International law, human rights and ethics
Our research is dedicated to improving human rights and ethical standards internationally.
Our academics have published widely and are leading experts in the field, with particular expertise in counter-terrorism, national security in Ireland, human rights under the African Charter, medical ethics, war crimes and human rights under European Council.
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Allwell is conducting funded research on a number of projects including the rights of fishermen in Senegal, freedom of expression in Nigeria, and the lived experiences of Senegalese migrants in France. He is the author of a monograph entitled 'Human Rights under the African Chart…
Ian has been at The University of Central Lancashire since 2002, when he joined the then Lancashire Law School from Coventry University as a Lecturer in Law. In his time at UCLan Ian has taught on a number of modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level. When Ian is not teachi…
Michael's record of published and funded research is broad: His policing research encompasses policing governance and management, policy, strategy and culture. His focus on national security, including defence, has rested largely on Ireland. Aside from his work on specific case s…
Prof. Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou has been researching, transmitting knowledge and running externally funded projects in the field of EU Law at several universities throughout Europe, including Cyprus and the UK for 20 years. She is currently Professor of European Law and Reform and…
- Dr Allwell Uwazuruike has recently been involved with a project entitled ‘ Re-imagining an African concept of Human Rights: A Nigerian case study (2020); with Professor Erik Knudsen
- Dr Allwell Uwazuruike was involved In a project entitled “When food runs Scarce: Interrogating the lived experiences of Senegalese fishermen” (2021); with Dr Fazila Bhimji (UCLan)
- Dr Allwell Uwazuruike, Freedom of Expression and Justice Systems in Nigeria: Examining the implication of recent government crackdown on free press and social media (2022), with Dr Olunifesi Suraj (University of Lagos)
- Dr Kartina Choong, ‘Regulation of Online Gambling in Malaysia and the UK: A Comparative Study’, Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, 2021 (project led by Dr Guru Dhillon).
- Dr Kartina Choong, ‘Law and Culture: Multidisciplinary Cross-Fertilisation of Views on the End of Life’, Nanterre University and Franco-German University, 2020 (project led by Prof Stephanie Dijoux and Prof Uwe Hellmann)
- Professor Michael Mulqueen is the Principal Investigator, for a bid to the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme (HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-02), Connecting Communities and Policing: Re-imagining policing in democracies under pressure, preparation for which is being funded by the British Academy’s Horizon Europe Pump-priming Scheme.
- Professor Michael Mulqueen’s book entitled Analysing shared market norms and policy incoherence in the developing structures for defence-focussed research and innovation in the Republic of Ireland and in military-relevant public procurement for Palgrave will be published in 2022.
- Jennifer Adams
- Clare Johnston
- Richard Law
- Qiang Ye