Overview
Biography
Elif studied Law as an undergraduate. She practised law specialising in human rights with substantial work experience with gender-based violence, LGBTIQ+ and minority rights.
Qualifications
• PHD Law- University of Exeter
• LLM International Human Rights Law- University of Exeter
Research
Elif’s previous research includes topics of:
• imperialism and law-making methods
• Legal transplantation of LGBTIQ+ rights concept by non-west
• LGBTIQ+ rights from the perspective of feminist, queer and decolonial legal theories
• International Refugee Law, non-refoulment and non-state torture
*For further research topics of interest, please visit Elif's 'Supervision' tab
Supervision
Interested to supervise dissertations and PhDs focusing on:
- Human Rights- (LGBTIQ+ rights-gender)
- Law-making, especially how new rights emerge
- Legal Transplants
- Feminist, queer and decolonial approaches to law
Publications
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2023
- Ohana N, Barazi T, Barrett D, Bedeau J, Bhuckory P, Bosch G, Braham J, Coombs C, Gola S, Jaber N. (2023) Rationale and recommendations on decolonising the pedagogy and curriculum of the Law School at the University of Exeter, The Law Teacher, volume 56, no. 4, pages 536-551, DOI:10.1080/03069400.2022.2140512. [PDF]
2022
- Özsoy EC. (2022) Critical Feminist Law-Making: Imitative Spaces and Improvised Coalitions, Australian Feminist Law Journal, volume 48, no. 2, pages 265-294, DOI:10.1080/13200968.2022.2153490.
2021
- Ozsoy EC. (2021) Decolonizing Decriminalization Analyses: Did the Ottomans Decriminalize Homosexuality in 1858?, J Homosex, volume 68, no. 12, pages 1979-2002, DOI:10.1080/00918369.2020.1715142. [PDF]
