Kjersti Lohne
Biographic Data
| ID | 2034412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kjersti Lohne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kjersti |
| FAMILY NAME | Lohne |
| SIGNATURE | LOHNE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3143-2474 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Ordinary, Liminal Lives of Informants in Participatory Dictatorships
Haven't you ever told on someone?Confessed, snitched, reported?Of course you have.We all have.The interactive act of gossiping, sharing secrets, providing information about the other, to friends and family, schoolteachers and deans, colleagues and bosses, the media, the police, or-to the state secret police under repressive regimes; there is something qualitatively mundane and everyday about the act of informing.Through stories from Communist Pra…
Rescaling the Legal Complex
In times of political crisis and attacks against the foundations of political liberalism, can we put our trust in lawyers and other legal occupations to fight for our freedoms when they are under attack? The role of the legal profession in the rise, development, and resilience of political liberalism has been at the core of a body of work commonly framed as “the legal complex”: Terence C. Halliday and Lucien Karpik’s Lawyers and the Rise of Weste…
Frictions and Logics of ‘Good State’ Support to International Criminal Justice
Despite the significance of state support to international criminal justice institutions, we lack systematic knowledge about what animates states’ foreign policy on international criminal justice, as well as how international criminal justice impacts domestic societies. This article analyses a subset of findings regarding Norway from the EU cost Action ( ca 18228) survey on States’ encounters with international criminal justice. While Norway’s po…
Global Atrocity Justice Constellations
In this brief introduction we explain the origins of the 13 papers in the Global Atrocity Justice Constellations project, and identify some important characteristics of the countries covered. The introduction identifies a diverse set of engagements between states and international criminal justice shaped by historical experience, domestic politics and resources. We find that as a collectiion the papers highlight a complex and dynamic landscape of…
Autocracies and the International Criminal Court
The rising tide of autocratization does not bode well for the International Criminal Court ( icc ), which has almost exclusively intervened in contexts of autocratic rule. As the Court is dependent not only on state cooperation but also on non-governmental organizations ( ngo s) for effectiveness and legitimacy, this article explores the role—if any—of dissident ngo s in the pursuit of justice for international crimes committed under autocratic r…
Observing Justice at Guantánamo Bay
The article critically considers the role of NGOs at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. On the basis of observation of pre-trial hearings for the case against Khalid Sheik Mohammed et al.—those allegedly responsible for the September 11 attacks—the article analyses NGOs as trial monitors of the US military commissions set up to deal with ‘alien unprivileged enemy belligerents’. In spite of continued efforts by human rights NGOs and increm…
Theatrics of transnational criminal justice
This special issue sets out to explore the Theatrics of Transnational Criminal Justice. ‘Why’, we ask, ‘do transnational criminal justice actors perform themselves as they do?’ ‘Why are their representations frequently, if not different from, then often quite dramatized versions of the average reality of their practices?’ ‘What does such dramatization tell us about not only the symbolism but also the structure and state of transnational criminal …
The struggle against sexual violence in conflict
Digital technological innovations make new types of responses to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) possible, bringing with them both potential promises and pitfalls. Aiming to provide a conceptual starting point for further analysis, this article problematizes the trend towards data extraction in exchange for aid, protection and justice, and argues for the importance of complementing technology-driven approaches to the struggle against CRSV…
Penal welfarism ‘gone global’? Comparing international criminal justice to The Culture of Control
With the consolidation of a cosmopolitan field of international criminal justice, penality has ‘gone global’. In spite of the abundance of doctrinal legal analysis, human rights studies, and transitional justice studies, there are few analytic attempts to engage with the working assumptions, cultural commitments, and dominant mentalities that give shape to international criminal justice as a penal field. Based on ethnographic observations, interv…
As the Universal Breaks
Kjersti Lohne closes out our special section on post-truth with a personal political reflection on the challenges that beset scholars engaging with the world in the post-truth era. She reflects on the challenges of researching and teaching about international criminal justice and military tribunals in an age when the very idea of universality is, like truth, under attack from all sides. What once seemed critical and emancipatory, laying out the c…
Penal humanitarianism beyond the nation state
In a recent account of border control, Mary Bosworth introduces the notion of ‘penal humanitarianism’ to describe how humanitarianism enables penal power to move beyond the nation state. Based on a study of international criminal justice, this article applies and develops the notion of penal humanitarianism, and argues that that power to punish is particularly driven by humanitarian reason when punishment is disembedded from the nation state alto…
