Chjara Buchard (From August to September 2025)

Biography:

I am a PhD candidate in Private Law and Criminal Sciences at the University of Bordeaux, affiliated with the Institute of Criminal Sciences and Justice. My academic background is in law, with a specific focus on procedural law and criminal law. During my research stay, under the supervision of Vincent Denault, I will be working on my doctoral thesis, “Communication on Pending Criminal Cases”, with the aim of incorporating comparative law perspectives.

Research interests:

• Justice and the media
• Criminal procedure and fundamental rights and freedoms: presumption of innocence, freedom of expression
• Ethics of judicial actors

Publications and research work:

• Buchard, C. & Barsali, J. (forthcoming). The Pursuit of Profit and Organized Crime, in Proceedings of the Colloquium on Forms of Lucrative Crime.

• Buchard, C. (2024). Hate Speech in European Law, in Proceedings of the Colloquium on Hate Speech and Criminal Law, Revue des droits et libertés fondamentaux, chron. no. 19.

• Buchard, C. (forthcoming, April 4, 2024). The Status of the Suspect During the Investigation, in Proceedings of the Colloquium on the Reform of the Code of Criminal Procedure, L’Harmattan, BibliothèqueS de droit collection.

• Buchard, C. (2022). Master’s thesis: The Status of the Witness in Criminal Proceedings, supervised by Professor Aurélie Bergeaud-Wetterwald, University of Bordeaux.