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Dr Ronagh McQuigg

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Dr Ronagh McQuigg

School of Law

My work focuses on international human rights law. I am particularly interested in domestic abuse as a human rights issue. I am also interested in issues surrounding gender-based violence more broadly.

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  • r.mcquigg@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3602

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in: 

  • International and regional human rights law, particularly applications which focus on gender-based violence

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • I have published three books, two of which focus on domestic violence as a human rights issue and are as follows: 
    • The Istanbul Convention, Domestic Violence and Human Rights
    • International Human Rights Law and Domestic Violence
  • I have also published widely in international peer reviewed journals, such as the European Journal of International Law, the International Journal of Human Rights, the European Human Rights Law Review and Public Law
  • As well as presenting papers at a large number of conferences, I have been an invited speaker at a Judicial Studies Board seminar on domestic violence for the Magistrates' Courts Tier of the judiciary and the invited speaker at a meeting of the Irish Society of International Law held in Trinity College Dublin. I have also delivered a training session to staff from Women’s Aid.

Research students

 

PhD area   
The responsibility to protect: The 'new' humanitarian intervention?
Name                        Sian Fisher
   
PhD area   
Female participation in political violence, in particular genocidal rape 
Name  Justyna Granacka 
   
PhD area    

The challenges of combating modern day slavery in Saudi Arabia: A critical analysis of Islamic law, human dignity and the commitment to international standards of human rights

Name Latif Alkharji
   
PhD area Accessing justice: How women experience the legal system when seeking redress for domestic abuse in Northern Ireland
Name Aoife Clements

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Sanctions for copyright infringement in relation to the film industry in developing economies: Nigeria as a case study
Name  Dr Nkem Itanyi
Years of study PhD awarded 2022
   
PhD area
Languishing in a legal limbo: Ireland's cross-border surrogate child 
Name  Dr Mary O'Connor 
Years of study PhD awarded 2019
   
PhD area
Understanding desistance from sexual offending
Name  Dr Mark Farmer 
Years of study PhD awarded 2016
   
PhD area
Domestic abuse and women with no recourse to public funds: Where human rights do not reach
Name Dr Rebecca Dudley
Years of study PhD awarded 2014
Current Position International Humanitarian Law Advisor, New Zealand Red Cross

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  • Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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  • The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice 
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Get ahead: tips on how to prepare your application to study for a PhD at QUB Law

Read our guidance on the steps in our PhD applications process and how to present your research proposal.

Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship at QUB Law?

If you have already completed a PhD or are about to do so, and you are looking for a mentor for a postdoctoral fellowship in one of my areas of expertise, please get in touch via email. The School of Law has a strong track record in supporting able candidates who are working towards fellowship applications to funders such as the British Academy, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme, ESRC NINE and the Leverhulme Trust.


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