German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

Short CV

Since 08/2023: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs.
Since 07/2023: Associate Editor of African Spectrum.
10/2022-07/2023: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
07/2020-03/2023: Assistant Editor of the South African Journal of International Affairs.
Education: PhD at the University of Cape Town, South Africa (funded by the Ernst Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Merit Scholarship); Master of Arts at the University of York, United Kingdom (funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship); Bachelor of Social Science Honours in Justice and Transformation at the University of Cape Town, South Africa (A. W. Mellon Foundation Honours Scholarship); Bachelor of Social Science in Political Studies and History at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Current Research

International Criminal Court and its African members.
Africa's International Relations and agency.
South African politics.
Transitional and transformative justice.
Reparations.

Countries and Regions

African States Parties to the International Criminal Court.
South Africa

Research Programmes

Global Orders and Foreign Policies

Memberships

Association for African Studies in Germany, Membership of committee, section or working group, since 2023
International Studies Association, Membership of committee, section or working group, since 2023
European International Studies Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2023
British International Studies Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2022
South African Coalition for Transitional Justice, Member, since 2022
South African Association of Political Studies, Deputy Convenor of the International Relations and Diplomacy Research Committee, 2021 - 2023

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

maxine.rubin@giga-hamburg.de

South African Journal of International Affairs | 03/2023

State Behavior and the International Criminal Court: Between Cooperation and Resistance

Book review of Franziska Boehme's "State Behavior and the International Criminal Court: Between Cooperation and Resistance".

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

Entry for Encyclopedia/Dictionary | 2023

Commission of Enquiry into Complaints by Former African National Congress Prisoners and Detainees (‘the Skweyiya Commission')

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

Dr. Hugo van der Merwe

The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

Entry for Encyclopedia/Dictionary | 2023

Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations of Cruelty and Human Rights Abuse against ANC Prisoners and Detainees by ANC Members (‘the Motsuenyane Commission')

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

Dr. Hugo van der Merwe

The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

Journal of Human Rights Practice | 12/2020

Exploring Transitional Justice’s Impact Pathways on Gender Justice: Trends in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Women from Thirteen African Cases

This article explores which core characteristics of transitional justice processes are more likely to positively contribute toward measures taken by the state to address sexual and gender-based violence against women outcomes.

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

International Journal of Transitional Justice | 07/2020

Politicized Justice: Africa and the International Criminal Court

Review essay of "Affective Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Pan-Africanist Pushback" by Kamari Maxine Clarke; "Distant Justice: The Impact of the International Criminal Court on African Politics" by Phil Clark; and "Judicial Imperialism: Politicisation of the International Criminal Justice in Africa" by Tim Murithi.

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

Research Project | 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2024

African Agency and the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s Judicial Intervention

This research project examines how African agency can be empirically measured using the relationship between African states and the International Criminal Court as a case study. The project seeks to contribute to the relatively small literature focused on advancing academic understanding of Africa's agency in International Relations.
OMT, 2023-2024

Conference | 02/10/2023

South Africa and the International Criminal Court

Towards a Multipolar World, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Dr. Maxine Rubin (Speaker)

An evaluation of South Africa’s changing role in the ICC and the implications for its foreign policy goals and international image

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

Conference | 21/06/2023 - 23/06/2023

British International Studies Association Annual Conference 2023

British International Studies Association Annual Conference 2023, Hilton, Glasgow Organisers: British International Studies Association Dr. Maxine Rubin (Panelist)

Presented a working paper entitled "Decoy Forums: African States’ demands for United Nations Security Council Reform within International Criminal Court spaces".

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

Teaching | University of Cape Town | 2022

Introduction to Politics A

I taught two-thirds of the Introduction to Politics A course in 2022 at the University of Cape Town's Department of Political Studies.

Teaching | University of Cape Town | 2020

Introduction to Politics B

I taught three weeks of Introduction to Politics B in 2020 at the University of Cape Town's Department of Politics Studies

Teaching | Center for International Educational Exchange | 2017

Poverty and Development

I designed and taught the "Poverty and Development" course offered by the Centre for International Educational Exchanges for three semesters.

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Short CV

Current Research

Countries and Regions

Research Programmes

Memberships

Dr. Maxine Rubin

Publications

State Behavior and the International Criminal Court: Between Cooperation and Resistance

Commission of Enquiry into Complaints by Former African National Congress Prisoners and Detainees (‘the Skweyiya Commission')

Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations of Cruelty and Human Rights Abuse against ANC Prisoners and Detainees by ANC Members (‘the Motsuenyane Commission')

Exploring Transitional Justice’s Impact Pathways on Gender Justice: Trends in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Women from Thirteen African Cases

Politicized Justice: Africa and the International Criminal Court

Research Projects

African Agency and the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s Judicial Intervention

Lectures

South Africa and the International Criminal Court

British International Studies Association Annual Conference 2023

Teaching

Introduction to Politics A

Introduction to Politics B

Poverty and Development

Notification

Social Media