![]() #LIVEPROFESSOR CHECK W LIMITER ARCHIVE#The book is accompanied by an online archive of its sources, available at Publication was supported by the NUI Galway Moore Institute Grant-in-Aid of Publication Fund. James M Smith (English Department, Boston College) and Mari Steed (co-founder, Justice for Magdalenes Research & Adoption Rights Alliance). The authors are members of the voluntary Justice for Magdalenes Research group. Katherine O’Donnell (School of Philosophy, UCD), Assoc. Today sees the publication of Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice (Bloomsbury 2021), co-authored by Dr Maeve O’Rourke of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway and Claire McGettrick (IRC postgraduate research scholar, UCD), Assoc. His scholarly works include three books: "International Crimes and the ad hoc Tribunals (OUP, 2005), "Perspectives on the Nuremberg Trial" (OUP, 2008) and "The Law of Command Responsibility" (OUP, 2009). He has published extensively in the field of international criminal law. Dr Mettraux is a Professor of Law at Dickinson Law School, PennState, a guest lecturer at SciencePo, Paris, and a guest lecturer at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He also acts as a consultant before the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Over the past decade, he has represented several high-ranking military and civilian leaders accused of international crimes, including General Sefer Halilović (former Commander of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ljube Boškoski (former Minister of Interior of the Republic of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), General Ante Gotovina (General in the Croatian Army) and Assad Hassan Sabra (Special Tribunal for Lebanon – Rafik Hariri assassination). Guénaël Mettraux is a Judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. Time: 01:00 – 02:00 PM (Irish Standard Time)Date: 28th September 2021Join Zoom Meeting Professor Guénaël MettrauxJudge, Kosovo Specialist ChambersĪdjunct Professor, Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, NUI Galway ‘Contemporary Challenges in International Criminal Justice’ She studied Law and German at Trinity College Dublin and holds a Master of Laws from Humboldt University Berlin, where she wrote her thesis on the role of UK government lawyers in the lead-up to the Iraq War. She has also worked as a researcher in international law at the University of Potsdam. She worked on legal actions concerning states’ complicity in unlawful drone strikes in Yemen and torture in Guantanamo and CIA blacksites as well as the abuse of detainees during the Iraq War. Her focus was on accountability for torture and war crimes committed in the context of counterterrorism operations and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Speaker Bio: Prior to moving to Australia Fiona worked at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, a Berlin-based NGO that uses strategic litigation to challenge human rights abuses. (Senior Legal Advisor, Australian Centre for International Justice)ĭate: 24th November 2021 Time: 10 am (Irish Standard Time) One year on, this talk will examine Australia’s response to the report to date as well as ongoing work by survivors and advocates to secure some accountability for crimes committed during the conflict. November 2020 saw the publication of the Brereton Report into disturbing allegations of war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. “Legal Accountability in the War in Afghanistan: An Australian Perspective” ![]()
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