Jacques Hartmann holds a PhD from Cambridge University, where he also worked as a Research Associate at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He has taught international and human rights law in various capacities at universities in the UK, including Durham, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, as well as overseas. He is currently an External Lecturer at La Sabana University, Colombia. Prior to joining Dundee University, Jacques worked as a Legal Officer at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representing Denmark at diplomatic conferences and before the International Court of Justice. He has experience collaborating with governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organisations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross. He is a member of the International Law Association's Committee on the Protection of People at Sea and the Constitutional Law and Human Rights Sub-Committee of the Law Society of Scotland.

Jacques’ research interests focus on general issues of public international law, particularly relating to the Arctic, security, transnational crime, and human rights. His published works address questions of international peace and security, criminal cooperation, extradition, immunity, jurisdiction, climate change, and AI. Between 2003 and 2016, he was the co-compiler of the section on state practice in the British Yearbook of International Law, published by Oxford University Press.

Public International Law

International Criminal Law

Transnational Crime and Counter-Terrorism

International Law and Security

Human Rights

Public Law