Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Honorary Kings Counsel
Regents Professor
Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society
Faculty Director, Human Rights Center
Professor, Queen's University of Belfast, School of Law, Northern Ireland
Prof. Ní Aoláin Quoted by Reuters on Practice of Sending Suspected Foreign Islamic State Fighters to Iraq for Trial
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted by Reuters in an article on transferring suspected foreign Islamic State fighters captured by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria to stand trial in Iraq. “The sub-contraction of trials ... to an ill-resourced, under-funded, ill-equipped criminal justice system in Iraq can only be described as an abrogation of responsibility,” said Ní Aoláin, the U.N. special rapporteur for human rights while countering terrorism.