Global Citizenship and the Right of Access to Justice

• Department of Law

The EUI Human and Fundamental Rights Working Group and the Constitutionalism and Politics Working Group host a presentation by Marina Aksenova on her latest paper.

Abstract:

The right of access to justice is both procedural in that it guarantees availability of certain recourse mechanisms, not necessarily limited to a purely judicial route via courts, and a substantive entitlement allowing for the enforcement of the idea of justice as fairness in the context of present-day reality. Right of access to justice as an attribute of the emerging global citizenship denotes our shared understanding that accountability comes in many forms and shapes, which are becoming gradually available to individuals and grassroots organisations on a global scale. This trend is powered by the technological advancements and the evolution of institutions tasked with ensuring world-wide interconnectedness. This paper critically engages with Thomas Marshall’s essay on citizenship published in 1950, arguing that despite several limitations that became apparent in recent decades, this work is an important signpost on the road to building a comprehensive account of global citizenship as a status belonging to all of humanity.

Marina Aksenova is Assistant Professor in International and Comparative Criminal Law at IE University in Madrid. Marina defended her PhD entitled ‘Complicity in International Criminal Law’ at the European University Institute in 2014 (published with Hart in 2016). Prior to IE, Marina held postdoctoral and visiting positions at iCourts (Centre of Excellence for International Courts) in Copenhagen and at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Central European University. Before engaging with academia she practiced law at an international law firm and the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Marina is currently working on building connections between art, aesthetics and international justice in addition to her research on global justice and comparative criminal law. She is running Art and International Justice Initiative (artij.org).

All interested fellows, PhD researchers, professors and visiting academics are invited to participate. The event is hybrid, with the possibility of both physical participation and participation on Teams. Please register for the event via the link above. The Teams link will be shared with registered participants prior to the event.