Professor Rachel Murray
LL.B.(Leic.), LL.M.(Bristol), Ph.D.(W.England)
Current positions
Professor of International Human Rights
University of Bristol Law School
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Research interests
Human Rights, particularly national human rights commissions and African systems; Public International Law.
Positions
University of Bristol positions
Professor of International Human Rights
University of Bristol Law School
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Implementing Participatory-action Research To Explore The Impact Of COVID On War-affected Disabled Populations, Including Ex-child Soldiers, In Uganda
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/02/2021 to 31/10/2021
Implementation of Human Rights Law at the national level: An Analysis of Domestic Mechanisms for Implementation
Principal Investigator
Description
The ESRC funded Human Rights Implementation Project (HRLIP) is a collaborative project between four leading academic human rights Centres (Bristol, Essex, Middlesex and Pretoria) and the Open Society Justice Initiative.
The…Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/09/2015 to 28/02/2019
Ireland OPCAT project
Principal Investigator
Description
Ireland signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) on 2nd October 2007 but has yet to ratify this instrument. Ten years on, the Irish Human Rights and…Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/12/2015 to 01/10/2017
The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in Providing Access to Justice
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, examines the roles that National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Europe already play and should play in dispute resolution. Alternative forms of dispute…Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/06/2014 to 30/04/2017
Implementation of OPCAT in Nigeria
Principal Investigator
Description
Aims and Objectives
The overall aim of the HRIC’s Nigeria OPCAT project is to strengthen the operation of the ‘National Preventive Mechanism’ (NPM) established by the government of Nigeria as a…Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
27/06/2014 to 27/02/2015
Thesis supervisions
The contemporary counter-terrorism model of inter-state co-operation
Supervisors
How constitutional arrangements for the exercise of self-determination by the territory of Somaliland may impact Somaliland’s engagement with the international human rights system?
Supervisors
Beyond accommodations
Supervisors
The participation of amici curiae in the African human rights system
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/11/2020Lay visitors in places of detention in the UK: evaluating compliance with the UN OPCAT
European Human Rights Law Review
Addressing the Implementation Crisis
Journal of Human Rights Practice
Balancing Specificity of Reparation Measures and States’ Discretion to Enhance Implementation
Journal of Human Rights Practice
Monitoring, Cajoling and Promoting Dialogue
Journal of Human Rights Practice
Behind the State
Journal of Human Rights Practice