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Biography
Dr Catherine O'Rourke is Director of the Transitional Justice Institute and Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and International Law in the School of Law. She researches, teaches and engages in policy work in the fields of gender, conflict, transitional justice and international law. As a scholar, she has a noted record of publications and research grants. Her research has been supported by funders such as the Socio-Legal Studies Association, the Irish government’s Reconciliation Fund and the UK’s Department for International Development. Her scholarship has been recognized with the Ulster University Faculty Distinguished Research Fellowship (2019/20), the Irish Fulbright Scholar Award (2016/17) and the Basil Chubb Prize (2010) for the best PhD in politics produced in an Irish university. Catherine holds an LLB Law with Politics from Queen's University Belfast and MSc Gender from the London School of Economics. Her PhD, from Ulster University Transitional Justice Institute, was subsequently published as a monograph, 'Gender Politics in Transitional Justice' (Routledge, 2013). Her monograph 'Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law' is published with Cambridge University Press in 2020. She works with the Irish and UK governments, the United Nations and several non-governmental organizations in policy work related to her expertise. She is regularly commissioned by intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to conduct expert research, such as UN Women and the Office of the High Commission on Human Rights, and the International Criminal Court Trust Fund for Victims.
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Research Output
Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
O'Rourke, C., 1 May 2020, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 415 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Editorial: Gender, Conflict and Political Settlements
O'Rourke, C., 8 Feb 2019, In : feminists@law. 9, 1, 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
International Gender Equality Norms and their Fragmented Protection in Conflict
O'Rourke, C., 8 Feb 2019, In : feminists@law. 9, 1, 7.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Response to Government Consultation: A new legal framework for abortion services in Northern Ireland: Submission of the TJI LLM Gender, Conflict and Human Rights cohort
Espinós Blasco, M., Capstick, K., Madi, Z., O'Rourke, C., Parwon, Y. V. & Pugh, N., 16 Dec 2019, 28 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open Access
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WPS and CEDAW, Optional Protocol, and General Recommendations
O'Rourke, C. & Swaine, A., 7 Feb 2019, Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace and Security. Oxford University Press, p. 669 679 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open Access
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Prizes
Activities
Gender, Human Rights and COVID-19
Catherine O'Rourke (Speaker)14 May 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Conversation on Online Research Ethics and Governance
Rory O'Connell (Participant), Nick Curry (Participant), Catherine O'Rourke (Participant), Maire Braniff (Participant), Brandon Hamber (Participant)26 May 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Women's Rights in Armed Conflict: A Focus on WPS-CEDAW Synergies
Catherine O'Rourke (Speaker)15 Jun 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Arts and Humanities Research Council (External organisation)
Catherine O'Rourke (Member)9 Dec 2019 → 8 Dec 2023
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Law (UoA 18) (Organisational unit)
Catherine O'Rourke (Chair)2018 → …
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Press / Media
Ireland's election to the UN Security Council: What prospects for Women, Peace and Security?
19/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment