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Alice Storey

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Senior Lecturer, Associate Director Centre for Human Rights

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alice.storey@bcu.ac.uk

Dr Alice Storey is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Law, Social and Criminal Justice and Associate Director of the Centre for Human Rights.听She leads the Human Rights in America LLB modules and teaches on the US internship programme. Alice is also the College Academic Lead for Unit of Assessment 18 (Law), leading on Law鈥檚 REF2029 submission.

Alice鈥檚 research predominantly focuses on the UN鈥檚 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism and State engagement with international human rights, predominantly from the perspective of women's rights and the abolition of capital punishment. Her published work has analysed the operation of the UPR, making suggestions on how the UPR can be strengthened in order for it to achieve its full potential. Alice is also one of three co-founders of the 鈥樷, which brings together a large, international network of scholars working on the UPR mechanism.

Alice is the Academic Lead of听the UPR Project at BCU,听which was shortlisted for a.听The UPR Project engages in practice with the UPR mechanism, supporting civil society organisations and domestic governments. This allows Alice鈥檚 academic research to be translated into practical change for human rights on the ground.

Alice is regularly invited to sit as an expert panellist, speaking at events such as UPR Info鈥檚 鈥淪trengthening the UPR for the Fourth Cycle鈥 and Geneva Peace Week鈥檚 鈥淎pplying Insights from the UPR Process to Improve Reporting on Sustainable Development Goal 16.鈥 Since 2015, she has been a pro-bono academic for the charity, Amicus, providing expertise on international law and the death penalty.听

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