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Michelle Farrell

Professor Michelle Farrell
BA, LLM, PhD

Publications

Selected publications

  1. The Prohibition of Torture in Exceptional Circumstances (Book - 2013)
  2. Human Rights in the Media: Fear and Fetish (Book - 2019)
  3. Magna Carta and the Invention of 'British Rights' (Chapter - 2019)
  4. Just How Ill-treated Were You? An Investigation of Cross-fertilisation in the Interpretative Approaches to Torture at the European Court of Human Rights and in International Criminal Law (Journal article - 2015)
  5. The Ticking Bomb Scenario: Evaluating Torture as an Interrogation Method (Chapter - 2020)
  6. Legalising Torture (Internet publication - 2021)
  7. The Marks of Civilisation: The Special Stigma of Torture (Journal article - 2022)
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2022

2021

Legalising Torture

Farrell, M. (2021). Legalising Torture. Retrieved from https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/02/legalising-torture

Internet publication

2020

2019

Legal Experts Consider Shamima Begum’s Renewed Pleas to Return to the UK

Farrell, M. (2019). Legal Experts Consider Shamima Begum’s Renewed Pleas to Return to the UK. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

Brexit and Conservative Party Plans for the Human Rights Act

Farrell, M. (2019). Brexit and Conservative Party Plans for the Human Rights Act. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

Human Rights in the Media: Fear and Fetish

Farrell, M., Drywood, E., & Hughes, E. (Eds.) (2019). Human Rights in the Media: Fear and Fetish. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315627922

DOI
10.4324/9781315627922
Book

Magna Carta and the Invention of 'British Rights'

Farrell, M., & Hughes, E. (2019). Magna Carta and the Invention of 'British Rights'. In M. Farrell, E. Drywood, & E. Hughes (Eds.), Human Rights in the Media: Fear and Fetish. London: Routledge.

Chapter

Human Rights in the Media Fear and Fetish Introduction

Drywood, E., Farrell, M., & Hughes, E. (2019). Human Rights in the Media Fear and Fetish Introduction. In HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MEDIA: FEAR AND FETISH (pp. 1-5). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

Chapter

2018

A human rights lawyer on why Ireland should repeal the 8th

Farrell, M. (2018). A human rights lawyer on why Ireland should repeal the 8th. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

2017

Distribution

Farrell, M. (2017). Distribution. In W. A. Schabas, & S. Murphy (Eds.), Research Handbook on International Courts and Tribunals (pp. 337-376). Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.e-elgar.com/

Chapter

Trump, torture and black sites

Farrell, M. (2017). Trump, torture and black sites. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2017/01/26/comment-trump-torture-black-sites/

Internet publication

Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony: The Politics of Establishing United Nations Commissions of Inquiry

Farrell, M., & Murphy, B. (2017). Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony: The Politics of Establishing United Nations Commissions of Inquiry. In C. Henderson (Ed.), Commissions of Inquiry: Problems and Perspectives (pp. 35-64). Hart Publishing Limited. doi:10.5040/9781782258780.ch-002

DOI
10.5040/9781782258780.ch-002
Chapter

2016

Obama and Guantanamo: Self Interest or the Interests of Justice?

Farrell, M. (2016). Obama and Guantanamo: Self Interest or the Interests of Justice?. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

Freedom from Fear

Farrell, M. (2016). Freedom from Fear. Retrieved from https://uichr.uiowa.edu/news/celebrating-the-four-freedoms-freedom-from-fear/

Internet publication

2015

Just How Ill-treated Were You? An Investigation of Cross-fertilisation in the Interpretative Approaches to Torture at the European Court of Human Rights and in International Criminal Law

Farrell, M. (2015). Just How Ill-treated Were You? An Investigation of Cross-fertilisation in the Interpretative Approaches to Torture at the European Court of Human Rights and in International Criminal Law. Nordic Journal of International Law, 84(3), 482-514. doi:10.1163/15718107-08403006

DOI
10.1163/15718107-08403006
Journal article

2014

Transatlantic torture and the regrettable role of the European Court of Human Rights

Farrell, M. (2014). Transatlantic torture and the regrettable role of the European Court of Human Rights. Retrieved from https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

Critical Approaches to International Criminal Law

Schwöbel, C. (Ed.) (n.d.). Critical Approaches to International Criminal Law. In . Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315855943

DOI
10.4324/9781315855943
Chapter

2013

The Ethical Abyss of the Ticking Bomb Scenario

Farrell, M. (2013). The Ethical Abyss of the Ticking Bomb Scenario. Retrieved from https://www.e-ir.info/2013/09/10/the-ethical-abyss-of-the-ticking-bomb-scenario/

Internet publication

The Prohibition of Torture in Exceptional Circumstances

Farrell, M. (2013). The Prohibition of Torture in Exceptional Circumstances. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Book

2011

Ensuring Compliance with Decisions by international and regional human rights bodies: the case of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture

Farrell, M. (2011). Ensuring Compliance with Decisions by international and regional human rights bodies: the case of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. In K. de Feyter, S. Parmentier, C. Timmerman, & G. Ulrich (Eds.), The Local Relevance of Human Rights (pp. 147-176). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chapter

Steven Dewulf, The Signature of Evil: (Re)Defining Torture in International Law

Farrell, M. (2011). Steven Dewulf, The Signature of Evil: (Re)Defining Torture in International Law. Unknown Journal, 6, 195-203.

Journal article

2009

Ireland and the United Nations Decalaration against Torture: Principles and Politics in Action

Farrell, M. (2009). Ireland and the United Nations Decalaration against Torture: Principles and Politics in Action. The Irish Yearbook of International Law, 4-5, 155-201.

Journal article