Prof. Siobhan Mullally BCL (NUI), LLM (LSE), PhD (EUI Florence)
Honours and Awards |
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| Year: 2010. Title: Columbia University, Senior Fellow and Scholar in Residence |
| Year: 2009. Title: Fulbright Scholar |
| Year: 2011. Title: Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow |
| Year: 2011. Title: IRCHSS Senior Fellowship |
| Year: 2003. Title: Clarke Scholarship |
| Year: 2003. Title: Visiting Parsons Scholarship |
| Year: 1997. Title: Scholarship |
| Year: 2003. Title: Researcher |
| Year: 1986. Title: Scholarship |
| Year: 1986. Title: Professional Law Books Prize |
| Year: 1993. Title: Researcher |
| Year: 2004. Title: President's Award for Research Innovative Forms of Teaching |
| Year: 2006. Title: Visiting Scholar |
Conference Contributions |
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| Mullally, Siobhan; (1998) Integrating gender equality into law-making processes in Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], Predicting the Impact of Policy: Gender-auditing mechanisms, Law Faculty, University of Oporto, Portugal , 01-MAY-98 - 01-MAY-98. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (1999) “Defending Universalism: Communicative Ethics and the work of Seyla Benhabib”. [Invited Oral Presentation], American Society of International Law Annual Conference, Washington DC , 01-MAR-99 - 01-MAR-99. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (1999) “Equality and Human Rights provisions in the Good Friday Agreement. [Invited Oral Presentation], Human Rights Program, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School, USA , 01-APR-99 - 01-APR-99. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (1999) “Developing Equality Impact Assessment Guidelines in the Irish Context”. [Invited Oral Presentation], Making Women Count, University of Liverpool, UK , 01-MAY-99 - 01-MAY-99. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (1999) “The Limits of Cultural Rights: Reservations to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women”. [Invited Oral Presentation], Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School, USA , 01-FEB-99 - 01-FEB-99. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (1999) “Gender, Cultural Relativism and International Human Rights Law”. [Invited Oral Presentation], *, Law School, Wake Forest University, USA , 01-APR-99 - 01-APR-99. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2000) “Equality Proofing in the Context of the National Anti-Poverty Strategy”. [Invited Oral Presentation], Working Group on Equality Proofing, Dublin , 01-JAN-00 - 01-JAN-00. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2000) Recent developments in Asylum Law and Policy in Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], 'Perspectives on Diversity', Cork , 21-NOV-00 - 21-NOV-00. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2000) Recognising gender-based persecution: developments in international refugee law”. [Invited Oral Presentation], Women, Conflict and Change, University of Peshawar, Pakistan , 01-APR-00 - 01-APR-00. |
| Mullally, S.; (2000) *. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 'Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Fostering Regional Partnerships', University College Cork , 01-MAY-00 - 01-MAY-00. |
| Mullally, S.; (2000) *. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Refugee Law Workshop, London , 01-JUN-00 - 01-JUN-00. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2001) Promoting Gender Equality: Beyond the limits of non-discrimination. [Invited Oral Presentation], Irish Centre for European Law / Equality Authority Conference, * , 01-JUN-01 - 01-JUN-01. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2002) Manifestly Unfounded Asylum Claims and the Use of accelerated procedures. [Invited Oral Presentation], Refugee Law in Europe, * , 02-MAR-02 - 02-MAR-02. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2002) Family reunification and asylum law in Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], 51st annual congress of the AWR, University of Würzburg, Germany , 01-OCT-02 - 01-OCT-02. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2002) Debating Reproductive Health in Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], 9th International Women's Health Conference, York University, Toronto , 01-AUG-02 - 01-AUG-02. |
