Mr Onder Bakircioglu

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Lecturer

Contact Details
Email address o.bakircioglu@qub.ac.uk 
Telephone Direct Line  (+44) 028 9097 3857                      
Room 30.LG05, 30 University Square

Biography
Onder Bakircioglu joined the lecturing staff at Queen’s in September 2008. He obtained his LLB Degree from the University of Istanbul. He also holds an MA degree in “Human Rights and Democratization” from the University of Malta and an LLM degree in “International Human Rights Law” from the University of Essex. He is finalizing his PhD at the University College Cork. His thesis is entitled “The Historical Roots, Political Rationale and Objectives of the Right to Self-Defence in National and International Law: Should the Imminence Rule be Removed from the Traditional Contours of the Self-Defence Doctrine?” Onder’s research focuses upon the use of private and international self-defence, war and terror, just war doctrine and human rights. 

Teaching

Undergraduate

Research
The Right to Self-Defence, Just War Doctrine, War and Terrorism, Human Rights. 

Publications
‘‘The Evolving Role of the UNCHR: Should the Conventional Role of UNHCR Be Expanded?” (2008) 5 Ankara Law Review 101;

“The Contours of the Right to Self-Defence: Is the Requirement of Imminence Merely a Translator for the Concept of Necessity?,”  (2008) 72 The Journal of Criminal Law 151;

“The Application of the Margin of Appreciation Doctrine in Freedom of Expression and Public Morality Cases,” (2007) 8 German Law Journal 711.