Team

Team members

Dr. Christophe Paulussen LL.M. M.Phil. is acting chair of the executive board and academic director of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut. He is also a senior researcher and coordinator of its research strand 'In the public interest: accountability of the state and the prosecution of crimes', coordinator of the inter-faculty research platform ‘International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Platform’ and associate fellow rule of law responses to terrorism at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague. Christophe is also editor-in-chief of the journal 'Security and Human Rights', member of the Executive Board of the Royal Netherlands Society of International Law, member of the Editorial Board of the 'Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence' and member of the Board of Advisors to the Editorial Board of the 'Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law'. Finally, he is project leader of several projects at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, including the International Crimes Database.

Drs. Julien Simon: having finished my studies of International and European law at the Radboud University of Nijmegen I lived and worked in various West-African countries for some ten years working in the area of ICT. During those years I was involved in training and capacity building, network development and integration and automation of work processes as well as the development and realisation of communication strategies in order to valorise scientific research. Returning to The Netherlands I started working for the T.M.C. Asser Instituut within the department of Information Technology and Information services. For many years I was able to contribute to the development of valorisation and communication strategies and the carrying out/management of numerous projects in that area. In 2006 I became a member of the Management Team responsible for Operations (including the ICT Department) and later on the Human Resources Department. Since its inception I was involved in the International Crimes Database Project. Over the years I was able to contribute to the development of the project and the acquisition of funds for this important project.

James Patrick Sexton LL.M.: James is a PhD researcher in public international law at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the University of Amsterdam. At the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, James is a member of the research strand: 'In the Public Interest: Accountability of the State and the Prosecution of Crimes'. In addition, James is the Managing Editor for the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law. James' PhD research focuses on the interaction between unilateral sanctioning practices and international criminal justice and examines whether unilateral sanctions support or undermine the goals of international criminal justice, in particular the fight against impunity for international crimes.

Konstantina Karagkouni LL.M.: Konstantina holds an LL.M. in Public International Law, specialising in Security and Conflict by Utrecht University, an LL.M. in Public International Law and LL.B. in Law awarded by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. During her studies in Utrecht University, she was working as a student assistant and conducted research in the project ‘Civilian Agency, Armed Groups and International Law’ under the lead of Professor Katharine Fortin. Prior to this, she was working at an NGO in Samos, specialising in pushbacks and enforced disappearances. Her primary interests include international humanitarian law and international criminal law, especially from a TWAIL perspective. At the Asser Institute, Konstantina contributes to several projects and events within the strand of ‘In the Public Interest: Accountability of the State and the Prosecution of Crimes’.

Wouter Lemaire: having worked in both commercial and public organisations for almost 20 years in the ever developing area of ICT, notably web development, database management, architecture and interface programming, he joined the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in 2011 as an asp.net C# programmer/web developer. In the current project, he was responsible for functional and technical design, Database development, front- and back-end development and integration of third party products.