| Mullally, Siobhan.; (2003) *. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Responding to Terrorism: developing a rights-based framework, Peshawar, Pakistan , 01-DEC-03 - 01-DEC-03. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2003) “Engendering the Asylum Process”. [Oral Presentation], Refugee Women and the Law: gender, asylum and interculturalism, University College, Cork , 08-MAR-03 - 08-MAR-03. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2003) Recognising gender-based persecution: incorporating a human rights paradigm into the asylum determination process. [Invited Oral Presentation], Migrant Women: Transforming Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin , 01-MAR-03 - 01-MAR-03. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2003) “Separated Children and asylum determination procedures in Ireland: complying with best practice?”. [Invited Oral Presentation], Refugee Children: a Minor Issue?, Belfast , 18-JUN-03 - 18-JUN-03. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2003) Gendered Citizenship: Reproductive rights and human rights in Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], Temple Law School, Temple Law School, Temple University , 30-OCT-03 - 30-OCT-03. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2003) 'Accelerated asylum determination proceedings in an expanding European Union',. [Invited Oral Presentation], AWR 52nd International Congress, Vienna , 20-SEP-03 - 21-SEP-03. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2003) Gender and Multiculturalism: conflicts of culture in Indian constitutional law. [Invited Oral Presentation], Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights Program, Cornell Law School , 01-OCT-03 - 01-OCT-03. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2003) The international criminal court, peace and security in the 21st century. [Invited Oral Presentation], Responding to Terrorism: developing a rights-based framework. , University of Peshawar, Pakistan , 01-DEC-03 - 01-DEC-03. |
| Mullally, S; (2005) 'Gender, reproduction and citizenship'. [Invited Oral Presentation], Theorising Intersectionality, Keele University, UK, , 28-MAY-05 - 01-JUN-05. |
| Mullally, S; (2006) 'New Developments in EU Asylum Law'. [Plenary Lecture], The Future of Refugee Law, Galway, May 2005, Galway, Human Rights Centre , 04-JUN-06 - 30-DEC-99. |
| Mullally S; (2006) Protocol No. 12: Implications for Immigration and Asylum law. [Invited Oral Presentation], Protocol 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Dublin, Equality Authority , 05-MAY-06 - 30-DEC-99. |
| Mullally, Siobhan; (2006) 'Changing conceptions of equality' at Equality as a Social Right Onati Institute, Bilbao, Spain forthcoming June 2006. [Invited Oral Presentation], Equality as a Social Right, Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Bilbao, Spain , 21-JUN-06 - 24-JUN-06. |
| Mullally S; (2006) Women, Islam and Human Rights : All in the Family. [Invited Oral Presentation], Women and Islamisation in Pakistan: Strategies of Resistance’, Emory University, Atlanta, USA April 2006 , 03-MAR-06 - 05-JUN-06. |
| Mullally S; (2009) Gender, Citizenship and Religious Dress: rights and religious freedom in Europe. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Institute of International Law and Public Policy, Temple University , 28-SEP-09 - 28-SEP-09. |
| Mullally S ; (2009) European University Institute. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Abortion through the Lenses of Comparative Law, Florence , 06-NOV-09 - 08-NOV-08. |
| Mullally S ; (2010) Center for Reproductive Rights, NY. [Plenary Lecture], The Margin of Appreciation, Cultural Specificity and Abortion Rights in Ireland, New York , 15-JAN-10 - 15-JAN-10. |
| Mullally; (2010) Integration Abroad, the Chakroun case, and developments before the ECJ. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Integration in Europe: Which Way Forward, Brussels , 27-OCT-10 - 29-OCT-10. |
