The CCJHR is pleased to announce the publication of a new Working Paper.

On 26 March 2025, the co-founders of the Indigenous Rights Cluster celebrated a significant academic milestone at their conferring ceremony.

The Indigenous Right Cluster, CCJHR, is pleased to announce that the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), University of Cambridge,  will host UCC researcher Dr. Elena Kavanagh for an insightful workshop on Indigenous Leadership and Self-Determination in Arctic Governance.

The CCJHR is delighted to welcome Dr Elena Kavanagh to the CCJHR. 

The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR) is pleased to announce that it has published research in one of Ireland’s leading peer-reviewed legal journals.

The CCJHR welcomes the appointment of Dr Nessa Lynch as a member of the new Policing and Community Safety Authority.  

The CCJHR would like to congratulate Dr Dug Cubie, Dr Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Niamh Guiry  on the publication and launch this afternoon of their report: Guidance on Risk Communication & Community Engagement Practices (full report available here open access)

This report is part of their UNIC seed-funded project Promoting Resilient Cities through Community Participation and Communication of Climate and Disaster Risks. This project was a collaboration between UCC, Cork City Council, Malmo University and the City of Malmo under the UNIC initiative.

Dr Zeffert's article speaks to the the unprecedented level of home destruction taking place in Gaza, and the dire consequences for civilians. Exploring the concept of home in international law, the role of international law in the global regime of homemaking, and the prospects and limits of criminalising the destruction of home. 

The London Review of International Law is an online only, peer-reviewed journal for critical, innovative and cutting-edge scholarship on international law

The article is available at the following link via the Journal's page: https://academic.oup.com/lril/advance-article/doi/10.1093/lril/lrae013/7746072 

The CCJHR is delighted to share that Dr. Nessa Lynch has joined the CCJHR Executive Board. Dr Lynch joined the School of Law, UCC in Spring 2024 as the newly appointed Matheson Lecturer in Law, Innovation and Technology.

The Centre for Criminal Justice & Human Rights is pleased to announce its next lunchtime Seminar series:

"The Report of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman into Personal Independence Payment and Systemic Administrative Justice” Professor Robert Thomas.

The CCJHR is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Samantha Morgan-Williams as new Director and Dr Luke Noonan as Deputy Director of the CCJHR.