Thomas Obel Hansen
About/Bio
Thomas Obel Hansen is the 2023-24 Maria Zambrano Distinguished Researcher (Recualificacion) with Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain). He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Ulster University (UK) and a member of the Transitional Justice Institute (TJI). He holds an LLM (2007) and PhD in Law (2010) from Aarhus University Law School (Denmark). He is currently writing a book "Judging the Powerful in Global Accountability Regimes" (forthcoming Routledge).
Recently Published
Liability of an Assisting Army for Detainee Abuse by Local Forces: The Danish High Court Judgment in Green Desert
This comment sets out to discuss the judgment of the Danish High Court (Eastern Division) in what is known as the Iraq or Green Desert Case (B344808J – HBJ). The judgment, delivered in June 2018 and available in Danish only, has received limited attention outside Denmark. It is significant in that it establishes liability for Danish…
Complementarity (in)action in the UK?
December 7, 2018
Thomas Obel Hansen
Editor's Note: This post is part of our Joint Symposium with Justice in Conflict on Human Rights Watch's Report, Pressure Point: The ICC's Impact on National Justice In response to the 2014 re-opening of an International Criminal Court (ICC) preliminary examination into…
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Complementarity (in)action in the UK?
December 7, 2018
Thomas Obel Hansen
Editor's Note: This post is part of our Joint Symposium with Justice in Conflict on Human Rights Watch's Report, Pressure Point: The ICC's Impact on National Justice In response to the 2014 re-opening of an International Criminal Court (ICC) preliminary examination into…
State Objections to the ICC Prosecutor’s Request for Arrest Warrants in the Palestine Investigation
May 27, 2024
Thomas Obel Hansen
Almost 8 months into the Gaza War, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan announced on 20 May that he has applied to the Court’s pre-trial chamber for the issuing of arrest warrants for three top Hamas leaders as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant (the “arrest warrant requests”).
Liability of an Assisting Army for Detainee Abuse by Local Forces: The Danish High Court Judgment in Green Desert
This comment sets out to discuss the judgment of the Danish High Court (Eastern Division) in what is known as the Iraq or Green Desert Case (B344808J – HBJ). The judgment, delivered in June 2018 and available in Danish only, has received limited attention outside Denmark. It is significant in that it establishes liability for Danish…