Lebenslauf

• seit 2018: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Walther-Schücking-Institut für Internationales Recht
• seit 2018: Mitarbeiter der Redaktion des German Yearbook of International Law
• 2016-2017: Doktorand und Tutor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
• 2016: Rechtsdozent, Royal University of Law and Economics
• 2015-2016: Rechtsbeirat, United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
• 2014-2015:  wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, University of Nottingham, Human Rights Law Centre
• 2013: Praktikant, United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
• 2012-2013: Praktikant, International Criminal Court
• 2011-2012: LL.M., Public International Law, Leiden University
• 2008-2011: LL.B., Law, Durham University

Ausgewählte Veröffentlichungen

• O. Bekou and D. J. Birkett (eds.), Cooperation and the International Criminal Court: Perspectives from Theory and Practice (Brill Nijhoff 2016).
• M. Bohlander and D. J. Birkett (eds.), The Codification of Criminal Law (Routledge 2014).
• O. Bekou, William E. M. Lowe, and D. J. Birkett, ‘Fostering Cooperation through Technology-Driven Tools’, in O. Bekou and D. J. Birkett (eds.), Cooperation and the International Criminal Court: Perspectives from Theory and Practice (Brill Nijhoff 2016), 396-416.
• N. Jayasinghe and D. J. Birkett, ‘A War Crimes Tribunal for Sri Lanka? Examining the Options under International Law’, (2014) 46(3) Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 567-587.
• D. J. Birkett, ‘The Legality of the 2011 Kenyan Invasion of Somalia and its Implications for the Jus ad Bellum’, (2013) 18(3) Journal of Conflict and Security Law 427-451.

Lehrerfahrung

• seit 2018, International Criminal Law (CAU Kiel).
• 2017, Criminal Law I; International Legal Advocacy (The Chinese University of Hong Kong).
• 2016-2017, International Legal Advocacy (The Chinese University of Hong Kong).
• 2016, International Criminal Law (Royal University of Law and Economics).

Ausgewählte Vorträge

• UN Sanctions and the Governance of Sovereign Wealth Funds: Examining the case of the Libyan Investment Authority, 7th Conference of the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network of the Society of International Economic Law (PEPA/SIEL) (European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus, 13-14 April 2018) with Dini Sejko.
• “Effective Control”, State Cooperation, and Declarations under Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Symposium on the Principle of Effective Control in International Law (China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China, 11 November 2017).
• Pre-Trial “Protective Measures for the Purpose of Forfeiture” at the International Criminal Court: A Human Rights Perspective, 6th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, Junior Scholars’ Workshop (Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 24 August 2017).
• ‘Asset Recovery at International(ised) Criminal Tribunals: Fines, Forfeiture, and Orders for Reparations’, Symposium on the International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, 24 June 2017).
• ‘Next Steps: Introducing the Cooperation and Judicial Assistance Database (CJAD)’, Expert Workshop on Cooperation and the International Criminal Court (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 19 September 2014) with Olympia Bekou.