Dr Rossella Pulvirenti
Dr Rossella Pulvirenti
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Rossella joined the School of Law in 2021 as a Senior Lecturer. She hold a PhD in the area of international criminal law and human rights from the University of Nottingham. Her research deals with the rights of witnesses of international crimes, including conflicted related sexual violence and modern slavery. More recently, she has been involved into researching rights of asylum seekers fleeing war. She has, indeed, submitted several evidence to the British Parliament and she has also been invited to give oral evidence on this topic.
Main area of specialism
- International Criminal Law
- International Human Rights Law
Academic and professional qualifications
- Fellow - High Education Academy (2020)
- PhD - University of Nottingham (2018)
- LLM in Human Rights Law - University of Nottingham (2011)
- Laurea Magistrale - University of Catania (Italy) (2008)
- Diploma di Eccellenza, Scuola Superiore di Catania (Italy) (2009)
Impact
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2024 Public engagement British Parliament, House of Lord, The Modern Slavery Act 2015: becoming world-leading again The Modern Slavery Act 2015: becoming world-leading again, October 2024 Public Engagement British Parliament, Human Rights (Joint Committee), Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Joint Committee on Human Rights (parliament.uk), 12 February 2024. Public Engagement: British Parliament, House of Lords, International Agreements Committee report on the UK-Rwanda treaty, Scrutiny of international agreements: UK– Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership International Agreements Committee report on the UK-Rwanda treaty - House of Lords Library (parliament.uk), 17 January 2024. 2023 Public Engagement: Evidence (with Dr Kay Lalor), International Agreement Committee (House of Lords)Scrutiny of international agreements: UK– Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/127208/html/ Public Engagement: British Parliament, House of Commons, Home Affairs Committee Human trafficking, First Report of Session 2023–24,8 December 2023 Human trafficking (parliament.uk) Public Engagement: British Parliament, Women’s and Equality Committee, Equality and the UK Asylum Process - Final Report, Equality and the UK asylum process - Women and Equalities Committee (parliament.uk), 27 June 2023. Public Engagement: British Parliament, Evidence with Dr Matilde Ventrella (Liverpool John Moores University), Home Affairs Committee, Human Trafficking Inquiry, 23 June 2023, committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/119307/html/ Public Engagement: British Parliament, Women’s and Equality Committee, Expert Scholar – Roundtable on Violence Against Women, 27 March 2022. 2022 Public Engagement: British Parliament, International Agreements Committee - Lords Select Committee-, (Final Report), on UK-Rwanda Memorandum of Understanding, October 2022; https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5803/ldselect/ldintagr/71/7102.htm. Public Engagement: Evidence (with Dr Kay Lalor), International Agreement Committee (House of Lords), on UK-Rwanda Memorandum of Understanding, August 2022 < https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/110576/pdf/>. Public Engagement: Expert Witness at the Women and Equalities (House of Commons) for the Enquiry on Equality and the UK asylum process, January 2022 < https://committees.parliament.uk/event/6799/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/ >. Public Engagement: Evidence on the Enquiry on Equality and UK Asylum process, at the Women and Equalities (House of Commons), March 2022: < https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/106582/pdf/>. 2021 Interview as expert on the issue of witness bribing for the PANAMA Papers enquiry winner of the TRACE Prize, (finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting and shortlisted for the 2021 Sigma Awards). Available at <https://www.themusebaproject.org/a-la-une/fincen-files-deux-femmes-cameroun-auraient-pris-argent-pour-temoigner-en-faveur-de-jean-pierre-bemba-cpi/?fbclid=IwAR3GkN0pyz-jpIspZaZIU6qjMM9muPB6E01d_RH20q3NmaIYu0udhAX9i-o> |
Projects
Rossella is currently working on victims and witnesses of international and transnational crimes (genocide, crimes against humanities, war crimes and modern slavery, for instance). Her research focuses on witnesses’ rights, their intimidation and the way they relate to the international and national justice system.
Additionally, Rossella’s work focuses on the rights of the asylum seekers and refugees in the UK.
Funded projects:
2021
Primary investigator - Impact Generator Fund – Manchester Metropolitan University
2019
Primary Investigator - Ref-Upskilling Funds - Liverpool John Moores University
Teaching
Rossella’s expertise in International Human Rights Law and International Criminal Law.
She is Unit Leader for Principles of Constitutional Law (L4) and International Criminal Law (L6).
Research outputs
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2020
2019
2016
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Chapters in books
Pulvirenti, R. (2024) 'Victim Participation.' In Ruiz Fabri, H. (ed.) Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law. Oxford University Press,
Pulvirenti, R. (2022) 'The Impact of the Internet on International Criminal Law.' In Golia, A.J., Kettemann, M.C., Kunz, R. (ed.) Digital Transformations in Public International Law. Nomos, pp. 179-204.
Pulvirenti, R. (2021) 'International criminal law.' In Royo, D.M., Bravo, E.D. (ed.) Diálogo en el Derecho Internacional Público (Dialogue in Public International Law). Tirant lo Blanch, pp. 57-88.
