Narissa is a Principal Lecturer within the School of Law, Policing and the Social Sciences. Narissa's research and legal practice has maintained focus on criminal responsibility and crime suppression.
Her work now concentrates on addressing impunity for international crimes and serious violations of human rights through multiple lens which include: state responsibility before the International Court of Justice in state to state actions, state responsibility before international human rights courts and tribunals , individual responsibility before domestic and international criminal courts and through the use of theatre and oratory as tool to address impunity. Her research into questions of criminal responsibility and accountability for international crime and serious violations of human rights thus separates into cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary lens in addition to doctrinal black letter law approaches.
She worked as Prosecutor in Trinidad and Tobago for over 8 years during which time she prosecuted over 100 cases including murder, sexual offences, offences against the person, and trafficking in narcotics She as advised the Director of Public Prosecutions and several government institutions in Trinidad and Tobago on questions of criminal responsibility. She has also trained and mentored early career attorneys in advocacy.
She recently worked as Visiting Professional at the International Criminal Court for 6 months from October 2020 to April 2021 in the Pre Trial Chambers. In conjunction with other international researchers she has presented research around violations of Economic Social and Cultural Rights of Rohingya, Kachin, Sentinelese, Tibetan and Uighurs in Asia at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
She has a PhD from Queen Mary University on " State Responsibility for Support of Armed Groups in the Commission of International Crimes" in 2017 and was awarded a studentship from Queen Mary University to undertake this research. She was examined by the late Professor Robert Cryer and was supervised by Professor Phoebe Okowa, who is currently elected to the International Law Commission. She has an LLM( Distinction) in Public International law from Kings College and a Bachelor of Laws ( 2:1) Bachelor of Arts (2:1) from the University of the West Indies.
She has extensive PhD supervision experience and welcomes proposals in the field of Accountability for International Crimes and Serious Violations of Human Rights.