Publications

Below you will find a selection of publications from members of the Centre for Human Rights. Centre members publish academic works, author consultancy documents and provide policy papers for governments and political regions.听

Selected publications include:

Articles

Amna Nazir, 鈥楾he Universal Periodic Review and the Death Penalty: A Case Study of Pakistan鈥� (2020) 4 RSIL Law Review 126-156
Amna Nazir, 鈥楾he Universal Periodic Review and Muslim States鈥� Engagement鈥� (2019) 15 Journal of International Law and Islamic Law 1-28
Iyan Offor, 鈥楽econd wave animal ethics and (global) animal law: a view from the margins鈥� (2020) 11(2) Journal of Human Rights and the Environment 268
Iyan Offor, 鈥楢nimals and the Impact of Trade Law and Policy: A Global Animal Law Question鈥� (2020) 9(2) Transnational Environmental Law 239
Libby Anderson and Iyan Offor, 鈥楢nimal welfare measures in Scotland: Penalties, protections, powers and a Commission鈥� (2020) 4(1) UK Journal of Animal Law 29
Iyan Offor, 鈥楢nimal Welfare, Bilateral Trade Agreements, and Sustainable Development Goal Two鈥� (2019) 3(1) UK Journal of Animal Law 1
Iyan I.H. Offor and Jan Walter, 鈥楪ATT Article XX(a) Permits Otherwise Trade-Restrictive Animal Welfare Measures鈥� (2017) 12(4) Global Trade and Customs Journal 158
Iyan I.H. Offor and Jan Walter, 鈥楾he Applicability of GATT Article XX(a) to Animal Welfare鈥� (2017) 1(1) UK Journal of Animal Law 10
Rebecca Smyth,听鈥樷€楻epeal the 8^th鈥� in a Transnational Context: Ireland, El Salvador, and the Role of the Human Rights System in Advancing Abortion Access鈥� (2020) 124听Feminist Review听192
Alice Storey, 鈥楥hallenges and Opportunities for the UN Universal Periodic Review: A Case Study on Capital Punishment in the USA鈥� (2021) 90 UMKC Law Review 129
Alice Storey, 鈥楢 Tale of Two Realities: Foreign Nationals, Consular Assistance, and the Death Penalty in the USA鈥�, 15 Charleston Law Review 459 (2021)
Alice Storey, 鈥楨ngaging with the UN Human Rights Council鈥檚 Universal Periodic Review as an Academic鈥� Juris Poiesis, Vol. 23, No. 32, 662-664 (2020)
Jon Yorke, An Experience of Time in the Capital Judicial Process 24听Texas Journal of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights听(2018) 189
Jon Yorke, Comity, Finality and Oklahoma鈥檚 Lethal Injection Protocol, 69听Oklahoma Law Review.听4 (2017)听545-621.

Book Chapters

Iyan Offor, 鈥楥limate Change and Biodiversity Law: The Case Against Anthropocentrism鈥� in Richard Caddell and Phillipa McCormack (eds),听Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law听(upcoming, Edward Elgar)
Iyan Offor, 鈥楢nimals in Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements鈥� in Anne Peters, Kristen Stilt and Saskia Stucki (eds),听Oxford听Handbook of Global Animal Law听(upcoming, Oxford University Press)
Rebecca Smyth,听鈥楪ender and Justice in International Human Rights Law: The Need for an Intersectional Feminist Approach to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights鈥櫶齣n Wood E (ed),听Gender Justice:听Theoretical Practices of Intersectional Identity (Vancouver, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2020)
Rebecca Smyth,听鈥楳ary Robinson, A Woman of听惭别颈迟丑别补濒鈥�听in McCall-Smith K, Wouters J, G贸mez Isa F (eds),听The Faces of Human Rights听(Oxford, Hart 2019)
Alice Storey & Mark Eccleston-Turner, 鈥楾ransparency, Accountability, and Legitimacy in the United Nations鈥� Human Rights Council鈥檚 Universal Periodic Review鈥�, in, Salvador Santino Regilme Jr. & Irene Hadiprayitno (eds) Human Rights at Risk: Rethinking International Institutions, American Power, and the Future of Dignity (Forthcoming, Rutgers University Press, 2022)
Jon Yorke and Alice Storey, Towards a World Without the Death Penalty, in Peter N. Stears, (ed)听The Modern History of Death, (Oxford: Routledge, 2020)听
Jon Yorke and Amna Nazir, Imagining Utopia: The Global Abolition of the Death Penalty, in Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker (eds),听Comparative Capital Punishment听(Edward Elgar Publishing 2019)
Jon Yorke and Amna Nazir, Monotheism and the Death Penalty, in Russell Sandberg and others (eds),听Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion听(Edward Elgar Publishing 2019)
Jon Yorke, Criminal Justice, in The Oxford Human Rights Hub Anthology, 2016-2017
Jon Yorke, Deconstructing a Sovereign Right: The Hybridization of the Anti-Death Penalty Discourse in Europe, in Nicolas Lemay-Hebert and Rosa Freedman, (eds)听Hybridity: Law, Culture and Development, (Routledge, 2017)

Reports

Iyan Offor and Julie Gibson, 鈥榃hat can Lawyers do for Animals? Education in and Practice of Animal Law in Scotland 鈥� Event Report鈥� (2019) 3(1) UK Journal of Animal Law 36
Amna Nazir, et. al., 鈥楽udan Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
Amna Nazir, Alice Storey & Jon Yorke, 鈥楽outh Sudan Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission), The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
Alice Storey, Amna Nazir & Jon Yorke, 鈥楨swatini Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
Alice Storey, Amna Nazir & Jon Yorke, 鈥楴amibia Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2020).
Alice Storey, et. al., 鈥楿nited States Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2020).
Jon Yorke, Amna Nazir & Alice Storey, 鈥楽yrian Arab Republic Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
Jon Yorke, Amna Nazir & Alice Storey, 鈥楶apua New Guinea Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
Jon Yorke, Amna Nazir & Alice Storey, 鈥楾hailand Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
Jon Yorke, Amna Nazir & Alice Storey, 鈥楳yanmar Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2020).

Book Reviews

Iyan Offor, 鈥楤ook Review 鈥� International Marine Mammal Law by Nikolas Sellheim鈥� (upcoming) Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law
Iyan Offor, 鈥楤ook Review 鈥� The Seal Hunt: Cultures, Economies and Legal Regimes by Nikolas Sellheim鈥� (2020) 29(2) Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 307
Iyan Offor, 鈥楤ook Review 鈥� Animal Welfare and International Environmental Law: From Conservation to Compassion鈥� (2020) 10 IUCN AEL e-journal
Alice Storey, 鈥淎ustin Sarat听(ed.),听Human Rights and Legal Judgments: The American Story鈥�, Human Rights Law Review, Volume 19, Issue 1, 28 February 2019, 193鈥�198