Pulvirenti, R., Diver, A. (2021) 'Covid-19 Health Crises and Human Rights in Italy and the UK : is an Ethical Rationing of Healthcare resources possible ?.' In Barbé, V., Kerléo, J.F., Padovani, J. (ed.) L’éthique à l’épreuve de la crise. Epitoge,
Pulvirenti, R. (2020) 'Protecting victims who testify before the ICC: tensions and balances with the defendants’ right to a fair trial.' In Perez-Leon-Acevedo, J.P., Nicholson, J. (ed.) Defendants and Victims in International Criminal Justice: ensuring and balancing their rights. London: Routledge, pp. 161-189.
Pulvirenti, R. (2020) 'Protecting victims who testify before the ICC.' Defendants and Victims in International Criminal Justice. Routledge, pp. 161-189.
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Journal articles
Pulvirenti, R. (2024) 'Witness Preparation at the International Criminal Court: Towards a Legal Obligation to Protect Witnesses under Article 68 of the Rome Statute.' Journal of International Criminal Justice,
Pulvirenti, R., Lalor, K., Jaquiss, C. (2024) 'The ‘Asylum Partnership’ Memorandum of Understanding with Rwanda and LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers: an analysis of vulnerability in the Equality Impact Assessment and the European Convention on Human Rights.' Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 38(1)
Diver, A., Pulvirenti, R., Roberts, L. (2023) 'The Rationing of Essential Resources in Times of Crisis: Logan’s Run and the ‘Science-fictional’ Right to Life Under Article 2 of the ECHR.' Liverpool Law Review, 44(3) pp. 427-446.
Pulvirenti, R. (2022) 'Undesirable and unreturnable individuals : rethinking the International Criminal Court’s human rights obligations towards detained witnesses.' Leiden Journal of International Law, 35(2) pp. 433-451.
Pulvirenti, R., Abrusci, E. (2019) 'Prosecuting Trafficking Crimes for Sexual Exploitation in Times of Conflict: Challenges and Perspective.' Journal of Trafficking and Human Exploitation, 3(1) pp. 97-120.
Career history
2018 - 2021
Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University
2018
Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Bedforshire
2016 - 2017
Teaching Fellow, SOAS
2013 - 2016
Tutor, University of Nottingham
Press and media
2024
- The Conversation ‘Gaza war: both sides are reporting sexual violence committed by their enemy – but these crimes are hard to investigate’ (March 2024) Gaza war: both sides are reporting sexual violence committed by their enemy – but these crimes are hard to investigate (theconversation.com)
2020
- Featured in the Media - Interview for the FinCEN files ‘ #Fincen Files: Deux Femmes Au Cameroun Auraient Pris De L’argent Pour Témoigner En Faveur De Jean-Pierre Bemba À La Cpi’ #FinCEN Files: Deux femmes au Cameroun auraient pris de l’argent pour témoigner en faveur de Jean-Pierre Bemba à la CPI - The Museba Project (2020)
- Featured in the Media - Interview at BBC – Radio Merseyside on 20th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act, 6 November 2020, available at <https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08vq78j>
- Featured in the Media – YouTube - Covid-19 Health Crises and Human Rights in Italy and the UK, 20 July 2020, available at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoL7E_WxTbU>
- Blog Post - Rossella Pulvirenti and Alice Diver, ‘Far From Unprecedented? The Rationing Of Healthcare In Italy And The Uk During The Covid-19 Emergency: A Human Rights Analysis’ in the British Association of Comparative Law Blog, 8 June 2020 < https://british-association-comparative-law.org/2020/06/08/far-from-unprecedented-the-rationing-of-healthcare-in-italy-and-the-uk-during-the-covid-19-emergency-a-human-rights-analysis/>
- Blog Post - Rossella Pulvirenti and Angelika Reichstein, ‘Access to Healthcare’, in Blog of Medical Humanities, 9 April 2020 < https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2020/04/09/access-to-healthcare/>
2017
- Blog post - ‘Dominic Ongwen, commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army, before the International Criminal Court: some reflections on the first week of trial’, Giurisprudenza Penale, January 2017 < https://www.giurisprudenzapenale.com/2017/01/23/dominic-ongwen-commander-of-the-lords-resistance-army-before-the-international-criminal-court-some-reflections-the-first-week-of-trial/>
2016
- Blog Post - ‘A New Settlement for the United Kingdom in the European Union: A New Challange to EU citizens’ social benefits and Freedom of Movement?’ European Papers, 4 May 2016 < https://www.europeanpapers.eu/en/europeanforum/new-settlement-uk-eu-new-challenge-eu-citizens-social-benefits-freedom-movement>
- Blog post - ‘The first case on witness tampering at the International Criminal Court: conviction for Bemba and four of his associates’ Giurisprudenza Penale, November 2016 < https://www.giurisprudenzapenale.com/2016/11/13/the-first-case-witness-tampering-at-the-international-criminal-court-conviction-for-bemba-and-four-of-his-associates/>
2015
- Talk - PubhD – Can you explain your PHD in the pub?