Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria

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Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria is a lecturer at Curtin Law School teaching criminal and public international law. She is an interdisciplinary scholar with expertise in atrocity law and public international law. Currently, she is researching the relationship between legal obligations of States to prevent atrocity crimes and State responsibility. She is also researching the implications of climate change and other human rights violations, and the use of AI on the prevention of atrocity crimes.

Yvonne is an external Fellow of the University of Queensland's Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, a committee member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law's International Peace and Security Interest Group, and is on the editorial team of the ANZSIL Perspectives.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Lecturer, Curtin University
  • 2019–2024
    Sessional academic, The University of Queensland

Education

  • 2023 
    The University of Queensland, PhD
  • 2015 
    University of Vienna, Master of Laws (LL.M.)
  • 2014 
    University of Vienna, Magistra iuris

Publications

  • 2024
    Environmental Protections during Armed Conflict as Supportive Mechanisms for the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes, Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies
  • 2023
    The Indirect Impact of Climate Change Litigation: Its Potential to Prevent Conflict and Atrocity Crimes Elsewhere, The University of Queensland Law Journal: Special Issue
  • 2021
    State Responsibility for Breaches of Prevention Obligations: Is the Distinction between Obligations of Conduct and of Result Useful?, Australian International Law Journal
  • 2020
    Prevention of Atrocity Crimes: Legal Obligations of States and Due Diligence, German Yearbook of International Law
  • 2020
    The Impact of Public Health Emergencies on Atrocity Prevention and the Conflict Landscape, University of Tasmania Law Review

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  • Location: Perth, Australia
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