Burma/Myanmar Project - Situation of the Rohingyas in Northern Rakhine

In August 2008, the Irish Centre for Human Rights received funding from Irish Aid to launch a project on the human rights situation of the Rohingyas/Muslims of Rakhine State in Western Burma/Myanmar. As part of the project, the Irish Centre for Human Rights established a research unit to carry an open source research and take part in a fact-finding mission and the drafting of a report.

The China Death Penalty Project

This is a three-year research project into the abolition of the death penalty in China. The project, which is funded by the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights, will involve research into death penalty cases as well as survey work on public opinion and the death penalty.

Ireland participation in International Human Rights Law and Institutions

The objective of this project is to document and analyse Irish foreign policy towards the development and evolution of International Human Rights Law during its formative stage. It sub-divides into an analysis of Ireland's involvement in human rights law-making and Ireland's engagement in international human rights institutions.

Researchers in this centre have access to the following facilities and equipment:

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Prof William A. Shabas

Director
Tel: 353 (0)91 493 726
Email: william@nuigalway.ie
Research interests: International human rights law.

Dr Vinodh Jaichand

Deputy Director
Tel: 353 (0)91 492 819

Email: vinodh.jaichand@nuigalway.ie
Research interests: Social, economic and cultural rights; regional systems of protecting human rights outside Europe; access to justice issues; racism; land rights.

Dr Noam Lobell

Director of LLM Programme
Tel: 353 (0)91 492 065
Email: noam.lobell@nuigalway.ie
Research interests: International human rights law and international humanitarian law.

Dr Ray Murphy

Senior Lecturer in Law
Tel: 353 (0)91 493 081
Email: ray.murphy@nuigalway.ie
Research interests: International peace support operations; international humanitarian law and human rights.
    

Dr Kathleen Cavanaugh

Lecturer in International Law
Tel: 353 (0)91 493 799
Email: kathleen.cavanaugh@nuigalway.ie
Research interests: Nationalism; ethnic conflict; political violence; applicable human rights laws in entrenched/states of emergency and the laws of belligerent occupation.

Dr Shane Darcy

Lecturer in International Human Rights Law
Tel: 353 (0)91 512 272
Email: shane.darcy@nuigalway.ie
Research interests: International humanitarian law; international criminal law; human rights and transitional justice.

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