugee penalization to ECtHR jurisprudence. Her engagement includes work with the International Court of Justice and UNHCR offices in Bosnia and Ukraine, reflecting a career merging academic research with practical legal advocacy.