Kubo Macak

Slovakia

Law (DPhil), 2013
Somerville College, Oxford

Funding: Roland Berger

Kubo previously obtained an MJur (2008) and an MPhil in Law (2010) as a Weidenfeld Scholar, before completing his DPhil in Law in 2013. He also holds a Magister in Law from Charles University, Prague (2007). While there, he chaired a debating club and led several international debating and educational initiatives.

He also served as managing editor of the Common Law Review based in Prague (2006-07). From 2008-09, he interned with the United Nations, working at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania and at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, providing legal assistance, research and analysis.

In his DPhil research, Kubo focused on the applicability of international humanitarian law, specifically the extent to which it applies to internationalised armed conflicts.

Kubo is now Legal adviser at International Committee of the Red Cross, and Associate Professor at University of Exeter.