| Mullally S; (2010) Gender, Religion and Multiculturalism in Europe. [Plenary Lecture], Harvey Program on Immigration, Ethnicity and Pluralism Studies, University of Toronto , 18-NOV-10 - 18-NOV-10. |
| Mullally S ; (2010) Migrant Women, the Veil and the Limits of Rights. [Plenary Lecture], Columbia Gender and Sexuality Program, Columbia University, NY , 27-JAN-10 - 27-JAN-10. |
| Mullally, S., Philips, A., McKay, S., Macklin, A., Malik, M., M'bugua, S., Faxaeli, R., Cosgrave, C., de Hart, B., Andrews, P., Heile-Lucas, M., Connolly, L., Rehman, J., Enright, M., Daly, E.; (2010) A one day conference interrogating comcepts of gender equality, citizenship and multiculturalism. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Gender Equality, Citizenship and Multiculturalism, University College Cork , 10-SEP-10 - 10-SEP-10. |
| Mullally S ; (2010) IRCHSS. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Gender Equality, Multiculturalism and Citizenship, University College Cork , 09-SEP-10 - 10-SEP-10. |
| S Mullally (2011) International Conference in honour of Dr Shirn Ebadi, Nobel Laureate. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Religion Law and the State, University College Dublin , 16-SEP-11 - 17-SEP-11. |
| S Mullally (2011) Open Society Justice Initiative and Pakistan Bar Council International Conference. [Plenary Lecture], Reforming Legal Education in Pakistan: Promoting Access to Justice, Lahore, Pakistan , 16-DEC-11 - 17-DEC-11. |
| S Mullally (2011) International Conference: Beyond Rights and Justice. [Invited Lectures (Conference)],  Vulnerability and Migration: Examining the migration status, rights and vulnerabilities nexus (Emory Law School / Smith College, Smith College, Massachusetts, USA , 06-MAY-11 - 08-MAY-11. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Reforming Laws on Sexual Violence: International Perspectives, UCC , 27-JUN-08 - 27-JUN-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Second Annual Postgraduate Conference on Criminal Justice and Human Rights, UCC , 01-MAY-08 - 01-MAY-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Promoting Human Rights?. [Oral Presentation], Irish European Law Form, UCD , 01-JAN-08 - 01-JAN-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) Gender Inequality, Minority Rights and Collective claims. [Oral Presentation], Minority Rights in South Asia, Brunel University, London , 01-FEB-08 - 01-FEB-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) The Use of Foreign Law in Refugee Status Determination Procedures: a European Judical Dialogue¿. [Oral Presentation], Judicial Dialogues between EU Member States, University of Westminister / Oxford , 01-JAN-08 - 01-JAN-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) Human Trafficking and Human Rights: Root Causes and Consequences¿. [Oral Presentation], Keynote address, Human Trafficking: Law and Policy Responses, Garden Court Chambers, London , 01-MAR-08 - 01-MAR-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) Gender, migration and sex trafficking; causes and consequences. [Oral Presentation], Poverty, Socio-Economic Inequality and Human Rights,, Valparaiso University, USA , 01-APR-08 - 01-APR-08. |
| Mullally, S; (2008) Gender inequalities, religion and human rights. [Oral Presentation], Tribal Areas, Conflict and Human Rights in North West Pakistan, School of Law, Brunel University, London, , 21-OCT-08 - 21-OCT-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) Gender Equality and Religious Difference; the culture wars. [Oral Presentation], 25th anniversary, Feminist Legal Theory project,, Emory University , 06-NOV-08 - 08-NOV-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Religious Diversity, Employment Equality, UCC , 01-MAR-08 - 01-MAR-08. |
