Appointment: Leena Grover

Her research spans the fields of international criminal law, international law on the use of force, international human rights, general international law, post-conflict constitution-building, and transitional justice. Prof. Dr. Grover is a Canadian lawyer (Law Society of Ontario) and holds a habilitation in law (University of Zurich, Interim Constitutions: Legal Nature and Performance, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2026), a doctorate in law (University of Cologne, Interpreting Crimes in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Cambridge University Press, 2014)), and undergraduate degrees in law, international relations and political science (LLB, University of Toronto; BA, Western University). She currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Journal of International Law and the Council of Advisers of the Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression.

Research informed by legal practice

Prof. Dr. Grover’s research is empirical, interdisciplinary and informed by legal practice. Prior to taking up her position at Tilburg, she combined her academic work with more than a decade of legal practice, including at the International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, UN Human Rights Committee, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Federal Court of Canada, an international commercial law firm and various organisations doing pro bono legal work. As legal adviser to the chief negotiators on the crime of aggression from 2007 to 2010, she assisted with drafting the definition of this crime in the Rome Statute of the ICC. Her work has been cited inter alia by the Supreme Court of Canada, ICC Appeals Chamber and UN International Law Commission.

Prof. Dr. Leena Grover teaches Public International Law at the Assessment, Bachelor and Master levels. She also teaches International Criminal Law (MIL) and the International Criminal Court Moot.