معرفی
Margaret M. deGuzman is Professor of Law at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law and Co-Director of the Institute for International Law and Public Policy. In parallel, she currently serves as a judge on the Trial Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Prosecutor v. Félicien Kabuga.
Education
- Ph.D., Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, 2015
- J.D., Yale Law School
- M.A.L.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
- B.S.F.S., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Research & Teaching Interests
Professor deGuzman is a leading authority on international criminal law, international humanitarian law, human rights, and transitional justice. Her work interrogates how international criminal law both shapes and is shaped by the broader global legal order. She is particularly known for her scholarship on the legitimacy and gravity thresholds of the International Criminal Court. Complementing her doctrinal research, she teaches an innovative course on Mindful Lawyering, exploring how mindfulness practices foster ethical, client-centered, and resilient legal practice.
Scholarly Impact & Publications
Her monograph Shocking the Conscience of Humanity: Gravity and the Legitimacy of International Criminal Law (Oxford University Press, 2020) and the co-edited volumes The Elgar Companion to the International Criminal Court (2020) and Arcs of Global Justice: Essays in Honour of William A. Schabas (2018) are widely cited. Recent articles address feminist critiques of international law, the legitimacy of supra-national adjudication, and the sentencing legacies of ad hoc tribunals.
Awards & Affiliations
- Senior Peace Fellow, Public International Law and Policy Group
- Board Member, Center for International Law and Policy in Africa
- Fulbright Scholar, Senegal
Professional Service & Outreach
Beyond academia, she has advised the Senegalese delegation at the Rome Conference, clerked at the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor, and practiced criminal defense law in San Francisco. She frequently contributes to policy debates through op-eds in The New York Times, CBC, and Just Security, and participates in expert amicus briefs before the ICC.
