Phd thesis

PhD Supervisor: Andrea Bianchi

Profile

Derya Çakım is a PhD Researcher in International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute and a Teaching Assistant at the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies. She holds a Master’s degree in International Law from the Geneva Graduate Institute, a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and a Bachelor of Laws from Marmara University. Derya has previously worked as a research associate in international law at the Hertie School and as a research assistant at the United Nations International Law Commission. She has also worked as an associate attorney and legal advisor, providing legal assistance to asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants, among other fields. She is a member of the Berlin and Istanbul Bar Associations. Derya engages in disciplinary research in international law as well as interdisciplinary research. Having been immersed in the diverse legal and academic cultures of three countries (Switzerland, Germany, and Turkey), her passion lies in interdisciplinary research and teaching. 

ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
 

Research Experience 
 

• Research Assistant, United Nations International Law Commission 
• Research Associate in International Law, Hertie School 
   

Conferences and Talks
 

• ‘The Interaction Between States and the Human Rights Committee: States Regaining Control on the Interpretation of Human Rights Treaties?’ paper presented at the Centre for Fundamental Rights Hertie School (2023). 
• State, Failure Metaphors and the Narrative of Saving Failed States’ paper presented at the Geneva Graduate Institute Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy PhD Colloquium (2022). 
• ‘Metaphor and Narrative in International Law’ paper presented at the Women in International Law Network Emerging Voices Workshop at University of Manchester (2022). 
• Utopia and Irony: Entangled Realities of International Law?’ paper presented at Framing Utopias in International Law at the Melbourne Doctoral Forum on Legal Theory (2021).

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS
 

• ‘The Role of Metaphors in Shaping the Narrative of Protection in the Mandate System: a Story of a Protective Father and his Controlled Children’, 15(1) The European Journal of Legal Studies 319-338 (2023). 
• ‘The Interaction Between States and the Human Rights Committee: States Regaining Control on the Interpretation of Human Rights Treaties?’ paper presented at the Centre for Fundamental Rights Hertie School (2023). 
• State, Failure Metaphors and the Narrative of Saving Failed States’ paper presented at the Geneva Graduate Institute Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy PhD Colloquium (2022). 
• ‘Metaphor and Narrative in International Law’ paper presented at the Women in International Law Network Emerging Voices Workshop at University of Manchester (2022). 
• Utopia and Irony: Entangled Realities of International Law?’ paper presented at Framing Utopias in International Law at the Melbourne Doctoral Forum on Legal Theory (2021).