Professor Siobhán Wills

An internationally-recognised researcher on peacekeeping, international and human rights law, Professor Wills will take over as director from 1 October 2021.

She succeeds Professor Catherine O’Rourke, who led the TJI from February 2020 and is now taking up the chair in global law at Durham University.

Professor Wills said: “I am delighted to be taking up the role of TJI director and look forward to supporting the work of TJI’s world-class team of scholars, PhD researchers and LLM students, and our partners in policy and practice.

“Our aim is to better understand and address the current serious challenges to human rights, justice and accountability, in a context of increased racism and violence globally and at home.”