Professor Elvira Dominguez-Redondo

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Elvira Dominguez-Redondo
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About

I started as Professor in International Law at Kingston in 2023, prior to which I held full time academic positions at Middlesex University (UK), University of Ulster (UK), Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland) and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain).

I spent two period working for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Switzerland), and have held visiting positions at Columbia University (USA), University Alcalá de Henares (Spain) and Max Plank Institute (Germany). I was a member of the teaching staff for the 2023 Human Rights summer course at Oxford University (UK).

Over the past 25 years I have taught, researched and delivered conferences and training courses in Europe, the Americas and Asia. My teaching, research and engagement with governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental bodies is informed by transnational, interdisciplinary, multilingual and multifaceted professional experiences characterising my professional trajectory.

Academic responsibilities

Professor of Law

Qualifications

  • PhD, 2004 - Topic: United Nations Special Procedures of the Commission on Human Rights
  • MA, 1998 - Philosophy and Human Rights Law (2 years degree)
  • LLB, 1995 - Licenciatura en Derecho (4 years degree)
  • BA Business, 1996 - Diplomatura en Empresariales (3 years degree)
  • Fellow, UK Higher Education Authority, 2018

Teaching and learning

I have designed and taught over a dozen undergraduate and postgraduate modules at different academic institutions, specialising in international law and human rights. My teaching and learning experience, has included the design of curricular and extracurricular courses, leading teams for their delivery in different continents with different legal and pedagogical traditions.  The list of credit bearing modules I have led include: Public International Law, Human Rights in the UK, International Human Rights, International Commercial Arbitration, International Organisations and Dispute Resolution, Humanitarian Law, Consular and Diplomatic Law, Minority Rights and European Union Law. 

My experience of innovative courses is reflected in my key role in shaping and delivering LLMs specialised in human rights in five different Universities (Ulster, Middlesex, Irish Centre for Human rights, Alcalá de Henares and Carlos III).  In partnership with colleagues from Duhok University (Kurdistan), I co-designed the first LLM in Human Rights in Iraq. 

My experience of designing and delivering innovative courses is also reflected in the design and delivery of intensive short professional courses: UN politics and human rights (Irish Centre for Human Rights, 2013) and Crisis Confidence in Human Rights (Middlesex University, 2014). I have also delivered CPD courses at Matrix Chambers on women's rights with Professor Chinkin in 2014 and 2015. 

Qualifications and expertise

  • Public International Law, especially United Nations Institutions and Title to Territory
  • Minority Rights
  • International Human Rights Mechanisms at United Nations and Regional Level
  • Affirmative Action Measures
  • Relationship between Development, Security and Human Rights
  • Interplay between Politics, Human Rights and International Law

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

My publications contest key assumptions informing legal literature, as reflected in two Oxford University Press books: "Minority Rights in Asia" (with J Castellino) providing comparative insights on minority protection models beyond literature narrowly focused on national minorities; and "In Defense of Politicisation of Human Rights", corroborating my hypothesis that politicisation is beneficial to human rights agendas.

I was first in publishing a positive evaluation of the United Nations Universal Period Review (UPR) in 2018, debunking the presumption that inter-governmental, peer-review processes could not yield  improvements of human rights situations. These findings were published in the Chinese Journal of International Law, Canadian Yearbook of International Law (with E McMahon) and New Zealand Law Review. These papers led a shift in the scholarship on the UPR and renowned authors (Cowell, Schabas, Shah, Sivakumaran and Vengoechea) have since tested the hypothesis I left open, i.e., that UPR recommendations could trigger the emergence of customary law.

I co-edited two books (Routledge, 2020 and UNOESC, Brazil, 2017) that present collective research and knowledge transfer activities between academics and practitioners in Latin America, China, UK, European Union and India on affirmative action.

In other publications I explore barriers that contradict the complementarity between human rights, development and security, and emphasize the added value of rights-approaches to trade, aid and the Covid pandemic. Another strand of my research focuses on title to territory regarding "forgotten territories", such as Dokdo/Takeshima and Western Sahara, which also form key case studies alongside other live scenarios in my teaching of the discipline.

