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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.
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Law, PhD, University of Liverpool
1 Oct 2013 → 19 Dec 2017
Award Date: 16 Jul 2018
Research output: Book/Report › Technical report
Research output: Book/Report › Technical report
Research output: Book/Report › Technical report
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Book/Report › Technical report
PATRICK BUTCHARD (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting & honorary position types › Visiting an external academic institution
PATRICK BUTCHARD (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work