End Impunity! Reducing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence to a Problem of Law
Whilst sexual violence has been an offence associated both with war- and peacetime throughout history, its rise to the tables where international peace and security are negotiated, represents a significant shift. This article continues the scholarly conversation about conflict-related sexual violence and its emergence as a "hot topic" on academic, political, and activist agendas. Specifically, we ask how and why criminal law constitutes the ultim…
The Rise of the Humanitarian Drone
This article explores and attempts to define the emerging concept of the humanitarian drone by critically examining actual and anticipated transfers of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, from the global battlespace to the humanitarian emergency zone. Focusing on the relationship between the diffusion of new technology and institutional power, we explore the humanitarian drone as a ‘war dividend’ arising from the transfer of surveillance …
The Norwegian Data Inspectorate
In response to the growing impact of information and communication technologies, data protection authorities have been established across Europe. However, despite the role of these authorities as enforcers of privacy and data protection legislation, surveillance studies have so far offered little attention to their role in resistance. From the outset of a critical socio-legal examination of the Norwegian Data Inspectorate, the focus of this paper…
The Refugee in International Society
The Rise of the Humanitarian Drone
This article explores and attempts to define the emerging concept of the humanitarian drone by critically examining actual and anticipated transfers of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, from the global battlespace to the humanitarian emergency zone. Focusing on the relationship between the diffusion of new technology and institutional power, we explore the humanitarian drone as a ‘war dividend’ arising from the transfer of surveillance …
End Impunity! Reducing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence to a Problem of Law
Whilst sexual violence has been an offence associated both with war- and peacetime throughout history, its rise to the tables where international peace and security are negotiated, represents a significant shift. This article continues the scholarly conversation about conflict-related sexual violence and its emergence as a "hot topic" on academic, political, and activist agendas. Specifically, we ask how and why criminal law constitutes the ultim…
Penal humanitarianism beyond the nation state
In a recent account of border control, Mary Bosworth introduces the notion of ‘penal humanitarianism’ to describe how humanitarianism enables penal power to move beyond the nation state. Based on a study of international criminal justice, this article applies and develops the notion of penal humanitarianism, and argues that that power to punish is particularly driven by humanitarian reason when punishment is disembedded from the nation state alto…
Penal welfarism ‘gone global’? Comparing international criminal justice to The Culture of Control
With the consolidation of a cosmopolitan field of international criminal justice, penality has ‘gone global’. In spite of the abundance of doctrinal legal analysis, human rights studies, and transitional justice studies, there are few analytic attempts to engage with the working assumptions, cultural commitments, and dominant mentalities that give shape to international criminal justice as a penal field. Based on ethnographic observations, interv…
The Refugee in International Society
Theatrics of transnational criminal justice
This special issue sets out to explore the Theatrics of Transnational Criminal Justice. ‘Why’, we ask, ‘do transnational criminal justice actors perform themselves as they do?’ ‘Why are their representations frequently, if not different from, then often quite dramatized versions of the average reality of their practices?’ ‘What does such dramatization tell us about not only the symbolism but also the structure and state of transnational criminal …
As the Universal Breaks
Kjersti Lohne closes out our special section on post-truth with a personal political reflection on the challenges that beset scholars engaging with the world in the post-truth era. She reflects on the challenges of researching and teaching about international criminal justice and military tribunals in an age when the very idea of universality is, like truth, under attack from all sides. What once seemed critical and emancipatory, laying out the c…
The Refugee in International Society
The Norwegian Data Inspectorate
In response to the growing impact of information and communication technologies, data protection authorities have been established across Europe. However, despite the role of these authorities as enforcers of privacy and data protection legislation, surveillance studies have so far offered little attention to their role in resistance. From the outset of a critical socio-legal examination of the Norwegian Data Inspectorate, the focus of this paper…
The Rise of the Humanitarian Drone
This article explores and attempts to define the emerging concept of the humanitarian drone by critically examining actual and anticipated transfers of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, from the global battlespace to the humanitarian emergency zone. Focusing on the relationship between the diffusion of new technology and institutional power, we explore the humanitarian drone as a ‘war dividend’ arising from the transfer of surveillance …
End Impunity! Reducing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence to a Problem of Law
