Shirin Kale

Shirin Kale is a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) Candidate in Law at University College, University of Oxford, researching the obligations of third states arising from breaches of peremptory norms. Shirin is supervised by Professor Dapo Akande and Dr Priya Urs.

Shirin holds an LL.M. with Distinction in International Law from University College London, where she wrote a dissertation on the Security Council's Chapter VII powers and unilateral humanitarian intervention. During her Master's, she also worked as a research assistant for counsel for the Appellant on the Members and Militants of the “Patriotic Union” Political Party v. Colombia at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, drafting arguments on the duties to investigate and prosecute, and the obligation to make reparations, in a transitional justice context. She is also an unregistered barrister, having been called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2021.

Before joining Oxford, Shirin worked as an intern at the International Residual Mechanism for the Criminal Tribunals in the Appeals Division of the Office of the Prosecutor, where she worked on the preparation for the appellate hearings for Stanisić & Simatović, conducted comparative domestic law research on the issue of unfitness to stand trial for the Kabuga proceedings, and drafted memos on Kayishema’s arrest in South Africa. She also worked as a County Court Advocate, making oral submissions at small claims hearings (contract, road traffic accidents, parking charge notices, and negligence), directions hearings, various possession matters, and civil applications such as set aside, summary judgment, and relief from sanctions.