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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (UNSRCT), 

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted by the Associated Press of Pakistan on the rise of artificial intelligence-powered spyware. The cites a joint statement released by Professor…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was interviewed on the Lawfare podcast on whether or not spyware could ever be compliant with human rights. As U.N. Special Rapporteur, Professor Ní Aoláin recently…

On May 2 a new United Nations human rights mechanism focused on investigating systemic racism in law enforcement made an official visit to Minnesota as part of a larger 10-day visit to the United States. MPR's Cathy…

UN News has reported on the joint made between UN Special Rapporteur, Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the repatriation of northeast Syrian…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN Special UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter Terrorism, had a press conference after delivering her latest report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva,…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted by The Guardian in an article covering the state of Syrian detention camps in Australia. Several Australian boys are facing potential removal, on account of being over…

In an article in Just Security Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and co-author Anne Charbord argued the need for repatriating alleged ISIS-linked me from Northeast…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted in a New York Times article on the Defense Departments recent decision to lift a ban on the release of artwork made by prisoners at Guantánamo Bay.…

The United Nations has announced that UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. Ní Aoláin, will visit the Guantanamo Bay detention centre this month. The last time a UN expert visited Guantanamo was in 2007.

Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was interviewed and quoted in RTE, Ireland's TV and radio news media, about the United Nations appeal to the Taliban over its recent ban of women and girls…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was interviewed by Voice of America on the topic of the repatriation of women and children from the camps in North-East Syria and other challenging human rights issues.