Dr Hannah Baumeister
School of Law
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: H.Baumeister@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 3210
I am a Senior Lecturer in Law. Collaborating with artists, charities, local government, and schools, my interdisciplinary research focuses on (conflict-related) gender-based violence, its causes, consequences, and ways of addressing it in law and the humanities. I primarily teach Family and Child Law, Criminal Law, and International Criminal Law. I am also the editor of the LJMU Student Law Journal.
Languages
German
English
French
Degrees
Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom, PhD Law
Swansea University, United Kingdom, MA War and Society
University of Bremen, Germany, BA Integrated European Studies
Certifications
Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom, Fellow
Internet publication
Baumeister H, Voix de Femmes . 2025. Je Choisis : Parlons du Mariage Forcé Publisher Url
Baumeister H, Carabine A. 2024. Picture This: How can Comics Teach About Forced Marriage? Publisher Url
Baumeister H. 2024. Conflict-Related Forced Marriage in 'Army Of God: Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa' Publisher Url
Baumeister H. 2023. A Statutory Definition of “Honour”-Based Abuse Publisher Url
Baumeister H, Brown E. 2023. I Choose: Let's Talk About Forced Marriage Publisher Url Public Url
Baumeister H, Brown E, Carabine A, Qassim A. 2023. I Choose: Let’s talk About Forced Marriage Educator Guidance Publisher Url Public Url
Baumeister H. 2023. A Review of Daria: A Roma Woman’s Journey Publisher Url
Baumeister H. 2023. So You Want to Make a Comic 2: How we did it Publisher Url
Baumeister H. 2023. M and Others v Italy and Bulgaria: Traditions of Forced Marriage? Publisher Url
Baumeister H. 2023. A Review (or Something) of 'Team Muhafiz and the Child Raiders' Publisher Url
Baumeister H. 2023. Even Superheroes Publisher Url
Baumeister H. 2023. “I do – not”: An Introduction to Forced Marriage Publisher Url
Baumeister H. 2020. Graphic Novels: Drawing on Peacebuilding Publisher Url
Baumeister H. 2019. Researching the Inner Workings of the International Criminal Court Publisher Url
Journal article
Baumeister H, Carabine A. 2024. Drawing on forced marriage The Law Teacher, :1-13 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
McCabe H, Stickle W, Baumeister H. 2022. Forced Marriage and Modern Slavery: Analysing Marriage as a “Choiceless Choice” Journal of Modern Slavery, 7 :33-57 Publisher Url Public Url
Baumeister H. 2019. Drawing on genocide Law and Humanities, 13 :3-28 DOI Publisher Url
Baumeister H. Forced Marriage Real Simple Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, 1 :25-47 DOI Publisher Url
Baumeister H. Legal Deteminism or Progressive Politics – The ICC Negotiations of War Rape and Forced Marriage Cambrian Law Review,
Book review
Baumeister H. 2024. Sara De Vido and Micaela Frulli (ed), Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence: A Commentary on the Istanbul Convention, Cheltenham UK & Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2023, 929 pp, Hardback, ISBN: 9781839107740 Liverpool Law Review, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Dataset
Baumeister H. 2024. Drawing on Forced Marriage: Teaching Tough Topics Through Comics DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Other
Baumeister H, McCabe H. 2021. Forced Marriage and Domestic Law Publisher Url
Baumeister H, McCabe H. 2021. Forced Marriage or 'Forced Conjugal Association'? Publisher Url
Books (authored)
Baumeister H. 2018. Sexualised Crimes, Armed Conflict and the Law: The International Criminal Court and the Definitions of Rape and Forced Marriage :1-251 978-1-138-08512-1
Public engagement:
Public talk or lecture, local adults, invited speaker, An unholy union? Let’s talk about forced marriage, and comics!, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-unholy-union-lets-talk-about-forced-marriage-and-comics-tickets-1358272021179?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*ud6ije*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTM5MTIxNDA2NS4xNzQ5MDQwNzQ4*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NDkwNDA3NDckbzEkZzAkdDE3NDkwNDA3NDckajYwJGwwJGgw. 2025
Public talk or lecture, special interest group, invited speaker, Ways of Seeing: Literature and Law, In conversation, Dr Hannah Baumeister (Law) and Professor Gerry Smyth (English) explored gender relations, the family, and questions of rights and their violations., https://www.linkedin.com/posts/school-of-humanities-and-social-science_ways-of-seeing-literature-and-lawbrings-activity-7306365653240729602-lhim. 2025
Public talk or lecture, pupils, invited speaker, Law Factor, Widening participation and access to the professions programme at LJMU, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate-students/outreach/widening-access-programmes#:~:text=Law%20Factor%20gives%20pupils%20from,Liverpool%20based%20law%20firm%2C%20DWF.. 2025
Public talk or lecture, pupils, invited speaker, Language Day, A workshop to celebrate language and cultural diversity at Archbishop Blanche School. 2025
Other, pupils, speaker, Drawing on Forced Marriage, Taster seminar at LJMU Applicant Day. 2025
