Salome Addo Ravn

Salome is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Private Governance (CEPRI) where she is a member of the Mercenarism and the Accountability Void (MERCURY) ERC project team.  Her research evaluates the effectiveness of the existing international and regional legal frameworks addressing mercenaries. Furthermore, she examines economic and other sanctions as viable routes to accountability for mercenary activities.

Salome earned her PhD from the University of Copenhagen’s Centre of Excellence within the Faculty of Law. Her PhD research project, 'An Assessment of the Authority of the African Human Rights System through its Evolution,' examined the political, legal, and social factors shaping the authority of the African human rights system. Focusing on the interaction between its main institutions—the African Court and the African Commission—and their constituencies, she investigated the system's purpose and analyzed whether its obligations and directives impact stakeholder behavior, particularly that of states.

Prior to entering academia, Salome practiced as a lawyer in Ghana. Her areas of research interests are international law, international human rights, regional human rights courts and international humanitarian law.