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Biography
Javier completed his LLB (Law) and LLM (International Law) degrees at the University of Bristol. He obtained his PhD from the University of Birmingham and worked as a teaching fellow and then a lecturer before joining the 糖心原创 School of Law as Assistant Professor of Criminal Law (2022). He is Co-Director of Postgraduate Research Programmes and he convenes the undergraduate Criminal Law course. He has been the Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Research Centre (2023-2026), and the convener of the Criminal Law and Criminal Justice subsection for the UK (2023-2026). He is a member of the Editorial Board of Ex Legibus (Judicial College of the State of Mexico) and he has held visiting scholar positions at La Trobe University, Harvard Law School, Geneva Graduate Institute and Washington and Lee University.
Expertise Summary
Javier's research focuses on atrocity crimes and issues that arise at the intersection between criminal law, criminal procedure and international law. He has a particular interest in the Mexican 'drug war', child soldiers/child narcos, the International Criminal Court, and critical approaches to the global criminal justice system.
Javier welcomes PhD proposals in the field of criminal law, criminal procedure, transnational/international criminal law, the jus post bellum, transitional justice, and global crime problems more generally.
The relevant information for the PhD programme can be found here: /law/study/postgraduate-research/index.aspx
Information on scholarships is here: /law/study/postgraduate-research/funding.aspx.
Teaching Summary
Javier convenes:
- Criminal law (LLB Law)
- Critical Approaches to Global Criminal Justice (MA Criminology and Criminal Justice).
Research Summary
Current research:
J.S. Eskauriatza, 'Recruitment of Child Soldiers and Indigenous 'Self-Defence' Militias: Performance, Protest and Politics in Mexico's Drug War' for M.A. Drumbl and J.C. Barrett (eds.) Research Handbook on Child Soldiers (Elgar: 2027).
J.S. Eskauriatza, 'The Jus Post Bellum and Drug Wars'
J.S. Eskauriatza, 'Universal Jurisdiction: A View from England and Wales'
Selected Publications
JAVIER S. ESKAURIATZA, 2026. Asian Journal of International Law. 16(2), 278-305
JAVIER S. ESKAURIATZA, 2024. . In: MARK DRUMBL and CAROLINE FOURNET, eds., Sights, Sounds and Sensibilities of Atrocity Prosecutions 6. Brill. 327-346
JAVIER S. ESKAURIATZA, 2021. Criminal Law Forum. 32, 473 - 509
JAVIER S. ESKAURIATZA, 2020. Leiden Journal of International Law. 33(1), 189 - 205