Sabina Grigore holds an MSc in International Crimes, Conflict and Criminology from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Double Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from University College Freiburg and University College Maastricht. During her master’s, she focused on the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in investigations conducted by the International Criminal Court, and her bachelor’s research explored the relationship between international criminal law and transitional justice in post-communist Romania. Her current research examines how domestic prosecutors engage with international actors such as the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM), Eurojust, and CSOs in investigating and prosecuting extraterritorial atrocity crimes.

Ignacio Baeriswyl is a Chilean qualified lawyer with experience representing victims and defendants before criminal courts in Chile. He also has experience working for several international tribunals in The Hague, including as Associate Legal Officer at the International Criminal Court Chambers. Ignacio most recently was a lecturer and programme coordinator for University of Amsterdam’s LLM international and transnational criminal law from January 2024 to August 2025. He holds a law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) and an LLM in international and transnational criminal law from the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

His PhD research will focus on investigating and theorising the core tasks of domestic atrocity crimes prosecutors and their choices and decisions throughout the various procedural stages, including to what extent they differ from “normal” prosecutors, what factors are relevant, how and why. The data collection will cover a selection of cases concerning atrocity crimes committed in Syria investigated and prosecuted in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Sweden.

This research is made possible by the Vidi grant awarded to Marieke de Hoon by the Dutch Research Council. https://lnkd.in/eagB2hNS