Brief Bio
Colm O'Cinneide joined the Faculty of Laws in 2001. He previously worked as Legal Officer to Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC (1999-2001), providing legal advice to parliamentarians, NGOs and the media on domestic and international human rights law, discrimination law and public policy. He has also lectured in Constitutional Law at the University of Limerick, Ireland (1998-1999) and was called to the Irish Bar in 1997. He is currently a member of the European Committee of Social Rights, the EU Network of Legal Experts in the Non-discrimination Field and the Blackstone Chambers Academic Panel.
Current research interests include the law of political parties, equality and anti-discrimination law, comparative constitutional law, and human rights law. Current publications being completed include an analysis of the use of positive duties and positive action in eliminating discrimination, the extent to which the ECHR provides some protection for socio-economic rights claims, and the statutory regulation of candidate selection by political parties.
Current Teaching: undergraduate Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Tort and Discrimination Law. Graduate Comparative Human Rights Law and UK Human Rights and Equality Law
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