Qualifications and expertise

  • International Law
  • Minority Rights
  • International Human Rights mechanisms
  • Affirmative Actions
  • Relationship between Human Rights, Development and Security
  • Interplay between politics, human rights and international law

Areas of specialism

  • United Nations Institutions
  • Title to Territory
  • Minority Rights
  • International Organisations and Dispute Resolution
  • International Human Rights Mechanisms

Publications

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Number of items: 56.

Article

(2022) IntLawGrrls,

(2022) Opinio Juris,

(2021) Human Rights Quarterly, 43(2), pp. 410-416. ISSN (print) 0275-0392

Cebada Romero, Alicia and (2021) Verfassungsblog,

[Reviewer] (2021) Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 39(3), pp. 395-397. ISSN (print) 1891-8131

(2018) IntLawGrrls : voices on international law, policy, practice,

(2017) IntLawGrrls : voices on international law, policy, practice,

(2017) Revista ESMAT, 9(14), pp. 103-114. ISSN (print) 2177-0360

(2016) IntLawGrrls : voices on international law, policy, practice,

Bernaz, Nadia and (2015) Opinio Juris,

Castellino, Joshua and (2015) International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 22(4), pp. 550-577. ISSN (print) 1385-4879

and McMahon, Edward (2014) Canadian Yearbook of International Law = Annuaire canadien de droit international, 51, pp. 61-97. ISSN (print) 0069-0058

(2012) New Zealand Law Review, 2012(4), pp. 673-706. ISSN (print) 1173-5864

(2011) Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 29(3), pp. 261-288. ISSN (print) 0924-0519

(2009) The International Journal of Human Rights, 13(1), pp. 29-43. ISSN (print) 1364-2987

(2008) Chinese Journal of International Law, 7(3), pp. 721-734. ISSN (print) 1540-1650

(2008) Human Rights Law Journal, 29(1-5), pp. 32-39. ISSN (print) 0174-4704

(2007) DFensor(7), pp. 17-24. ISSN (print) 1665-8086

(2006) Religion & Human Rights, 1(3), pp. 315-316. ISSN (print) 1871-031X

(2006) Revista iberoamericana de derechos humanos(2), pp. 34-80. ISSN (print) 1870-1647

(2006) Combat Law, 5(3), pp. 36-37.

(2005) Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, 18(4), p. 306. ISSN (online) 0937-5414

Castellino, Joshua and (2004) European Yearbook of Minority Issues, 4(1), pp. 51-83. ISSN (print) 1570-7865

(2001) Revista electr贸nica de estudios internacionales, 2, ISSN (print) 1697-5197

(2001) Revista Espa帽ola de Derecho Internacional, 53(1/2), pp. 653-657. ISSN (print) 0034-9380

and Guevara Berm煤dez, Antonio (1997) Jur铆dica: Anuario de Derecho de la Universidad Iberoamericana(27), pp. 71-86. ISSN (print) 1405-0935

(1996) Revista Espa帽ola de Derecho Internacional, 48(2), pp. 425-426. ISSN (print) 0034-9380

Book

Howard, Erica , Dominguez-Redondo, Elvira and Baez, Narciso Leandro Xavier, eds. (2021) Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. 246p. ISBN 9780367219536

(2020) New York, U.S. : Oxford University Press. 230p. ISBN 9780197516706

Baez, Narciso Leandro Xavier and Dominguez-Redondo, Elvira, eds. (2018) Santa Catarina, Brazil : Unoesc. 266p. ISBN 9788584221707

Castellino, Joshua and (2006) Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press. 312p. ISBN 9780199296057

(2005) Valencia, Spain : Tirant lo Blanch. 516p. ISBN 9788484563518

Peces-Barba Mart铆nez, Gregorio, Llamas Gasc贸n, 脕ngel, Fern谩ndez Liesa, Carlos R., Barranco Avil茅s, Mar铆a del Carmen [Editor], [Editor], Escudero Alday, Rafael [Editor], Pav贸n P茅rez, Juan Antonio [Editor] and Rodr铆guez Uribes, Jos茅 Manuel [Editor] (2001) Elcano, Spain : Editorial Aranzadi. 729p. ISBN 9788484107569

