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Ciara Smyth

Ciara Smyth
B.A. (NUI), LL.B (NUI), LL.M (Queen’s University Belfast)

Tel.: 353 (0)91 493362, Ext. 2937
Room 403, Floor 2, Tower 2
Office hours: Tuesdays 1:00-3:00pm or alternatively by appointment.
Email: ciara.m.smythnuigalway.ie

On sabbatical leave until September 2011

Ciara Smyth is a graduate of NUI Galway (B.A., LL.B) and holds an LL.M in Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (with distinction) from Queen’s University Belfast. Before joining the Law Faculty in 2003, Ciara worked in the human rights field, both in Ireland and in Cambodia, where she spent two years with the Cambodian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. On returning to Ireland, she worked as legal officer in the Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas. From 2001-2003 she worked in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation in Ireland, primarily in the area of training and capacity building of staff in the asylum institutions. She continues to act as training consultant to the asylum institutions on matters relating to refugee status determination, is a member of the Immigrant Council of Ireland’s Legal Working Group and regularly contributes to public meetings and discussions on immigration and asylum issues.  She is a visiting researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Immigration Law, University of Leiden where she is undertaking a PhD on the compatibility of the Common European Asylum System with the rights of the child.

COURSES TAUGHT / ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

• Public International Law
• International Protection of Human Rights
• Immigration Law
• Irish Legal Systems.

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

• Refugee and Immigration law
• Human Rights Law
• Public International Law

PUBLICATIONS

• Why is it So Hard to Promote a Rights-Based Approach to Immigration?’, Irish Human Rights Law Review 2009, forthcoming. (9,000 words)
• ‘International Perspective on the D Case’, 101, Law Society Gazette 5, 2007. (1,000 words)
• With O’Connell D., ‘The Irish Citizenship Referendum 2004: A Solution in Search of a Problem?’ in Shah & Menski (eds.), Migration, Diasporas and Legal Systems, Routledge Cavendish: London and New York, 2006. (7,500 words)
• 'Refugee Status Determination of Separated Children: International Developments and the Irish Response, Part II - The Asylum Procedure', 2 Irish Journal of Family Law ,2005. (7,500 words)
• 'Refugee Status Determination of Separated Children: International Developments and the Irish Response, Part I - The Refugee Definition', 1 Irish Journal of Family Law, 2005. (5,000 words)
• With O 'Connell, D. 'Citizenship and the Irish Constitution' , in Fraser and Harvey (eds.) Sanctuary in Ireland – Perspectives on Refugee Law and Policy, Institute of Public Administration: Dublin, 2004. (7,000 words)
• 'Does the Statute of the International Criminal Court Deal Adequately with the Problem of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict? A Critique and Recommendations for the Future', Occasional Paper Series No. 8, Queen's University Belfast, 1999. (20,000 words)

COMMISSIONED PAPERS/REPORTS

• National report on the domestic implementation of EC immigration and asylum directives (Directive on Family Reunification, Directive on Victims of Trafficking, Directive on Mutual Recognition of Expulsion Decisions), Odysseus Network, 2008.
• Advocacy Paper 3: The Citizenship Referendum: Issues, Observations and Concerns, National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, June 2003. Available on www.nccri.ie/pdf/AdvocacyPaper3.pdf

CONFERENCE PAPERS

• ‘Overview of EU and Forthcoming Irish Legislation and Policy on Immigration’, paper presented to North-South roundtable discussion on immigration law, organised by the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, June 2007.
• ‘Protection Aspects of the Scheme for an Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill’, paper presented at the Law Society conference, New Rules for the New Irish, January 2007.
• ‘How the Law in Ireland Perceives Immigrants’, paper presented to the Parnell Summer School, Ireland from the Margins, August 2005.
• ‘The Right to Vote and Participate in Local Elections: Citizen’s Right or Human Right?’, paper presented at the ESF-funded workshop, Citizens, Non-Citizens and Voting Rights in Europe, University of Edinburgh, June 2005.  Available as part of the School of Law NUI Galway Working Paper Series (1 LAW WPS 2006) on www.nuigalway.ie/law/papers.html
• ‘The Future for Subsidiary Protection in Ireland’, paper presented at the conference, The Future for Refugee Law, organised by the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway, May 2005. 
• As principal co-author with Donncha O’Connell, ‘Deportation of Irish Born Children: Constitutional and Refugee Law Issues’, paper presented at the WG Hart Legal Workshop, The Challenge of Migration to Legal Systems, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, June 2004.

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