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Dr. Michelle Coleman is a Lecturer in Law at the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, Swansea University, part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She joined in August 2021 after teaching at Middlesex University London, and prior legal practice at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and as a U.S. public defender. Her expertise spans Criminal Law, International Criminal Law, Human Rights, and Evidence. She holds a PhD from Middlesex University, with her thesis published as The Presumption of Innocence in International Human Rights and Criminal Law (Routledge, 2021).
Educated at Bryn Mawr College (BA Political Science), Villanova University (JD), and Utrecht University (LLM cum laude), her research focuses on the presumption of innocence, ICC proceedings, and victims' rights. She supervises postgraduate students and is a Basic Welsh Speaker. Active in scholarly networks, she contributes to Routledge and Google Scholar. Her work addresses contemporary issues like Ukraine-Russia conflicts, Rohingya genocide, and Brexit's legal implications.
Her publications critically analyze tensions between victims' participation and defendants' rights at the ICC, cultural factors in sentencing, and frameworks for protecting the presumption of innocence across jurisdictions. She advocates for human rights-centered approaches in criminal justice systems globally.
