Natalie Hēni Maihi Fennell (She/They)
Natalie is a Criminology PhD candidate. They completed a Bachelor of Arts with an extended major in Criminology and a minor in International Relations (UQ) in 2020. In 2021 they obtained a Bachelor of Arts Honours (Class I) in Criminology by qualitatively interrogating how the International Criminal Court (ICC) amplifies the voices of survivors of sexualised war violence within the context of severe stigmatisation and shame. They established that antithetical to the implementation of protective measures for victims when testifying before the Court, these measures cannot compensate for the harms that are intrinsic to adversarial systems of law.
Natalie’s Ph.D. expands upon this research by examining how survivors of sexualised war violence interact with the ICC, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Their project will command an abolition feminism lens to interrogate the systemic structures which underpin and continuously reproduce and facilitate gendered violence. As a direct descendant of Eruera Maihi Patuone, a Ngāpuhi Chief who signed the Treaty of Waitangi, Natalie is deeply committed to dismantling the enduring depredations of colonialism through her work, which emphasises transformative mechanisms of justice.
Awards
- John Braithwaite Prize in Criminology (2021)
- UQ Future Leader (2021)
Research Interests
- Abolition and the prison industrial complex
- Coloniality and International Law
- International human rights violations
- Responses to gender-based crimes
Publications
Research Reports
Fennell, Natalie and Fielding, Isabella (2022).
The Protective Services Group and the Queensland Police Service: Cultural Analysis Project
Bennett, Sarah., Fennell, Natalie., and Fielding, Isabella. (2021)
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours) Review: Focus Group Report (2021)
Bennett, Sarah., Elson-Green, Ashley., Fennell, Natalie., Fielding, Isabella., and Haugh, Kimberly. (2021)
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours) Review: Survey Report
Bennett, Sarah., Fennell, Natalie., and Fielding, Isabella. (2021)
Engaging Alumni feedback on the Current and Future Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours)
Bennett, Sarah., Fennell, Natalie., and Fielding, Isabella. (2021)
Engaging Industry feedback on the Current and Future Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours)
Bennett, Sarah., Elson-Green, Ashley., Fennell, Natalie., Fielding, Isabella., and Haugh, Kimberly. (2021)
Engaging Student feedback on the Current and Future Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours)