Human Rights and Transitional Justice

The Law unit of assessment unit of assessment includes the work of the School of Law and the Transitional Justice Institute as well as the Ulster University Law Clinic and the Legal Innovation Centre.

We welcome applications in specified thematic areas including human rights and transitional justice.

Examples of proposals in this area include

Gender and human rights; CEDAW; Domestic protection of human rights through Bills of Rights; human rights and conflict; national human rights institutions;

Philosophy and history of Human Rights, including relationship of human rights to democracy and participation; postcolonial theory; Minority and vulnerable groups; Equality and socio-economic rights; International Human Rights Law; Health and Human Rightsl Regional human rights systems (Africa, Latin America, Europe); human rights and development.

and memorialisation; Transitional justice in democratic and in ongoing conflicts; Gender and transitional justice, including sexual violence, masculinities, sexual and gender minorities; Transitional justice in Northern Ireland; Regional perspectives on transitional justice including African and Latin American perspectives; Transitional justice and constitutional change; Postcolonial perspectives and critiques of transitional justice

The following staff are interested in supervising in these areas:

Prof Fidelma Ashe Dr Kris Brown, Prof Cath Collins;  Prof Brandon Hamber; Dr Thomas Hansen; Dr Claire Lougarre,  Dr Venkat Iyer; Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick; Prof Grainne McKeever; Dr Khanyisela Moyo; Prof Rory O’Connell; Dr Shauna Page; Dr Anne Smith; Dr Mark Simpson; Prof Siobhán Wills, Mr Ciaran White

Applicants are encouraged to contact potential supervisors in good time to discuss draft research proposals.

For general enquiries please contact the Research Director for Law Prof Rory O’Connell or one of our PhD coordinators, Prof Cath Collins, Dr Thomas Hansen.

Allocation of supervisors will be made during the selection process. The supervisory team will depend on the proposal. We list a number of named supervisors on the web pages for contact purposes but please note they may or may not be included on any supervision team.

We welcome interdisciplinary research proposals and may appoint supervisors from outside the law unit of assessment.

A sound research proposal should be about 2000-3000 words. Please see our guide to putting a proposal together. It should have the following headings:

1) A tentative title

2) Research question(s) and any related hypotheses

3) Literature review/survey of existing scholarship

4) Methodology

5) Contribution of the conclusions

6) Assessment of feasibility

We welcome applications in specified thematic areas including human rights and transitional justice.