Natasha Holcroft-Emmess

Natasha is a Departmental Lecturer in Law at the Law Faculty, in association with Trinity College. She teaches constitutional law, administrative law, public international law and constitutional theory. Natasha’s research interests include human rights, international law and UK public law. Her DPhil thesis – Human Rights in Conflicts and Crises: Derogation under Human Rights Treaties – focused on suspensions of rights in times of war and emergency.

Natasha was previously the Research Director (part-time) at the Oxford Human Rights Hub and a lecturer in law at Exeter College, Jesus College, Keble College and St Edmund Hall.

Natasha holds a First Class law degree, the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) with Distinction, and MPhil and DPhil degrees from the University of Oxford. She is a qualified (non-practising) barrister and solicitor, having undertaken pupillage at Matrix Chambers and a training contract at Slaughter and May. She was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 2016 and called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2018.

From 2020-2022, Natasha was the Research Assistant to Oxford's Public International Law Research Group. In this capacity, she convened the Public International Law Discussion Group. She has provided research assistance to Professors Dapo Akande and Miles Jackson, and contributed to comparative legal research projects through the Oxford Human Rights Hub and Oxford Pro Bono Publico. She has been a Graduate Research Resident at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights.

Natasha provided pro bono support to Gina Martin, who campaigned to change the criminal law around 'upskirting'. Gina was subsequently advised (pro bono) by Ryan Whelan of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Gina's campaign led to the Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019, which makes upskirting a sexual offence in England and Wales.