Staff Profiles

Dr Roisin Mulgrew

BA Corporate Law & LLB Phd

Contact Details

Lecturer
Irish Centre for Human Rights
NUI, Galway
T: Ext. 3609
E: roisin.mulgrew@universityofgalway.ie

Lecturer Bar/College Lecturer
E: roisin.mulgrew@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

Dr. Mulgrew completed a Bachelor of Corporate Law and LL.B. at the National University of Ireland, Galway before moving to the University of Nottingham to undertake an LL.M. in International Criminal Justice and Armed Conflict. With funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, she completed the MA in Socio-legal and Criminological Research and a PhD at the University of Nottingham School of Law.

Dr. Mulgrew was Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor in Law at the University of Nottingham between 2010 and 2020. She has previously been a tutor in international human rights law at NUIG and a Visiting Lecturer at the Irish Centre for Human Rights.

Dr Mulgrew is an expert in international penal law and human rights. She is currently working on a monograph entitled Release in International Criminal Law (Elgar Publishing) and book chapters analysing the human rights consequences of restrictions and the implications of the pandemic for international punishment for an edited collection on The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy (Routledge, 2021).

Her monograph, Towards the Development of the International Penal System, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. Her research has also been published in a number of renowned peer-reviewed journals and edited collections. She co-edited the Research Handbook on the International Penal System (Elgar Publishing, 2016) and a special edition of International Criminal Law Review on ‘National Prosecutions of International crimes: Sentencing Practices and (Negotiated) Punishments’ in 2019.

Dr Mulgrew has acted as an expert and consultant for a number of international penal policy and rights bodies and projects. These include the UN Office of Drugs and Crime, the Council of Europe’s Council for Penological Cooperation (PC-CP) and Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the Euromed III Justice Project. She co-authored the Council of Europe’s 2012 Recommendation concerning foreign prisoners and the UN Handbook on the International Transfer of Sentenced Persons.

She has been a member of the EUROPRIS-CEP Expert Group on Foreign Nationals in Prison and Probation since 2013. She is also currently part of COST Action 18228 on Global Atrocity Justice Constellations and a member of the Research Advisory Panel for the UKRI project SAFESOC.

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2013)	Towards the Development of the International Penal System. Róisín Mulgrew (2013) Towards the Development of the International Penal System. Cambridge: Cambridge University Presss. [Details]

Edited Books

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	Research Handbook on the International Penal System. Róisín Mulgrew and Denis Abels (Ed.). (2016) Research Handbook on the International Penal System Research Handbook on the International Penal System. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [DOI] [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	'Prisoner Lives Cut Short: The Need to Address Structural, Societal and Environmental Factors to Reduce Preventable Prisoner Deaths' Roisin Mulgrew (2023) 'Prisoner Lives Cut Short: The Need to Address Structural, Societal and Environmental Factors to Reduce Preventable Prisoner Deaths'. Human Rights Law Review, 23 (2):1-25 [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'Terminal Illness and Compassionate Release: Lessons for the ICC from the UN Tribunals and National Jurisdictions' Roisin Mulgrew (2023) 'Terminal Illness and Compassionate Release: Lessons for the ICC from the UN Tribunals and National Jurisdictions'. Journal Of International Criminal Justice, [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'Making Prisoner Deaths Visible: Towards a New Epistemological Approach' Philippa Tomczak; Róisín Mulgrew (2023) 'Making Prisoner Deaths Visible: Towards a New Epistemological Approach'. Incarceration, 4 [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'Post-Trial (In)Justice: Reflections on the Legacies and Impacts of Atrocity Crime Prosecutions' Barbora Hola, Roisin Mulgrew and Maja Munivrana (2023) 'Post-Trial (In)Justice: Reflections on the Legacies and Impacts of Atrocity Crime Prosecutions'. Journal Of International Criminal Justice, [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'The role of oversight in foreign-national only prisons: Countering the disapplication of rehabilitation' Róisín Mulgrew (2018) 'The role of oversight in foreign-national only prisons: Countering the disapplication of rehabilitation'. Crime Law And Social Change, 70 :77-92 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Foreign Prisoners in Europe: An analysis of the 2012 Council of Europe Recommendation and its implications for international penal policy' Róisín Mulgrew (2016) 'Foreign Prisoners in Europe: An analysis of the 2012 Council of Europe Recommendation and its implications for international penal policy'. Review of International Law and Politics, 12 (1):161-200 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'The international movement of prisoners' Róisín Mulgrew (2011) 'The international movement of prisoners'. Criminal Law Forum, 22 (1):103-143 [DOI] [Details]
	(2009)	'On the enforcement of sentences imposed by international courts: challenges faced by the Special Court for Sierra Leone' Róisín Mulgrew (2009) 'On the enforcement of sentences imposed by international courts: challenges faced by the Special Court for Sierra Leone'. Journal Of International Criminal Justice, 7 (2):373-396 [DOI] [Details]

