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Associate Professor Shannon Bosch

Associate Professor

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3177
Mobile: 0451 202 840
Email: s.bosch@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.319  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5255-4414

Dr Shannon Bosch is an Associate Professor of Law in the School of Business and Law.

Biography

Prior to joining ECU, Associate Professor Shannon Bosch served as the Academic Leader of Research and Higher Degrees in the School of Law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. She has 20-years experience in law academia. Shannon is an admitted attorney and hails from the Goodricke family which established one of South Africa’s first legal firms in 1849.

Professor Bosch obtained her PhD in the field of International Humanitarian law, and was the recipient of several prestigious scholarships including the Mandela Magdalene College scholarship, and the Cambridge Commonwealth DFID Scholarship during her LLM studies at Cambridge University.

Her research focusses on international law and international humanitarian law, and she has devoted much thought to issues affecting the private military and security industry. Her numerous publications explore the impact of law on issues of combatant status in ever evolving armed conflicts. She has supervised and co-supervised over 40 masters and PhD students, across a wide range of topics and has championed several initiatives aimed at promoting postgraduate research and student success. She sits on the editorial board of the African Yearbook of International Humanitarian law.

Research Areas and Interests
  • International law
  • International humanitarian law
  • Private security contractors

SBL Research Centres or Cluster/s
  • Socio Legal Research Cluster

Media Topics
  • International Humanitarian law

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, South Africa, 2014.
  • Master of Law, England, 2002.
  • Bachelor of Laws, South Africa, 2000.
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours), South Africa, 1998.
  • Bachelor of Arts, South Africa, 1997.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

2022

Journal Articles

2021

Journal Articles

  • Bosch, S. (2021). The use of universal jurisdiction to ensure accountability for international crimes committed in Liberia in the periods 1989 to 1997 and 1999 to 2003. African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, 2021(1), 67-92. https://doi.org/10520/ejc-jlc_ayihl_v2021_n1_a4.
  • Bosch, S. (2021). Understanding diplomatic and consular inviolability-learning from the Jamal Khashoggi tragedy. Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 54(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10520/ejc-cilsa-v54-n1-a4.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Bosch, S. (2018). South Africans offering foreign military assistance abroad: How real is the risk of domestic prosecution?. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 21(2018), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2018/V21I0A1721.
  • Bosch, S. (2018). Torture ‘lite’ in the war against Boko Haram : taming the wild zone of power in Cameroon. African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, 2018(1), 80-97. https://doi.org/10520/EJC-16b8cd830c.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

No data available

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • A comparative analysis of the domestic regulatory systems aimed at eradicating the practice of mercenarism without criminalising the legitimate private military and security industry
  • Voluntary human shields in international armed conflict : a proposal for suitable future regulation

Co-principal Supervisor

  • The relationship between international criminal law and state sovereignty in Africa as seen through the lens of the application of the principles of universal jurisdiction and personal immunities
  • Seeking the best forum to prosecute gender-based violence in armed conflict situations in Africa
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