Courtney Curran

Courtney Curran

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Courtney Curran is a School of Law doctoral scholar at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and an Australia qualified solicitor with experience in investigative and prosecutorial agencies.

Courtney's current research areas include transitional justice theory, archival research, legal proceedings advanced on expansive extraterritorial jurisdictional grounds—including by way of universal jurisdiction—as these fields and practises operate within the broader human rights and international criminal law frameworks. Fieldwork for Courtney’s doctoral studies has been carried out in Europe and Australia, and doctrinal research conducted in relation to archives connected to legal cases deriving from the Latin American context.

Courtney has published her research in reputable peer-reviewed journals and presented to esteemed international audiences. Courtney continues her legal practising work in domestic and international legal arenas, most recently at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers to compliment her academic endeavours, with her PhD due for completion in 2024.

Working Thesis Topic: Archives as extra-territorial legal armoury: tracing paper trails in transitional justice environments to uncover novel atrocity reckonings

Supervisor:  Dr Anita Ferrara

Scholarship / funding awards information: University of Galway Faculty of Law scholarship

Links to online academic profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8492-8572

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-curran-

X.com: @court.curran16

Email: courtneyrcurran16@gmail.com

Recent Publications:

• Courtney Curran, ‘The Kosovo Specialist Chambers—an insatiable creature with a preference for ICTY leftovers’, Irish Centre for Human Rights blogpost (published online on 15 November 2023), webpage source: https://ichrgalway.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/the-kosovo-specialist-chambers-an-insatiable-creature-with-a-preference-for-icty-leftovers/.
• Courtney Martin, 'Prosecutorial plurality and innovative evidence gathering as necessary tools in the fight against Russian aggression', Irish Centre for Human Rights blogpost (published online on 24 March 2022), webpage source: https://ichrgalway.wordpress.com/2022/03/24/prosecutorial-plurality-and-innovative-evidence-gathering-as-necessary-tools-in-the-fight-against-russian-aggression%EF%BF%BC/.
• Martin, Courtney, 'Treaty-Based Regulation and Evidence-Extradition Agreements as Critical Tools in the Fight against International Criminal Wrongdoing', International Criminal Law Review (published online ahead of print 2021), webpage source: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10085.