Dr Michelle Coleman

Lecturer in Law, Law

+44 (0) 1792 602957

m.a.coleman@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Office - 106
First Floor
Richard Price Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2615-1021

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About

Michelle joined the Hilary Rodham Clinton School of Law in August 2021, having previously been a Lecturer at Middlesex University London. Before entering academia Michelle practiced law including at the International Criminal Court and as a public defender in the United States.

Michelle holds a BA in Political Science (Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania), a JD (Villanova University, Pennsylvania), an LLM (cum laude) (Utrecht University, the Netherlands), and a PhD (Middlesex University, London). Her PhD thesis on the presumption of innocence was published by Routledge in 2021 as The Presumption of Innocence in International Human Rights and Criminal Law.

Areas Of Expertise

Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Evidence and Proof
International Criminal Law
Fair Trial Rights
Human Rights

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

International criminal law
Public international law
Human rights
Criminal law
Evidence

Research

Publications

Research Highlights

Coleman, M. (2021). The Presumption of Innocence in International Human Rights and Criminal Law Routledge.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59207
https://www.routledge.com/The-Presumption-of-Innocence-in-International-Human-Rights-and-Criminal/Coleman/p/book/9780367512088
Coleman, M. (2023). The War and Religion in Ukraine: The Role of NGOs in Evidence Collection for Future International Trials
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63105
https://talkabout.iclrs.org/2023/02/03/the-role-of-ngos-in-evidence-collection/
Coleman, M. (2023). Book review: Christoph Safferling Gurgen Petrossian Victims Before the International Criminal Court: Definition, Participation, Reparation. International Review of Victimology, 29(1)
https://doi.org/10.1177/02697580221127436, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63124
Coleman, M. (2022). Right Without Remedy? The Development of the Presumption of Innocence at the International Criminal Court. International Criminal Law Review, 22(5-6), 875-894.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10107, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58459
Coleman, M. (2022). The Two Aspects of the Presumption of Innocence
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63113
https://criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2022/10/14/the-two-aspects-of-the-presumption-of-innocence/

All Research

Journal Articles

Coleman, M. (2023). Finding Fairness: Two Perspectives in International Criminal Law. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1163/18781527-bja10089, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65424
Coleman, M. (2023). Book review: Christoph Safferling Gurgen Petrossian Victims Before the International Criminal Court: Definition, Participation, Reparation. International Review of Victimology, 29(1)
https://doi.org/10.1177/02697580221127436, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63124
Coleman, M. (2022). Right Without Remedy? The Development of the Presumption of Innocence at the International Criminal Court. International Criminal Law Review, 22(5-6), 875-894.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10107, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58459
Coleman, M. (2020). The Tension between the Presumption of Innocence and Victims’ Participation Rights at the International Criminal Court. International Criminal Law Review, 20(2), 371-393.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-01906004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57675
https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/27761/
Coleman, M. (2018). Larissa van den Herik and Carsten Stahn (eds), The Diversification and Fragmentation of International Criminal Law/Elies van Sliedregt and Sergey Vasiliev (eds), Pluralism in International Criminal Law. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 16(3), 668-672.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqy046, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59212

Authored Books

Coleman, M. (2021). The Presumption of Innocence in International Human Rights and Criminal Law Routledge.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59207
https://www.routledge.com/The-Presumption-of-Innocence-in-International-Human-Rights-and-Criminal/Coleman/p/book/9780367512088

Book Chapters

Coleman, M. (2020). Culture and sentencing at the ICC. In Julie Fraser, Brianne McGonigle Leyh (Ed.), Intersections of Law and Culture at the International Criminal Court (pp. 268-287). Edward Elgar Publishing
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839107306.00023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59206
Coleman, M. (2020). Stretching the golden thread: the impact of Brexit on the presumption of innocence. In Claire-Michelle Smyth, Richard Lang, Jack Clayton Thompson (Ed.), Contemporary Challenges to Human Rights Law (pp. 78-104). Cambridge Scholars Publishing
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59208
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-4742-1
Coleman, M. (2017). Brexit and Human Rights: An opportunity?. In Claire-Michelle Smyth, Richard Lang (Ed.), The Future of Human Rights in the UK (pp. 92-110). Cambridge Scholars
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59213
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-4438-9513-2

Other Research Outputs

Coleman, M. (2023). The War and Religion in Ukraine: The Role of NGOs in Evidence Collection for Future International Trials
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63105
https://talkabout.iclrs.org/2023/02/03/the-role-of-ngos-in-evidence-collection/
Coleman, M. (2022). The Two Aspects of the Presumption of Innocence
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63113
https://criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2022/10/14/the-two-aspects-of-the-presumption-of-innocence/
Coleman, M. (2022). Remedies for Religious Persecution in China: An International Human Rights Perspective
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63114
https://canopyforum.org/2022/10/07/remedies-for-religious-persecution-in-china-an-international-human-rights-perspective/
Coleman, M. (2022). Language Matters: The Role of the Presumption of Innocence in Seeking Justice During the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63121
https://opiniojuris.org/2022/06/30/language-matters-the-role-of-the-presumption-of-innocence-in-seeking-justice-during-the-russia-ukraine-conflict/
Coleman, M. (2022). Too Soon to Say: International Criminal Law’s Role in the Conflict in Ukraine
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63110
https://talkabout.iclrs.org/2022/03/02/international-criminal-laws-role-in-the-conflict-in-ukraine/
Coleman, M. (2021). The Recognition of the Rohingya Genocide: An International Criminal Law Perspective
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63111
https://talkabout.iclrs.org/2021/10/20/the-recognition-of-the-rohingya-genocide/
Coleman, M. (2021). The Applicability of “Grievous Religious Persecution” in International Criminal Law: Response to Werner Nicolaas Nel
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63112
https://talkabout.iclrs.org/2021/04/13/the-applicability-of-grievous-religious-persecution-in-international-criminal-law-response-to-werner-nicolaas-nel/

Supervision

A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Role of Technology in the Investigation of Conflict-related Sexual Gender-Based Violence (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Yvonne Mcdermott Rees