Emma Irving

Emma Irving is an Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University. She defended her PhD titled "The Shared Protection of Human Rights at the International Criminal Court" at the University of Amsterdam, supervised by Prof. André Nollkaemper and Prof. Gӧran Sluiter, as part of the ERC-funded project "SHARES: Shared Responsibility under International Law." During her PhD, Emma was a Visiting Scholar at Cornell University in the USA. She completed her undergraduate degree in Law at the University of Cambridge, including an Erasmus exchange year at the University of Utrecht, and graduated with an LL.M. in Public International Law from Leiden University in 2012. Her current research focuses on the role of digital technology in international criminal justice and human rights fact-finding, particularly examining the roles and responsibilities of social media companies in preventing atrocities and ensuring accountability.