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Dr Ekaterina Yahyaoui BA, LLM, DES, PhD
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Biography:
| 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. |
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 |
Books
Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko (2009) Women, Islam and International Law Within the Context of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Leiden: Brill, Martinus Nijhoff.  [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2009) 'Feminism, Modern Philosophy and the Future of Legitimacy of International Constitutionalism'. International Community Law Review, 11 (2):219-245. [Details] |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2009) 'Islamic View of Women's Rights: an International Lawyer's Perspective'. Journal of East Asia and International Law, 2 (1):103-128. [Details] |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko,Ekaterina (2010) 'Muslim Women’s Claims to Refugee Status Within the Context of Child Custody Upon Divorce Under Islamic Law'. International Journal of Refugee Law, 22 (1):48-71. [Details] |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2012) 'The Islamic Veil and Its Discontents: How Do They Undermine Gender Equality'. Religion and Human Rights, 7 (1):11-29. [Details] |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2012) 'Hospitality and Sovereignty: What Can We Learn From the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program'. International Journal of Refugee Law, 24 (3). [Details] |
Other Journals
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2010) 'Muslim Women’s Rights in Southeast Asia: Perspectives and Experiences from Indonesia and Malaysia' Culturas 6 :60-75. [Details] |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2010) 'Muslim Women’s Refugee Claims in New Zealand: Case of Child Custody Upon Divorce Under Islamic Law' New Zealand Law Journal . [Details] |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2012) 'Quel avenir pour le programme Canadienne de parrainage privé des réfugiés?' Bulletin de veille stratégique 7 (3) :4-6. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
Book Review
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2009) Protracted Refugee Situations: Political, Human Rights and Security Implications, G. Loescher, J. Milner, E. Newman, G. Troeller (ed.) (United Nations University Press, 2008). Book Review [Details] |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2010) 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). Book Review [Details] |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2011) The Ethics of Global Governance, A. Franceschet (ed.) (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009). Book Review [Details] |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2012) 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. Book Review [Details] |
Media
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2012) Will we forget Malala as we've forgotten other young activists?. Media [Details] |
Conference Contributions
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2009) Children's Rights in the Context of Migration. [Invited Oral Presentation], Advanced Studies Institute on Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada , 01-MAY-09 - 01-MAY-09. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2009) Legitimacy of Constitutionalisation of International Law. [Oral Presentation], International Conference on Feminist Constitutionalism, Kingston, Ontario, Canada , 28-FEB-09 - 01-MAR-09. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2009) Right to be hear and ability to listen: on impartiality and objectivity of judges. [International Refereed Conference], Vision and Voice, 3rd biennale conference of the Canadian Initiative in Law, Culture and the Humanities, Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada , 16-OCT-09 - 18-OCT-09. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2009) Refugee versus migrant: blurring the lines, increasing refugee protection, canadian case studies. [International Refereed Conference], 2nd annual conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Ottawa University, Canada , 01-JUN-09 - 03-JUN-09. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2010) Les politiques du droit islamique: les enjeux du status des femmes. [Invited Lecture], Summer School: Pluralism and Radicalization, CERIUM, University of Montreal, Canada , 28-JUN-10 - 28-JUN-10. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2010) Using our vision of gender roles to construct the religious other. [Refereed Abstracts], Religious Pluralism: Uncovering Gender, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland , 08-SEP-10 - 10-SEP-10. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2010) On Enemies and visions of equality: what do we hide when we ban veiling. [International Refereed Conference], Women and Equality - Gender-based Analysis, Law and Economic Righs, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada , 22-OCT-10 - 23-OCT-10. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko E. (2010) Where do we stand and where should we go: a look at the refugee protection through the prism of women's experience of persecution. [Refereed Abstracts], 3rd annual conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Hamilton, Canada , 06-MAY-10 - 08-MAY-10. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2011) commentator. [Co-chaired Session], Islam and Law in Europe by Prof. M. Rohe, University of Montreal, Canada , 17-MAR-11 - 17-MAR-11. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2011) Female Genital Cuttings: From Horror to Beauty and from Violence to Liberty. [Oral Presentation], Violence against Women: Complex Realities and New Issues in a Changing World, Montreal, Canada , 29-MAY-11 - 01-JUN-11. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, Ekaterina (2012) Derrida, Hospitality and the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program. [Invited Oral Presentation], Seminar Series of the Hans and Tamara Oppenheimer Chair of International Law, McGill Univeristy, Montreal, Canada , 28-MAR-12 - 28-MAR-12. |
| Yahyaoui Krivenko, E. (2012) Gender and Human Rights: example of Female Genital Surgeries. [Invited Oral Presentation], Amnesty International Annual Youth Conference, Galway, Ireland , 03-NOV-12 - 04-NOV-12. |
Teaching Interests
| Human Rights, Public International Law, International Protection of Women`s Rights, Human Rights and Islam |