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Details for Dr Elina Steinerte
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| Name | Dr Elina Steinerte | ||||
| Job title | Research Associate |
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| Department | University of Bristol Law School University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | LL.B.(Latvia), LLM, Ph.D.(R.Gordon) | ||||
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| Membership of professional bodies | Human Rights Implementation Centre Council of Independent Experts on International and European law of the Republic of Latvia |
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| Keywords | torture and ill-treatment prevention UN convention against torture and its optional protocol national human rights institutions Implementation of human rights at the national levels human rights Public International Law |
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| Areas of expertise | Following my LLB and Lawyer's Diploma from the University of Latvia in 2001, I completed LLM in International Human Rights Law at the University of Nottingham in 2001. I then completed a PhD in European politics at Robert Gordon University (2002-2006). I joined the Law School in June 2006 on an AHRC-sponsored research project led by Professor Rachel Murray and Professor Malcolm Evans which examined the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture. I was in charge of the European Human Rights Law course at Glasgow Graduate School of Law in 2007/8 and 2008/9. In the Law School here, I teach International Law and Human Rights courses at postgraduate level and also taught EU Law at undergraduate level. Since June 2009 I am a Research Associate with the Human Rights Implementation Centre. |
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