Ben Willis

I am a PhD researcher with the European Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, based in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds, and an Associate Lecturer in Politics and International Relations with the School of Law, Criminology, and Government at the University of Plymouth.

My work is broadly concerned with the range of political, legal, and ethical issues surrounding the prevention of mass atrocities – genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity – and includes a particular focus on the Responsibility to Protect, the UN human rights system, and international criminal justice mechanisms.