It’s our great pleasure today to introduce Kerstin Carlson as an IntLawGrrls contributor. Kerstin is a post-doctoral researcher at iCourts, the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Excellence in International Courts at the law faculty of the University of Copenhagen, where she works on questions pertaining to international criminal law. She has written several articles and a manuscript regarding the ICTY and its reception in the former Yugoslavia, and is currently working on the trial of Hissène Habré in Senegal and wider questions of international criminal justice in Africa.

Kerstin is also an Assistant Professor at The American University of Paris in the department of International & Comparative Politics. Her first post will discuss the Habré trial. Heartfelt welcome!