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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

@NiAolainF

Regents Professor Uni. of Minnesota; Professor of Law QUB, Belfast; RIA; Former UN SR on HR & CT 2017-23, ICJ Commissioner, KC (Hons) [email protected]

Belfast and Minneapolis

Joined October 2013

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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Mar 25, 2024
#SilkDay (UK). So pleased to be appointed honorary King’s Counsel to HRH Charles III last week by the Lord Chancellor @ Westminster Hall. Reflecting on famous British trials there (Thomas More, Guy Falks) and taking in its beauty. A lovely day.
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Nov 5, 2023
“Side with the child over the gun, every single time, no matter whose gun and no matter whose child.”
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Apr 19, 2024
The best way to support a scholar under attack is by reading her extraordinary work. Here Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s unparalleled work on children - cited in multiple #UN reports of mine as Special Rapporteur is a good place to start.
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Nov 5, 2021
A great day for the ICJ, international law and the voices of feminist scholars in International Law. Hilary Charlesworth is the new incoming judge of the ICJ with an absolute majority of votes in the UNGA and the UNSC.
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Apr 19, 2024
Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian one of the foremost feminist scholars of her generation / Hebrew U Law School & the Global Chair in Law Queen Mary London was arrested yesterday. An assault not only on democratic & academic freedom but an attack feminist & critical scholarship.
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Feb 21, 2024
Feminist foreign policies mean very little when mothers and their children are denied both the protection of international humanitarian law and implementation of WPS commitments.
A Zone of Silence: Obstetric Violence in Gaza and Beyond
From justsecurity.org
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Oct 25, 2023
At my Press Conference in New York yesterday I address the evisceration of civil society across the globe due to the ongoing misuse of counter-terrorism measures. We are not safer or more secure when we target civil society. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Aug 24, 2021
When the Ambassador to Afghanistan pleads w/ the HRC to establish a fact-finding mechanism to investigate HR violations & instead we get a resolution where Taliban is not named & no action taken in the face of such violations, understand why average people feel cynical about HR.
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Jan 20, 2024
Some personal and professional news. With profound thanks to the institutions and colleagues that have supported me throughout the years. @qubschooloflaw @UofMNLawSchool @RIAdawson @Geneva_Academy @CAJNi @UN_SPExperts @just_security
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Dec 30, 2023
This is an extraordinary development - can law speak to this moment of grievous international law violations? The detail and substance of the South African filing makes for somber reading.
CIJ_ICJ
@CIJ_ICJ
Dec 29, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: #SouthAfrica institutes proceedings against #Israel and asks the #ICJ to indicate provisional measures bit.ly/3GZnYpZ
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Aug 16, 2021
As the #SecurityCouncil meets this morning, let us not forget exactly whom we are dealing with in #Afghanistan, and the obligations of States under international law to prevent and suppress terrorism.
In Afghanistan, Lest We Forget
From justsecurity.org
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Oct 23, 2021
Deep concern about designation of leading Palestinian human rights organisations as 'terrorist'. We have seen this HR negating playbook before. I addressed the violations of international law involved in Report A/HRC/40/52. More to follow. @DCIPalestine @alhaq_org @UN_SPExperts
Defense for Children
@DCIPalestine
Oct 22, 2021
(1/11) Today, the Israeli Ministry of Defense issued a military order declaring @DCIPalestine and five other Palestinian human rights organizations to be "terrorist organizations." Here's our full statement from General Director Khaled Quzmar: bit.ly/3nqj8Iq
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Apr 7, 2023
One Irish Special Rapporteur is good but two formidable Irish women is better. A shout out to my friend and colleague @MaryLawlorhrds and all the work she does every day to protect and defend HRDs around the world.
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
@NiAolainF
Sep 8, 2023
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin elected to International Commission of Jurists @IrishLegalNews
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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin elected to International Commission of Jurists
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been elected to the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) for a five-year term. Established in 1952, the Commission plays a unique and prominent role in defend...
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