Professional Activities
Dr Cahill-Ripley is a member of the Steering Group of the International Transformative Justice Network. She is a long-standing member of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Academic Network UK and Ireland and the Law and Society Association (USA) Collaborative Research Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In 2019 Dr Cahill-Ripley was appointed to the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Network (ESCR-Net) Advisory Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Conflict. She also sits on the Academic Advisory Board of the Cambridge Centre for Palestine Studies.
She regularly provides expert opinions to international organisations and national governments as well as giving invited talks to NGOs and CSOs as well as at other academic institutions. She has undertaken a number of external examination roles for doctoral students and is an External Examiner for Law at Northumbria University.
Internally Dr Cahill-Ripley is the Director of Postgraduate Research for the Law dept. and Association of Human Rights Institutions Lead for the International Law and Human Rights Unit. She was previously Internationalisation Lead for the School and Department and Departmental Disability Contact for Law.
Selected Professional Activities
Conference Role
- ‘The Elephant in The Room: Human Rights and the Triple Nexus Policy Triangle’ at The UDHR at 75: Rethinking and Constructing its Future Together (Human Rights Centre, University of Ghent, Belgium, 2023) (Conference Role)
- The socioeconomics of transitional justice at The Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, the African Union, and the Leuven Institute of Criminology (University of Leuven), Expert roundtable on ‘Building Blocks for Regional Cooperation on Transitional Justice’, by Invitation (online, 2021) (Conference Role)
Event Role
- Current Issues in International Law: ‘Legal Issues in the Gaza Conflict’ at Current Issues in International Law: ‘Legal Issues in the Gaza Conflict’, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, The University of Glasgow, UK, 2023) (Event Role)
Examination Role
- Northumbria University, LL.B (UG) (Examination Role)
- University of Liverpool, ‘Transitional Justice Responses to the Destruction of Tangible Cultural Heritage in Post-Conflict States’ (PhD, 2024) (Examination Role)
- University of Central Lancashire, Law (PhD, 2022) (Examination Role)
Expert Opinion
- Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights / UN CESCR Geneva Invited Expert Meeting on ESCRs and Conflict, Invited (United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2023 - present) (Expert Opinion)
- Oral Briefing with the Human Rights Bill Team, Scottish Government and Scottish Human Rights Commission on ICESCR Article 4 Limitations,, Invited (Scottish Government, 2023) (Expert Opinion)
- Northern Ireland Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights, Invited (Government of Northern Ireland, 2020) (Expert Opinion)
External Administrative or Committee Role
- Expert Member ESRC-Net Conflict Group, Invited (ESCR-Net - International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, 2019 - present) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
Conference Roles
- ‘The Elephant in The Room: Human Rights and the Triple Nexus Policy Triangle’ at The UDHR at 75: Rethinking and Constructing its Future Together (Human Rights Centre, University of Ghent, Belgium, 2023)
- ‘Transformative Justice In Practice’ 23 February 2022. Organiser and Facilitator. (online, 2022)
- The socioeconomics of transitional justice at The Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, the African Union, and the Leuven Institute of Criminology (University of Leuven), Expert roundtable on ‘Building Blocks for Regional Cooperation on Transitional Justice’, by Invitation (online, 2021)
- ‘Socio-economic and environmental foundations for peace: What role for international law?’, by Invitation (online, 2021)
- International Research Collaborative Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Conflict and Transformation at Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, by Invitation (Chicago and Lisbon, 2021)
Event Roles
- Current Issues in International Law: ‘Legal Issues in the Gaza Conflict’ at Current Issues in International Law: ‘Legal Issues in the Gaza Conflict’, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, The University of Glasgow, UK, 2023)
- Protestant Unionist Loyalist (PUL) Approaches to Human Rights at Protestant Unionist Loyalist (PUL) Approaches to Human Rights, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, East Belfast, 2019)
Examination Roles
- Northumbria University, LL.B (UG)
- University of Liverpool, ‘Transitional Justice Responses to the Destruction of Tangible Cultural Heritage in Post-Conflict States’ (PhD, 2024)
- University of Central Lancashire, Law (PhD, 2022)
- Sapienza University of Rome, Political Science (PhD, 2020)
- University of Central Lancashire, Law (PhD, 2020)
Expert Opinions
- Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights / UN CESCR Geneva Invited Expert Meeting on ESCRs and Conflict, Invited (United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2023 - present)
- Oral Briefing with the Human Rights Bill Team, Scottish Government and Scottish Human Rights Commission on ICESCR Article 4 Limitations,, Invited (Scottish Government, 2023)
- UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, Expert Consultation on ‘Human Security and The Rights of Women and Girls in the Context of Poverty and Inequality’, Invited (UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, 2022 - 2023)
- Northern Ireland Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights, Invited (Government of Northern Ireland, 2020)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- Association of Human Rights Institutions (AHRI) Lead ILHRU (University of Strathclyde, 2020 - present)
- Steering Group - International Transformative Justice Network, Invited (University of York, 2019 - present)
- Expert Member ESRC-Net Conflict Group, Invited (ESCR-Net - International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, 2019 - present)
Grant Application Assessments
- Internal Pre-submission (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), 2024)
- Internal Pre-submission (Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), 2024)
- Internal Pre-submission (University of Liverpool, 2022)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- University of Liverpool Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty Internationalisation Group (Faculty, 2021 - 2023)