Whilst sexual violence has been an offence associated both with war- and peacetime throughout history, its rise to the tables where international peace and security are negotiated, represents a significant shift. This article continues the scholarly conversation about conflict-related sexual violence and its emergence as a "hot topic" on academic, political, and activist agendas. Specifically, we ask how and why criminal law constitutes the ultim…
As the Universal Breaks
Kjersti Lohne closes out our special section on post-truth with a personal political reflection on the challenges that beset scholars engaging with the world in the post-truth era. She reflects on the challenges of researching and teaching about international criminal justice and military tribunals in an age when the very idea of universality is, like truth, under attack from all sides. What once seemed critical and emancipatory, laying out the c…
Penal humanitarianism beyond the nation state
In a recent account of border control, Mary Bosworth introduces the notion of ‘penal humanitarianism’ to describe how humanitarianism enables penal power to move beyond the nation state. Based on a study of international criminal justice, this article applies and develops the notion of penal humanitarianism, and argues that that power to punish is particularly driven by humanitarian reason when punishment is disembedded from the nation state alto…
The struggle against sexual violence in conflict
Digital technological innovations make new types of responses to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) possible, bringing with them both potential promises and pitfalls. Aiming to provide a conceptual starting point for further analysis, this article problematizes the trend towards data extraction in exchange for aid, protection and justice, and argues for the importance of complementing technology-driven approaches to the struggle against CRSV…
Penal welfarism ‘gone global’? Comparing international criminal justice to The Culture of Control
With the consolidation of a cosmopolitan field of international criminal justice, penality has ‘gone global’. In spite of the abundance of doctrinal legal analysis, human rights studies, and transitional justice studies, there are few analytic attempts to engage with the working assumptions, cultural commitments, and dominant mentalities that give shape to international criminal justice as a penal field. Based on ethnographic observations, interv…
Observing Justice at Guantánamo Bay
The article critically considers the role of NGOs at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. On the basis of observation of pre-trial hearings for the case against Khalid Sheik Mohammed et al.—those allegedly responsible for the September 11 attacks—the article analyses NGOs as trial monitors of the US military commissions set up to deal with ‘alien unprivileged enemy belligerents’. In spite of continued efforts by human rights NGOs and increm…
Theatrics of transnational criminal justice
This special issue sets out to explore the Theatrics of Transnational Criminal Justice. ‘Why’, we ask, ‘do transnational criminal justice actors perform themselves as they do?’ ‘Why are their representations frequently, if not different from, then often quite dramatized versions of the average reality of their practices?’ ‘What does such dramatization tell us about not only the symbolism but also the structure and state of transnational criminal …
Frictions and Logics of ‘Good State’ Support to International Criminal Justice
Despite the significance of state support to international criminal justice institutions, we lack systematic knowledge about what animates states’ foreign policy on international criminal justice, as well as how international criminal justice impacts domestic societies. This article analyses a subset of findings regarding Norway from the EU cost Action ( ca 18228) survey on States’ encounters with international criminal justice. While Norway’s po…
Global Atrocity Justice Constellations
In this brief introduction we explain the origins of the 13 papers in the Global Atrocity Justice Constellations project, and identify some important characteristics of the countries covered. The introduction identifies a diverse set of engagements between states and international criminal justice shaped by historical experience, domestic politics and resources. We find that as a collectiion the papers highlight a complex and dynamic landscape of…
Autocracies and the International Criminal Court
The rising tide of autocratization does not bode well for the International Criminal Court ( icc ), which has almost exclusively intervened in contexts of autocratic rule. As the Court is dependent not only on state cooperation but also on non-governmental organizations ( ngo s) for effectiveness and legitimacy, this article explores the role—if any—of dissident ngo s in the pursuit of justice for international crimes committed under autocratic r…
The Ordinary, Liminal Lives of Informants in Participatory Dictatorships
Haven't you ever told on someone?Confessed, snitched, reported?Of course you have.We all have.The interactive act of gossiping, sharing secrets, providing information about the other, to friends and family, schoolteachers and deans, colleagues and bosses, the media, the police, or-to the state secret police under repressive regimes; there is something qualitatively mundane and everyday about the act of informing.Through stories from Communist Pra…
Rescaling the Legal Complex
In times of political crisis and attacks against the foundations of political liberalism, can we put our trust in lawyers and other legal occupations to fight for our freedoms when they are under attack? The role of the legal profession in the rise, development, and resilience of political liberalism has been at the core of a body of work commonly framed as “the legal complex”: Terence C. Halliday and Lucien Karpik’s Lawyers and the Rise of Weste…
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