Public talk or lecture, charities, organiser and speaker, Law in a Teacup, Public talk on forced marriage and comics organised by LJMU School of Law. 2024
Public talk or lecture, pupils, invited speaker, Law Factor, Widening participation and access to the professions programme at LJMU. 2024
Other, school children, special interest groups, Organiser, Drawing on Forced Marriage project, Feedback meetings and comic-based workshops. 2024
Conference presentation:
Oral presentation, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Fatal Words of Consent, https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/. 2025
Oral presentation, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2024, Drawing on Forced Marriage. 2024
Oral presentation, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2022, In Good Times and in Bad: Forced Marriage and Human Rights, https://www.slsa.ac.uk/images/conferences/YORK_Full_conference_programme_FINAL.pdf. 2022
Oral presentation, Slavery Past, Present and Future, 'To Have and to Hold': Forced Marriage, Modern Slavery and National Legislation of the UN Member States. 2021
Oral presentation, Modern Histories of Consent, Intimacy, and Law Symposium, ‘Choiceless Choices’: Consent, Agency, and Marriage. 2021
Oral presentation, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2021, 'To Have and to Hold': Forced Marriage, Modern Slavery and National Legislation of EU Countries, https://www.slsa.ac.uk/images/conferences/Cardiff_2021_FINAL.pdf. 2021
Oral presentation, Modern Slavery, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking: Research Roadmaps to 2030, Gender and Violence. 2020
Poster presentation, Modern Slavery, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking: Research Roadmaps to 2030, What is Forced Marriage?. 2020
Oral presentation, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2019, Drawing on Genocide, https://www.slsa.ac.uk/images/conferences/SLSA-2019-MAIN_LEEDS.pdf. 2019
Oral presentation, Enslavement, Conflict and Forced Marriage in Africa: Research Methods, Research Ethics, and the Political Economy of Knowledge Production, How to Unravel the Process of Defining War Rape and Forced Marriage in Times of Armed Conflict Under the Statute of the International Criminal Court. 2018
Oral presentation, Between Slavery and Post-slavery: Citizenship, Dependence, and Abolitionism in African and Indian Ocean Societies, Forced Marriage in Times of Armed Conflict: A Form of Sexual Slavery?. 2018
Oral presentation, Women in and at War, Progressive Politics or Legal Determinism? Sexualised Crimes and the ICC Negotiations. 2016
Oral presentation, Women in and at War, Painting a Picture: Forced Marriage. 2014
Oral presentation, Visualizing Law and Gender, Drawing on Forced Marriage. 2014
Oral presentation, Behind the Lines: Gender in the Bunker of International Security and Defence?, Women in the Military - Forced Wives in Fighting Groups?. 2013
Award:
Hidden Ref, 'I choose: Let's talk about forced marriage' highly commended communicative output, https://hidden-ref.org/hidden-ref-competition/. 2024
LJMU Faculty of Business and Law, VC Awards for Research and Knowledge Exchange - Excellence in Knowledge Exchange. 2023
Outstanding Postgraduate Teaching Award. 2014
Other invited event:
online, Guest lecture on forced marriage at the Faculty of Law, ICFAI University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, Forced Marriage: Human Rights, International Criminal Law and the Domestic Law of UN Member States. 2024
Media Coverage:
BBC Radio Merseyside on Drawing on Forced Marriage project 2024
BBC News on Drawing on Forced Marriage project 2024
BBC Radio Nottingham on Drawing on Forced Marriage project 2024
LJMU Corporate Comms on Drawing on Forced Marriage project 2024
University of Nottingham Press on Drawing on Forced Marriage project 2024
Other Professional Activity:
Savera UK Advisory Board Member for Research. 2023
Conference organisation:
Elimination of Violence against Women Conference. 2018
Human Rights Symposium. 2017
Elimination of Violence against Women Conference. 2016
Human Rights Symposium. 2015
Teaching qualification:
Fellow Higher Education Academy. 2017
External collaboration:
Childwall Sports and Science Academy, Childwall Sports and Science Academy.
Karma Nirvana, Karma Nirvana.
Nottingham City Council, Nottingham City Council.
Nottingham Girls Academy, Nottingham Girls Academy.
Professor Helen McCabe, University of Nottingham.
Savera UK and Savera UK Youth, Savera UK and Savera UK Youth.
Touch the Sun, Touch the Sun, https://touchthesundesigns.com/.
Voix de Femmes, Voix de Femmes, https://association-voixdefemmes.fr/.
Editorial boards:
Editor, LJMU Student Law Journal.
Research Grants Awarded:
Grant value (£): 56,000, Aberystwyth University, Unravelling the Process of Defining War Rape and Forced Marriage in Times of Armed Conflict Under the Statute of the International Criminal Court: Actors and Sturtcures.
Grant value (£): 60,000, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Drawing on Forced Marriage: Teaching Tough Topics Through Comics, https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX004325%2F1.