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Biography
Patrick joined Edge Hill University as a Lecturer in Law in 2018, after completing his PhD in international law at the University of Liverpool.
Patrick’s research interests generally are in conflict and security law, the law of armed conflict, and the use of force in international law. His current research projects are examining the international community’s ‘Responsibility to Protect’ populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. Specifically, this research focussed on the use of force and coercive measures by states when the United Nations Security Council fails to uphold this responsibility.
Previously, he has published research findings on the interpretation of the prohibition of force in international law based upon what he describes as the ‘original intentions’ of the drafters of the United Nations Charter at the drafting conference in San Francisco in 1945. These findings seek to explain the unhappy and awkward phrasing of the prohibition in article 2(4) of the UN Charter, exploring how the mechanics of the provision operate in light the contradictory relationship between its well-recognised ‘exceptions’ and the corresponding status of the prohibition as a non-derogable norm of jus cogens.
Patrick is also the General Editor of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law’s Digest of State Practice, which collects and collates instances of state practice and legal opinions on the use of force and publishes them in the Digest every 6 months.
Research interests
- Public International Law
- Conflict and Security Law
- Responsibility to Protect
- The Law of the United Nations
- International Law and the Use of Force
- Law of Armed Conflict
Teaching
- LAW1002 Public Law 1
- LAW1003 Law of Contract
- LAW2007 Public Law 1
- LAW3038 Human Rights
- LAW3040 International Business Law
Education/Academic qualification
Law, PhD, University of Liverpool
1 Oct 2013 → 19 Dec 2017
Award Date: 16 Jul 2018
Keywords
- KZ Law of Nations
- International Law
- Conflict and Security Law
- Use of Force
- Responsibility to Protect
- United Nations
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Research Output
Territorial integrity, political independence, and consent: The limitations of military assistance on request under the prohibition of force
BUTCHARD, PATRICK., 4 Jun 2020, In : Journal on the Use of Force and International Law. 7, 1, p. 35-73 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The Responsibility to Protect and the Failures of the United Nations Security Council
BUTCHARD, PATRICK., 2 Apr 2020, Hart Publishing. (Studies in International Law)Research output: Book/Report › Book
Responsibilities and Obligations: Understanding the Legal Consequences of the UN Security Council's failure to uphold its Responsibility to Protect
BUTCHARD, PATRICK., 9 May 2019, Responsibility to Protect: Lessons Learned and The Way Forward. Sancin, V. (ed.). Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani, p. 65-87Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Back to San Francisco: Explaining the Inherent Contradictions of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter
Butchard, P., 1 Jul 2018, In : Journal of Conflict and Security Law. 23, 2, p. 229-267 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Activities
- 1 Editorial work
Journal on the Use of Force and International Law (Journal)
PATRICK BUTCHARD (Editor)
1 Jan 2019 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work