Book Section

and Sep煤lveda Carmona, Magdalena (2021) In: Bohoslavsky, Juan Pablo , Fern谩ndez, Karinna and Smart, Sebasti谩n, (eds.) Pinochet's economic accomplices: an unequal country by force. Lanham, U.S. : Lexington Books. pp. 63-76. ISBN 9781793616494

(2020) In: Bohoslavsky, Juan Pablo, (ed.) Covid-19 y derechos humanos : la pandemia de la desigualdad. Buenos Aires, Argentina : Editorial Biblios. pp. 77-92. (Derechos Sociales y Pol铆ticas P煤blicas, (75)) ISBN 9789876918602

and Sep煤lveda Carmona, Magdalena (2019) In: Bohoslavsky, Juan Pablo , Fern谩ndez, Karinna and Smart, Sebasti谩n, (eds.) Complicidad econ贸mica con la dictadura chilena : un pa铆s desigual a la fuerza. Santiago, Chile : LOM ediciones. pp. 97-107. ISBN 9789560011442

(2018) In: Baez, Narciso Leandro Xavier and Dominguez-Redondo, Elvira, (eds.) The existence and efficacy of affirmative action measures in UK, South Africa, India, China, Latin America & Brazil. Santa Catarina, Brazil : Unoesc. pp. 239-269. ISBN 9788584221707

(2017) In: Mari帽o Men茅ndez, Fernando M. , P茅rez Gonz谩lez, Carmen and Cebada Romero, Alicia, (eds.) Instrumentos y reg铆menes de cooperaci贸n internacional. 2nd ed. Madrid, Spain : Editorial Trotta. pp. 19-40. ISBN 9788498797183

(2017) In: Nolan, Aoife , Freedman, Rosa and Murphy, Th茅r猫se, (eds.) The United Nations special procedures system. Leiden, Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff. pp. 9-51. (Nottingham studies on human rights, (6)) ISBN 9789004304697

(2016) In: Buckley, Carla , Donald, Alice and Leach, Philip, (eds.) Towards convergence in international human rights law : approaches of regional and international systems. Leiden, Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff. pp. 543-566. (Nottingham studies on human rights, (5)) ISBN 9789004284241

Castellino, Joshua and (2015) In: Caruso, Ugo and Hofmann, Rainer, (eds.) The United Nations Declaration on Minorities : an academic account on the occasion of its 20th Anniversary (1992-2012). Leiden, Netherlands : Brill. pp. 283-305. (Studies in International Minority and Group Rights, (9)) ISBN 9789004251557

Castellino, Joshua and (2013) In: Boukhars, Anouar and Roussellier, Jacques, (eds.) Perspectives on Western Sahara : myths, nationalisms and geopolitics. Lanham, U.S. : Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 29-54. ISBN 9781442226852

(2011) In: Bassiouni, M. Cherif and Schabas, William A., (eds.) New challenges for the UN human rights machinery : what future for the UN treaty body system and the Human Rights Council procedures? Cambridge, U.K. : Intersentia. pp. 255-277. ISBN 9781780680552

(2010) In: Chowdhury, Azizur Rahman and Bhuiyan, Jahid Hossain, (eds.) An introduction to international human rights law. Leiden, Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff. pp. 119-144. (International Law Brill's Paperback Collection) ISBN 9789047444022

(2009) In: Caballero Ochoa, Jose Luis, (ed.) La Declaracion Universal de los Derechos Humanos. Reflexiones en torno a su 60 Aniversario. Mexico City, Mexico : Porr煤a. pp. 145-167. ISBN 9786070901621

(2009) In: Mari帽o Men茅ndez, Fernando M. and Cebada Romero, Alicia, (eds.) La creaci贸n del mecanismo espa帽ol de prevenci贸n de la tortura. Madrid, Spain : Iustel Publicaciones. pp. 183-194. ISBN 9788498900354

and Carmona, Magdalena Sep煤lveda (2009) In: Murphy, Sophia and Paasch, Armin, (eds.) The global food challenge : towards a human rights approach to trade and investment policies. Bern, Switzerland : Brot f眉r Alle. pp. 92-101. ISBN 9783981338102

