Mariana Fakih
About me
I am a doctoral candidate in public international law at Stockholm University’s Faculty of Law.
My research project focuses on citizenship deprivation as a counterterrorism measure in democratic states. The preliminary title is ’’Does depriving individuals of their citizenship, based on national security grounds, comply with EU and international law on human rights?’’ Some of the questions that the research deals with are: How far can states go in extending their denationalisation power? How do states justify their increased denationalisation power and its consequences? Are there limits to citizenship deprivation that states have to obey? How can EU and international law on human rights protect citizens from the states’ denationalisation power? What would happen, practically, if two states want to deprive the citizenship of the same person at the same time? Which country has the priority?
Education
I hold an LLM from Stockholm University (2020), a master’s degree in European Studies from the University of Gothenburg (2017), a LLM in Commercial Law (2012) and an LLB from Aleppo University (2008).
Work experience
Legal Counsel, 2020-
Associate researcher at the University of Gothenburg, 2018
Intern at the Ministry of Justice, EU Affairs, 2017
Trainee at the UNICEF Brussels Office, EU Affairs, 2016
Legal Counsel and attorney in Turkey and Syria, 2008-2013
Publications
- Bucken-Knapp, G., Fakih, Z. and Spehar, A. (2018), Интеграция мигрантов и рынок труда Швеции: мнения сирийских беженев, Сотрудничество в публичной политике и управлении, St. Petersburg University Press, Chapter in book, 226-236.
- Bucken-Knapp, G., Fakih, Z. and Spehar, A. (2018). Talking about Integration: The Voices of Syrian Refugees Taking Part in Introduction Programmes for Integration into Swedish Society, Int Migr.
- Fakih, Z (2017), Labour Market Integration of Female Refugees – A comparative study of the Swedish and Norwegian labour markets, master’s thesis, Nordic Welfare Centre.
- Fakih, Z. and Fares, O. (2012), Enhancing the Protection of Investors in the Damascus Securities Exchange, Research Journal of Aleppo University, Economic & Law Series, NR: 1 (in Arabic).
- Fakih, Z. and Fares, O. (2011), The Enrolment of Securities in the Damascus Securities Exchange, Research Journal of Aleppo University, Economic & Law Series, NR: 78 (in Arabic).
Teaching
I teach in the basic course on Public International Law and the advanced course on International Criminal Law.
