Dr Sofia Stolk is a senior researcher in international law at the Asser Institute in The Hague and the University of Amsterdam. Her research project 'Imagining Justice' focuses on the use of visual means by international courts and tribunals and explores how different audiences engage with international law through its representation in visual media. She has taught and published internationally about the intersection of international law and art, architecture, theater, and film. Her monograph ‘The Opening Statement of the Prosecution in International Criminal Trials: A Solemn Tale of Horror’ was published by Routledge in 2021. She is currently editor for the International Legal Theory section of the Leiden Journal of International Law.
Together with Renske Vos (VU Amsterdam), Sofia founded the Legal Sightseeing platform (www.legalsightseeing.org).
Sofia also works for the Movies that Matter Foundation and coordinates, amongst other things, the Camera Justitia program on law and social justice at the annual Movies that Matter film festival in The Hague.
