Professor Francoise Hampson
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Francoise Hampson taught at the University of Dundee from 1975 to 1983 and has been at the University of Essex since then. She was an independent expert member of the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights from 1998-2007. She has acted as a consultant on humanitarian law to the International Committee of the Red Cross and taught at Staff Colleges or equivalents in the UK, USA, Canada & Ghana. She represented Oxfam and SCF (UK) at the Preparatory Committee and first session of the Review Conference for the Certain Conventional Weapons Convention. Professor Hampson has successfully litigated many cases before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and, in recognition of her contribution to the development of law in this area, was awarded Human Rights Lawyer of the Year jointly with her colleague from the Centre, Professor Kevin Boyle. She has taught, researched and published widely in the fields of armed conflict, international humanitarian law and on the European Convention on Human Rights. She is currently working on autonomous weapons, investigations into alleged violations in situations of armed conflict and on the use of an individual petition system to address what are widespread or systematic human rights violations.
Qualifications
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LL.B. N'cle,
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Barrister-at-Law Lincoln's Inn,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
European Convention on Human Rights
International Law of Armed Conflicts
Human Rights - General
Current research
She is currently working on autonomous weapons, investigations into alleged violations in situations of armed conflict and on the use of an individual petition system to address what are widespread or systematic human rights violations.
Conferences and presentations
Non-international armed conflict
International Law Conference, International Law Conference, Newport, United States, 23/6/2011
Teaching and supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Law
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 17/2/2022
Degree subject: Law
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 15/3/2016
Degree subject: Law
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 11/3/2015
Publications
Journal articles (3)
Hampson, FJ., (2011). Direct Participation in Hostilities and the Interoperability of the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights Law. International Law Studies. 87, 187-213
Hampson, FJ., (2009). Is human rights law of any relevance to military operations in Afghanistan?. International Law Studies. 85, 485-524
Hampson, FJ., (2008). The relationship between international humanitarian law and human rights law from the perspective of a human rights treaty body. International Review of the Red Cross. 90 (871), 549-572
Books (2)
Gilbert, G., Hampson, FJ. and Sandoval, C., (2010). The Delivery of Human Rights: Essays in honour of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley. Routledge. 9780415579926
Gilbert, G., Hampson, FJ. and Sandoval, C., (2010). Strategic Visions for Human Rights: Essays in Honour of Professor Kevin Boyle. Routledge. 9781136919329
Book chapters (12)
Hampson, FJ., (2012). Afghanistan 2001 onwards. In: International Law and the Classification of Conflicts. Editors: Wilmshurst, E., . Oxford University Press. 421- 454. 978-0199657759
Hampson, FJ., (2012). Afghanistan 2001-2010. In: International Law and the Classification of Conflicts. Editors: Wilmshurst, E., . Oxford University Press. 9780199657759
Hampson, FJ., (2010). The Principle of Proportionality in the Law of Armed Conflict. In: The Geneva Conventions Under Assault. Editors: Perrigo, S. and Whitman, J., . Pluto Press. 42- 73. 9780745329147
(2010). Strategic Visions for Human Rights. Editors: Gilbert, G., Hampson, F. and Sandoval, C., . Routledge. xix- xxvi
Hampson, FJ., (2010). The future of the European Court of Human Rights. In: Strategic Visions for Human Rights: Essays in Honour of Professor Kevin Boyle. Editors: Gilbert, G., Hampson, FJ. and Sandoval, C., . Routledge. 141- 166. 9780415579889
Hampson, FJ., (2010). The scope of the extra-territorial applicability of international human rights law. In: The Delivery of Human Rights: Essays in honour of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley. Editors: Gilbert, G., Hampson, FJ. and Sandoval, C., . Routledge. 157- 182. 9780415579926
Gilbert, G., (2010). Implementing Protection: What Refugee Law Can Learn from IDP Law... and Vice Versa. In: The Delivery of Human Rights: Essays in honour of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley. Editors: Gilbert, G., Hampson, FJ. and Sandoval, C., . Routledge. 183- 198. 9780415579926
Sandoval, C. and Duttwiler, M., (2010). Redressing non-pecuniary damages of torture survivors: The practice of the inter-American court of human rights. In: The Delivery of Human Rights: Essays in Honour of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley. Editors: Gilbert, G., Hampson, FJ. and Sandoval, C., . Routledge. 114- 136. 9780415579926
Gilbert, G., Hampson, F. and Sandoval, C., (2010). The common introduction. xxiii- xxx
Lubell, N., (2010). Still waiting for the goods to arrive: The delivery of human rights to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In: The Delivery of Human Rights: Essays in Honour of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley. 199- 227
Leader, S., (2010). Human rights, power, and the protection of free choice. In: Strategic Visions for Human Rights: Essays in Honour of Professor Kevin Boyle. Editors: Gilbert, G., Hampson, FJ. and Sandoval, C., . Routledge. 81- 90. 0203844327. 9780415579889
Gilbert, G., (2010). Law and human rights rather than international human rights law. In: Strategic Visions for Human Rights: Essays in Honour of Professor Kevin Boyle. Editors: Gilbert, G., Hampson, F. and Sandoval, C., . Routledge. 19- 33. 9781136919329
Reports and Papers (1)
Hampson, FJ., Sev�n, L. and Wieruszewski, R., (2009). The Implementation of certain Human Rights Conventions in Sri Lanka: Final Report
Other (3)
Hampson, FJ. and Lubell, N., (2014).Amicus Curiae Brief, Georgia v. Russia (II), 38263/08,University of Essex, Human Rights Centre
Hampson, FJ. and Lubell, N., (2013).Amicus Curiae Brief, Hassan v. United Kingdom, 29750/09,University of Essex, Human Rights Centre
Hampson, FJ., (2013).The Relationship Between International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law,Routledge