(2007) In: Beneyeto, Jos茅 Maria and Becerril Atienza, Bel茅n, (eds.) Una Nueva organizaci贸n de Naciones Unidas para el Siglo XXI. Madrid, Spain : Biblioteca Nueva. pp. 109-144. (Colecci贸n La sociedad internacional contempor谩nea, (4)) ISBN 9788497426848

(2004) In: Sep煤lveda, Magdalena , Banning, Theo van , Gudmundsdottir, Gudrun D. , Chamoun, Christine and Genugten, Willem J.M. van, (eds.) Human Rights Reference Handbook. 3rd revised ed. Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica : University for Peace. pp. 112-114. ISBN 9977925186

(2004) In: Sep煤lveda, Magdalena , Banning, Theo van , Gudmundsdottir, Gudrun D. , Chamoun, Christine and Genugten, Willem J.M. van, (eds.) Human Rights Reference Handbook. 3rd revised ed. Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica : University for Peace. pp. 289-290. ISBN 9977925186

Mari帽o Men茅ndez, Fernando, Fern谩ndez Liesa, Carlos R. and (2003) In: D铆az Fern谩ndez, Antonio M., (ed.) Gu铆a de recursos para el estudio de la Paz, la Seguridady la Defensa = [Guide for the Study of Peace, Security and Defence]. Madrid, Spain : Instituto Universitario 鈥淕eneral Guti茅rrez Mellado鈥�. pp. 33-45.

(2003) In: Zhang, Wei and Liu, Huawen, (eds.) Chinese Yearbook of Human Rights. Beijing, China : Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. pp. 390-393. ISBN 9787801902825

Uhalde, Cecilia L贸pez, Salvioli, Fabi谩n Omar, Ricciardi, Mar铆a Isabel, Carrique, Mart铆n, Raimondo, Fabi谩n, Belardinelli, Laura, Bruno, Romina, Trevisan, Pablo, Minatta, Sebasti谩n, Mu帽oz, Soledad Garc铆a, De Marco, Alexia, Garc铆a, Juan Herminio, Dominguez Redondo, Zeballos and (1998) In: Consani, Norberto E., (ed.) Anuario en relaciones internacionales 1998. La Plata, Argentina : Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

Monograph

Limon, Marc, [Contributor], Power, Hilary [Contributor], Stahl-Zulu, Inghela [Contributor] and Munoz Tord, Nathalie [Contributor] (2017) (Project Report) Versoux, Switzerland : Universal Rights Group. 56 p. ISBN 9782970096191

Baeyens Caro, Angelita, Openshaw, Eleanor, and Figari Layus, Rosario (2015) (Other) Mexico City, Mexico : CMDPDH. 136 p. ISBN 9786079552879

(2009) (Technical Report) Paris, France : European Union Institute for security studies.

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Business, knowledge transfer and international

My knowledge transfer activities include capacity building for judges, parliamentarians, practitioners, civil society organisations and diplomats in Europe (e.g. participation in European-China Expert Dialogue over 5 years), Asia (e.g. capacity building with the Indian Supreme Court), the Americas (e.g. training of Ombudspersons with the Brazilian Institute of Human Rights). Within the UK I have trained staff members of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Venezuelan Parliamentarians on the rule of law (Westminster Foundation) and have addressed the House of Commons on Tibet and Mexico. 

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

I have participated in transnational networks that included governmental bodies, international organisations, civil society and academic institutions, such as the Latin-American Network and the European-China Diplomatic and Expert Dialogue.

I have worked with over 50 academic institutions and maintain meaningful national and international partnerships with a wide range of non-governmental and governmental bodies that have contributed to generating research impact and reputational gains for the institutions I have worked for.

I have worked in different capacities with current and former UN Special Rapporteurs and members of UN human rights committees. I have nurtured strong relationships with several bodies linked to the system of protection of human rights, e.g. the Brazilian Institute of Human Rights, University of UNOESC and the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Protection of Human Rights.

My professional memberships include the Advisory Group of the think-tank Universal Rights Group, the Spanish Association of International Law and the Society of Legal Scholars.

As a member of the Universal Periodic Review Academic Network (UPRAN) since April 2022, I am part of a group of academics around the world sharing findings on our research on this mechanism.

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