Profile
Jastine is an independent human rights consultant, international lawyer and academic based in the United Kingdom. She holds a PhD in law from the University of Cambridge and is the author of Child Perpetrators on Trial: Insights from Post-Genocide Rwanda as well as several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on international human rights law and transitional justice. She has served as Editor and Managing Editor for Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law. In addition to academic research and lecturing, Jastine has collaborated with international NGOs and organisations, conducting legal and policy research, analysis and writing, as well as providing training and capacity-strengthening services.
Research
Publications
Books, articles, and book chapters:
- Children and Violence: Agency, Experience and Representation In and Beyond Armed Conflict, Routledge, 2025 (co-editor)
- Child Perpetrators on Trial: Insights from Post-Genocide Rwanda, Cambridge University Press, 2019 (sole author)
- Research Handbook on Child Soldiers, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019 (co-editor)
- ‘Navigating the Mystical – Child Soldiers and Reintegration Rituals in Northern Uganda’ in M.A. Drumbl and J.C Barrett (eds.), Research Handbook on Child Soldiers, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019
- ‘Balancing Pragmatism and Principle: UNICEF, Child Rights and Child Génocidaires’ (2018) 18(1) Human Rights Law Review 31-59
Reviews:
- ‘Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law, by Windell Nortje and Noelle Quénivet’ (2020) 38(4) Nordic Journal of Human Rights 341-344
- ‘M. Drumbl, Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy’ (2012) British Yearbook of International Law 512-515
Policy documents and other publications:
- ‘Legal Review: Situation Analysis of Children Affected by Migration in ASEAN Member States’, UNICEF (April 2023) (co-author)
- ‘Situation Analysis of Women and Children in Malaysia’, Coram International; UNICEF (September 2020) (co-author)
- ‘Situation Analysis of Adolescents in Malaysia’, Coram International; UNICEF (September 2020) (co-author)
- ‘The First Verdict of the ICC: A Qualified Success?’ Blog, Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (22 March 2012)