DR. Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko B.A., LL.M., D.E.S., Ph.D.

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Dr. Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko is currently a Lecturer at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR), School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway, where she teaches human rights, public international law and women’s rights. She is also an associate researcher at the Hans and Tamara Oppenheimer Chair in International Law at McGill University, Montreal, Canada (see http://oppenheimer.mcgill.ca/Ekaterina-Yahyaoui-Krivenko).

Previously, Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko taught public international law, women's rights, international refugee and migration law, and human rights and Islam at the Faculty of Law, University of Montreal. She was also a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for International Studies and Research and the Canada Chair in International Migration Law of the University of Montreal. Before joining CERIUM she worked, among other things, as a legal advisor for a project at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko is a member of the Quebec Bar and holds a B.A. from Geneva University (Switzerland),an LL.M. from the University Albert-Ludwigs (Freiburg i. Br., Germany), a D.E.S. in international relations and a Ph.D. in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva).

Research interests: human rights with a particular emphasis on the international protection of women's rights, relationship between Islam and human rights protection, international refugee and migration law, comparative law and legal cultures, feminist analyses of law, law and humanities.

Book

Women, Islam and International Law Within the Context of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Brill, Martinus Nijhoff Publisher (Graduate Institute Publication Series), 2009

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

“Hospitality and Sovereignty: What Can We Learn From the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program” forthcoming in 24 (3) International Journal of Refugee Law2012

“ The Islamic Veil and Its Discontents: How Do They Undermine Gender Equality” 7 (1) Religion and Human Rights 2012 ,11-29

“ Muslim Women’s Refugee Claims in New Zealand: Case of Child Custody Upon Divorce Under Islamic Law” 2010 New Zealand Law Journal 209-212

“ Muslim Women’s Claims to Refugee Status Within the Context of Child Custody Upon Divorce Under Islamic Law” 22 (1) International Journal of Refugee Law 2010 , 48-71

“ Feminism, Modern Philosophy and the Future of Legitimacy of International Constitutionalism” 11 (2) International Community Law Review 2009, 219-245

“Islamic View of Women's Rights: an International Lawyer's Perspective” 2 (1) Journal of East Asia and International Law 2009, 103-128

Book reviews

Brunnée, Jutta; Toope J. Stephen, Legitimacy and Legality in International Law; An Interactional Account (2010), Cambridge University Press; Charlesworth, Hilary; Coicaud, Jean-Marc , Fault Lines of International Legitimacy (2009), Cambridge University Press; Thornhill, Chris, A Sociology of Constitutions . Constitutions and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological Perspective (2011), Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in 23 (3) European Journal of International Law 2012

The Ethics of Global Governance, A. Franceschet (ed.) (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009) in 42 (1) Études Internationales, 2011, 121-122

Ruling the World? Constitutionalism, International Law, and Global Governance, J.L. Dunoff, J. P. Trachtman (eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2009); Embedded Cosmopolitanism: Duties to Strangers and Enemies in a World of “Dislocated Communities”, T. Erskine (Oxford University Press, 2008); Was bedeutet Souveränität? U. Haltern (Mohr Siebeck, 2007), in 21 (3) European Journal of International Law 2010, 789-803 available at http://www.ejil.org/pdfs/21/3/2080.pdf

Protracted Refugee Situations: Political, Human Rights and Security Implications, G. Loescher, J. Milner, E. Newman, G. Troeller (ed.) (United Nations University Press, 2008), in 40 (3) Études Internationales 2009, 468-470

Other selected publications

“Quel avenir pour le programme Canadienne de parrainage privé des réfugiés?” forthcoming in Bulletin de veille stratégique, vol. 9, 2012

“Muslim Women’s Rights in Southeast Asia: Perspectives and Experiences from Indonesia and Malaysia”, in Culturas, n°6, January 2010 (in Spanish)

“ Une justice injustifiable” editorial for Canadian chair in international migration law (CEDIM) web-page, November 2008: http://www.cerium.ca/Une-justice-injustifiable

Selected publications by Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko are also available at the Social Science Research Network.

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