Contact details
- Name:
- Dr Eadaoin O'Brien
- Qualifications:
- B.A. (Hons.) Anthropology & Sociology (NUI Maynooth), LL.M. International Human Rights Law (Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway), MSc. Human Identification (University of Dundee), PhD International Law (Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway)
- Position/Fellowship type:
- Graduate Fellow
- Fellowship term:
- 15-May-2011 to 31-Aug-2012
- Institute:
- Human Rights Consortium
- Email address:
- Eadaoin.OBrien@sas.ac.uk
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- Human rights, International Law, Social Sciences
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
- Medico-legal investigations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide and the use of forensic science expertise by international criminal tribunals; enforced disappearance; the missing and armed conflict; disaster victim identification; human rights law; international criminal law; international humanitarian law; anthropology
- Publication Details
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Related publications/articles:
Date Details 01-Jan-2013 Forensic Science and International Law: Cases, Problems and Perspectives Edited Book
Niamh Hayes and Eadaoin O'Brien eds. (The Hague: TMC Asser Press, 2012)
01-Jan-2013 Investigating Atrocity Crimes Chapters
in Niamh Hayes and Eadaoin O'Brien eds.,'Forensic Science and International Law: Cases, Problems and Perspectives' (The Hague: TMC Asser Press) (forthcoming)
01-Jan-2012 Forensic science, international criminal law, and the duties toward persons killed in war Chapters
In D.P. Keane and Y. McDermott, (eds.), 'The Challenge of Human Rights: Past, Present and Future', Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
01-Jan-2012 The London Debates 2011: What Future for Human Rights in a Non-Western World? Conference papers
Co-edited with Simon Bennett
01-Jan-2011 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the investigation of mass graves: Strengthening fair trial guarantees through the application of forensic science Chapters
In Querkin Berisha and Luciana Goisis (eds.), 'Un Percorso Di Studio Sui Diritti Umani', University of Bergamo Press
01-Jan-2011 In the shadow of the ICC: Colombia and international criminal justice Research aids
Report of international conference, 26-27 May 2011; Co-author with David James Cantor and Par Engstrom
01-Jan-2011 The Role of the ICRC in Protecting and Assisting Refugees and Displaced Persons Research aids
Report of international workshop, 20 September 2011; Co-author with David James Cantor and Helen Hayford
01-Jan-2010 The Contribution of Forensic Anthropology to International Criminal Justice: Mass grave exhumations conducted by United Nations International Criminal Tribunals Journal articles
Irish Journal of Anthropology, 13(2)
01-Jan-2006 Remembering Chernobyl: Individual and Social Memories from Belarus Journal articles
Irish Journal of Anthropology, 9(1)