| Mullally, S. ; (2008) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Role of the International Criminal Court in Promoting Human Rights: Second Annual Distinguished Lecture, UCC , 01-FEB-08 - 01-FEB-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2008) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], `How the US can Lose the War on Terror¿, UCC , 01-JAN-08 - 01-JAN-08. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) Human Rights, Islamisation and Gender Equality in Pakistan. [Oral Presentation], Focus on Asia Lecture Series, UCC , 01-OCT-07 - 01-OCT-07. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) Gender Equality and Minority Rights: the Limits of Collective Claims. [Oral Presentation], Peaceful State-Minority Relations, Seminar Series, University of Liverpool / TJI Ulster , 01-APR-07 - 01-APR-07. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Migrant Children and Guardianship, UCC , 01-NOV-07 - 01-NOV-07. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Migrant Children and Guardianship, UCC , 01-NOV-07 - 01-NOV-07. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Mental Health and Human Rights, UCC , 01-OCT-07 - 01-OCT-07. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], First Annual Postgraduate Conference on Criminal Justice and Human Rights, UCC , 01-MAY-07 - 01-MAY-07. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) . [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Terrorism, Crime and Human Rights: First Annual Distinguished Lecture CCJHR, UCC , 01-FEB-07 - 01-FEB-07. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) Separated Children, Seeking Asylum. [Oral Presentation], Harvard Seeking Asylum Alone Project, Brussels , 01-MAR-07 - 01-MAR-07. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) Migration, intersectionality and gender: Using intersectionality analysis. [Oral Presentation], Equality Authority, Dublin , 01-DEC-07 - 01-DEC-07. |
| Mullally, S.; (2007) Care, Migration, Inequality and Gender. [Oral Presentation], Equality, Legislation and the Constitution, NUI Galway , 01-OCT-07 - 01-OCT-07. |
| Mullally, S; (2006) 'Immigration, family life and the jus soli principle'. [Plenary Lecture], Human Rights Seminar Series, presented at Queen's University Belfast, Human Rights seminar series, April 2005 , 20-MAY-06 - 30-DEC-99. |
| Mullally, S.; (2006) Positive Duties and Gender Equality. [Oral Presentation], Onati Institute for Sociology and La, Spain , 01-JUN-06 - 01-JUN-06. |
| Mullally, S.; (2006) Law Reform in Timor-Leste: Responding to Gender Based Violence. [Oral Presentation], , Trinity College Dublin , 01-JUN-06 - 01-JUN-06. |
| Mullally, S.; (2006) Family Law Reform and Human Rights in Pakistan. [Oral Presentation], Family, Islamisation and Law, Emory Law School, Atlanta USA , 01-MAY-06 - 01-MAY-06. |
| Mullally, S; (2005) 'The Asylum Procedures Directive'. [Plenary Lecture], ELENA Refugee Lawyers, Dublin, Irish Refugee Council , 12-MAR-05 - 30-DEC-99. |
| Mullally, S.; (2005) Community reconciliation and returning refugees in East Timor: a durable solution?. [Oral Presentation], International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, Sao Paolo, Brazil , 01-JAN-05 - 01-JAN-05. |
| Mullally, S; (2005) 'Gender, cultural differences and human rights'. [Invited Oral Presentation], Crossing Borders: Gender and Multiculturalism Oslo, Norway May, 2005 , University of Oslo , 30-JUN-05 - 30-DEC-99. |
Committees |
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| Committee : International Law Association (Irish Branch) From:01-JAN-05 To: 30-DEC-99 |
| Committee : Editor in Chief, Irish Yearbook of International Law From:01-JAN-06 To: 30-DEC-99 |
| Committee : Irish Council for Civil Liberties From:01-JAN-06 To: 30-DEC-99 |
| Committee : New Oxford Companion to Law From:01-JAN-05 To: 30-DEC-99 |
| Committee : Queen¿s University Belfast From: To: |
| Committee : University of London From:01-JAN-91 To: 01-JAN-93 |
Employment |
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| Employer: University College Cork Position: Senior Lecturer From:01-SEP-04 To: 30-DEC-99 |
| Employer: University College Cork Position: College Lecturer From:01-SEP-95 To: 30-DEC-99 |
| Employer: Law school, University of Sydney Position: Visiting Parsons Scholar From:01-MAY-04 To: 30-DEC-99 |
| Employer: Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada Position: Visiting Scholar From:01-JAN-04 To: 30-DEC-99 |
| Employer: Cornell Law School, USA Position: Visiting Clarke Scholar From:01-AUG-03 To: 01-JAN-04 |
| Employer: Harvard Law School Position: Visiting Fellow From:01-FEB-99 To: 01-MAY-99 |
