Edel Hughes

Dr Edel Hughes joined the School of Law in January 2020.She holds a BCL (Law and French) from University College Cork and LLM and PhD degrees from the University of Galway. Prior to joining the School of Law, Edel held lectureships at the University of Limerick,University of East London, and Middlesex University London.Edels research interests are in the law and politics of human rights, human rights and conflict affected settings, and EU external relations and human rights. Between November 2020 and July 2023 Edel was Principal Investigator on the AHRCFCDO funded project Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Invisibility on Conflict-Related Male Sex Violence in Syria, which seeks to address the gaps and limitations in how we understand and respond to conflict-related sexual violence against men. Further information on the project is available here: a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.universityofgalway.ieirish-centre-human-rightsPublic - No restrictionprojectsunderstandingandaddressingtheimpactofinvisibilityonconflict-relatedmalesexviolenceinsyriahttps:www.universityofgalway.ieirish-centre-human-rightsPublic - No restrictionprojectsunderstandingandaddressingtheimpactofinvisibilityonconflict-relatedmalesexviolenceinsyria Edel welcomes PhD proposals in any areas related to her research interests.

Myresearch interests are in the law and politics of human rights, human rights and conflict affected settings, and EU external relations and human rights. I have aregional interest in Turkey and theMiddle East. Current research projects include an Arts and HumanitiesFCDO funded project on the impact of invisibility on conflict-related male sexual violence in Syria (for further detail see here: a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.universityofgalway.ieirish-centre-human-rightsPublic - No restrictionprojectsunderstandingandaddressingtheimpactofinvisibilityonconflict-relatedmalesexviolenceinsyriahttps:www.universityofgalway.ieirish-centre-human-rightsPublic - No restrictionprojectsunderstandingandaddressi... ); and a study of the EU and conflict resolution, with a focus on the EUs engagement with the Kurdish conflict in Turkey.

Edel currently teaches undergraduate Law of the European Union 1 and postgraduate The European Convention on Human Rights: Law and Politics; and EU External Relations Law.