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	Deaths in prison: Examining causes, responses, and prevention of deaths in prison worldwide. Penal Reform International and prisonDEATH team (Dr. Mulgrew, Dr. Tomczak and Dr. Appelton) (2022) Deaths in prison: Examining causes, responses, and prevention of deaths in prison worldwide. Penal Reform International, London. [Details]
	(2022)	European Arrest Warrant safeguards in Ireland. Hannah Grene, Róisín Mulgrew and José Henriquez (2022) European Arrest Warrant safeguards in Ireland. EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Vienna. [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'International Human Rights and COVID-19 in prisons: Medical isolation and independent oversight' Roisin Mulgrew and Dirk van Zyl Smit (2022) 'International Human Rights and COVID-19 in prisons: Medical isolation and independent oversight' In: The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy. England: Routledge. [Details]
	(2022)	'International prisoners and the pandemic: Seeking release, improved conditions and family contact before international criminal courts' Roisin Mulgrew (2022) 'International prisoners and the pandemic: Seeking release, improved conditions and family contact before international criminal courts' In: The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy. England: Routledge. [Details]
	(2016)	'The costs of suspicion: a critical analysis of the compensation scheme established by Article 85(3) of the Rome Statute' Róisín Mulgrew (2016) 'The costs of suspicion: a critical analysis of the compensation scheme established by Article 85(3) of the Rome Statute' In: Research Handbook on the International Penal System. :445-491 Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Releasing International Prisoners' Róisín Mulgrew (2015) 'Releasing International Prisoners' In: Offender Release and Supervision: The role of courts and the use of discretion. :21-51 The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers. [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Temporary Transfer of Person in Custody' Roisin Mulgrew (2022) 'Temporary Transfer of Person in Custody' Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law, . [Details]
	(2014)	'Projet sur vingt-cinq ans: une analyse du système de liberation conditionnelle du Tribunal special pour la Sierra Leone' Róisín Mulgrew (2014) 'Projet sur vingt-cinq ans: une analyse du système de liberation conditionnelle du Tribunal special pour la Sierra Leone' Cahiers de la Sécurité et de la Justice, 27 :142-153. [Details]

Consultancy

	Year	Publication
	(2010)	Report on Consent in International Prisoner Transfers, PC-CP (2010) 21. Róisín Mulgrew (2010) Report on Consent in International Prisoner Transfers, PC-CP (2010) 21. Consultancy [Details]

Manual

	Year	Publication
	(2012)	UN Handbook on the International Transfer of Sentenced Persons. Dirk van Zyl Smit and Róisín Mulgrew (2012) UN Handbook on the International Transfer of Sentenced Persons. UN Office of Drugs and Crime Manual [Details]

Report

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	Rehabilitation and mutual recognition – practice concerning EU law on transfer of persons sentenced or awaiting trial: UK Report. Róisín Mulgrew and David Harris (2015) Rehabilitation and mutual recognition – practice concerning EU law on transfer of persons sentenced or awaiting trial: UK Report. Report [Details]

Book Review

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Mary Rogan, Prison Policy in Ireland: Politics, Penal-Welfarism and Political Imprisonment. Róisín Mulgrew (2014) Mary Rogan, Prison Policy in Ireland: Politics, Penal-Welfarism and Political Imprisonment. Punishment and Society Book Review [DOI] [Details]

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Research Committee	Director	/

Modules Taught

Term/Year	Module Title	Module Code
Autumn 2023	Policing	LW3154
Spring 2023-2024	Imprisonment and Rights	LW5214
Spring 2024	Victimology	LW3155
Spring 2023-2024	Protection of Prisoners Rights Under International Law	LW3153