| Employer: University of Hull, UK Position: Lecturer in Law From:01-OCT-90 To: 01-OCT-95 |
| Employer: Law Faculty, University of Peshawar, Pakistan Position: Visiting Lecturer From:01-JAN-94 To: 31-DEC-94 |
| Employer: Law Faculty, University of Peshawar, Pakistan Position: Visiting Lecturer From:01-OCT-92 To: 31-OCT-93 |
Education |
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| Year 2003 Institution: European University Institute. Qualification: PhD Subject: |
| Year 1991 Institution: Institute of Human Rights Qualification: Certificate in teaching International Human Rights Law Subject: |
| Year 1990 Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science Qualification: LLM Subject: |
| Year 1988 Institution: National University of Ireland Qualification: BCL Subject: |
Languages |
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| English: |
| French: |
| Italian: |
| Spanish: |
Consultancy |
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| Client: : UNMISET Human Rights Unit, Short-term consultant. 'Mainstreaming human rights into capacity building actions of Civilian Support Group.' SC Res.1543(2004),August-September 2004. |
| Client: : UNIFEM: Short-term consultant on Timor-Leste's Initial Report to CEDAW, May-August 2004. |
| Client: : Legal Consultant, Humanitarian Law Project, International Crisis Group, Kosovo. July-December 1999. |
| Client: : Consultant for the British Council on Women, Law and Employment in Pakistan, 1994. |
| Client: : 2002: ¿26000 awarded by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, for research on Employment Equality Legislation. |
| Client: : 2001: £8,500 IR awarded by the Irish Refugee Council, research on Manifestly Unfounded Applications for Asylum in Ireland. |
| Client: : Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Gender and Asylum Law |
| Client: : 1999: £20,000IR awarded by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform for research on Equality Proofing in the Context of the National Anti-Poverty Strategy. |
| Client: : 1998: £25,000IR awarded by the European Commission, under the Fourth Framework Programme, for a research project: Gender Auditing: Predicting the Impact of Policy on Women. |
| Client: : 1995: £10,000stg awarded by the British Council for research on Women, Law and Employment in Pakistan. |
| Client: : Commissioned Report, Dept of Justice Equality and Law Reform, Extending the Scope of Employment Equality Legislation |
| Client: : Commissioned Report on Human Rights Based Approaches to Civilian Support Group Training, UN Mission in Support of East Timor |
| Client: : UNDP / Govt of Kazakhstan, Design of Multi Annual Programme of Support to National Ombudsman for Human Rights, Kazakshtan |
| Client: : Irish Human Rights Commission : Migrant Workers Convention, Irish and EU Law |
| Client: : European Commission : Conforming Checking with EU Directives on Asylum Law |
Outreach Activities |
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| External Examiner, University of Ulster, MSc in Human Rights and Peacekeeping |
| External Examiner: University of Ulster, LLM in Human Rights Law |
| NASC, the Irish Immigrant Support Centre (Board of Directors) |
| Department of Foreign Affairs, Standing NGO Committee on Human Rights (Member) |
| Open Society Justice Initiative, Pakistan. Consultant on Access to Justice and Reforming Legal Education through clinical methodologies. (December 2011) |
| External Examiner, Brunel University, London. International Human Rights Law and Public International Law |
| International Human Rights Network, Training on Human Rights Based Approaches to Development and Justice Sector Reform |
Reviews |
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| Legal Studies : Referee. |
| Dublin University Law Journal : Referee. |
| British Journal Of Industrial Relations : Referee. |
| Feminist Legal Studies: Referee. |
| Migration Review: Referee. |
| Irish Yearbook Of International Law : Editor. |
| Journal Of Islamic State Practices. : Member of Editorial Board . |
| New Oxford Companion To Law: Editor. |
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