Visiting professors and visiting lecturers

Gizem Guney PhD

Visiting Lecturer
International Criminal Law

PhD in Law (University of Sussex, 2019)
LL.M (Queen Mary University of London, 2014)
LL.B (Eskisehir Anadolu University, 2011)

Significant Professional Experience 

  • Teaching Fellow, School of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, 2020- present
  • Doctoral Tutor in Law, University of Sussex, 2016-2020
  • Doctoral Tutor in Criminology, University of Sussex, 2019-2020

Current research

  • The Istanbul Convention, gender-based violence, feminist theory, feminist critique of criminal justice

Main publications

  • G Guney, D Davies, P Lee, Towards Gender Equality in Law: An Analysis of State Failures from a Global Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan 2021) Forthcoming
  • G Guney, ‘GREVIO and ECTHR: Complementary or Contradictory Tools in Handling VAW in Europe?’ (Under Review by EJIL: Talk! – Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
  • G Guney, ‘‘The Istanbul Convention and Its Standalone Right to be Free from Violence: Feminising the Subject of Rights?’ (LaPSe of Reason Blogging from the School for Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex) https://lawpoliticsandsociology.wordpress.com/2020/01/31/the-istanbul-convention-and-its-standalone-right-to-be-free-from-violence-feminising-the-subject-of-rights/
  • G Guney, ‘Istanbul Convention: A Genuine Confirmation of the Structural Nature of Domestic Violence against Women within Human Rights Law Framework?’ in (eds) Stephanie Kewley and Charlotte Barlow, Preventing Sexual Violence (The Policy Press, University of Bristol)