Mrs Jana Ruwayha
GCDC Visiting Doctoral Student (Jan–Feb 2024)
Bio:
Mrs Ruwayha is a PhD Candidate at the University of Geneva’s Faculty of Law and a Teaching and Research Assistant at the Global Studies Institute. Her doctoral research investigates the long-term effects of prolonged states of emergency, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the fight against terrorism, on liberal democracies. In her comparative research, she examines how crises can gradually lead to the abuse of exceptional powers and potential shift towards illiberal and/or authoritarian modes of governance.
Her work aligns closely with the GCDC’s mission, focusing on the resilience of legal systems and blurred boundaries between normalcy and exception. Through her engagement in the Centre’s activities, she contributes to a critical dialogue on shifts in democratic governance and its implications for the rule of law and civil liberties.
Representative publications:
La renonciation aux droits fondamentaux. L’autonomie de la volonté et la libre disposition du soi. À quelles conditions le titulaire d’un droit fondamental peut-il renoncer à l’exercer? (27 August 2017) [link]
Search and Rescue Operations of Migrants in the Mediterranean: The International Responsibility of Italy for Outsourcing Migration Management to Libya (22 May 2019) [link]
Garantir une paix juste et durable post-conflit: Comment éviter une paix fragile et le retour aux hostilités entre les parties initialement engagées dans le conflit ? (29 August 2020) [link]
Iraq, forced displacement and the fight against the Islamic State (ICRC Casebook “How Does Law Protect in War?”, 1 February 2021) [link]
Lebanon, the Targeting of a Palestinian Group by Israel (ICRC Casebook “How Does Law Protect in War?”, 1 November 2021) [link]