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Prof. Ní Aoláin Quoted by Reuters on Practice of Sending Suspected Foreign Islamic State Fighters to Iraq for Trial

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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-…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Quoted in The Atlantic About Legal Complexities of Governmental Pressure on Tech Companies to Moderate ‘Extremist’ Online Content

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, was quoted in The Atlantic regarding the legal…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Co-Authors Op-Ed in The Washington Post About Saudi Arabia’s Counterterrorism Efforts

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin co-authored an op-ed in The Washington Post with Bob Graham—former Democratic U.S. Senator from Florida who chaired the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and co-…

Prof. Ní Aoláin’s U.N. Report on Effects of French Anti-Terrorism Law Featured in Le Monde

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A report to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights—authored by Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin,…

Prof. Ní Aoláin’s Leading Human Rights Work Profiled in Star Tribune  

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin’s career work fighting for human rights law was profiled in the Star Tribune. Highlighting her recent appointment to the United Nations as its Special Rapporteur on the…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Selected to the 2017 Irish Legal 100

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been selected to the 2017 Irish Legal 100, an annual compilation of the most distinguished legal professionals in the United States of Irish descent. Founded in 2008, the…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Profiled in the Connacht Tribune

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was featured in a profile in the Connacht Tribune focused on her personal and professional path starting in Galway, Ireland. The article also highlights her new position in…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Reviews International Legality of U.S. Bombing of Syria

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, in the aftermath of the recent U.S. bombing of Syria, wrote a section about the legality of the military operation and its consequences for constitutional and international law…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Elected to the American Law Institute

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and improve the law…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Receives 2016 SLS Research Activities Fund Award

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin received the 2016 Society of Legal Scholars Research Activities Fund Award to advance research on her project on "Conceptualizing and Quantifying Maternal Harms." The award will…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Attends Launch of Global Study on Women, Peace and Security

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin attended the launch of the Global Study on Women, Peace and Security,…

Prof. Ní Aoláin's Blog Post on 'Petitions, Human Rights, and Government Service' Cited in Huffington Post

—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin's "Just Security" blog post on "Petitions, Human Rights, and Government Service," was cited in a…