Biography

Fiona O’ Regan is a first class honours graduate of UCC (BCL, 2007, LLM, 2008).  Currently, Fiona is undertaking a PhD thesis entitled “A Critical Analysis of the Victim Participation Initiative of the International Criminal Court and its potential to provide Victims of Gender Based Violence with Restorative Justice” under the supervision of Prof. Siobhán Mullally and Dr Fiona Donson.  In 2010 she was awarded an IRCHSS Postgraduate Scholarship in support of her PhD studies.   In 2011, Fiona was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School.  At present, Fiona is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Dept of Law in UCC.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2012) 'The Prosecutor vs. Jean Pierre Bemba Gombo: The Cumulative Charging Principle, Gender-Based Violence and Expressivism'
O'Regan, F. (2012) 'The Prosecutor vs. Jean Pierre Bemba Gombo: The Cumulative Charging Principle, Gender-Based Violence and Expressivism'. Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 43 (4) [Details]
(2012) 'Human Rights Developments in Ireland'
O'Regan, F. (2012) 'Human Rights Developments in Ireland'. Irish Yearbook of International Law, VII [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2014) Free Movement of Workers: Ireland – Country Report.
Mullally, S; Bekker, H; O'Regan F (2014) Free Movement of Workers: Ireland – Country Report. EU, . [Details]

Blog

  Year Publication
(2012) Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR) Blog- The Definition of Using Children to Participate Actively in the Hostilities in the Lubanga Judgment and the Impact on Girl Soldiers.
Fiona O' Regan (2012) Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR) Blog- The Definition of Using Children to Participate Actively in the Hostilities in the Lubanga Judgment and the Impact on Girl Soldiers. Blog [Details]
(2012) Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR) Blog- “The Value of the Charles Taylor Judgment.
Fiona O' Regan (2012) Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR) Blog- “The Value of the Charles Taylor Judgment. Blog [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2011 Visiting Researcher Harvard Law School Harvard Law School
2010 Aiden Synott Travelling Bursary Faculty of Law Graduate Studies Committee
2010 IRCHSS Postgraduate Scholarship Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
2009 Comyn Kelleher Tobin Graduate Bursary Dept of Law

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2012) Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights 6th Annual Postgraduate Conference,
Fiona O' Regan (2012) The Victim Participation Scheme of the International Criminal Court and its Potential for Victims of Gender Based Violence. [Oral Presentation], Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights 6th Annual Postgraduate Conference, University College Cork , 26-APR-12 - 26-APR-12. [Details]
(2012) The International Criminal Court Student Network, The Lubanga Trial: Lessons Learned,
Fiona O' Regan (2012) The Participation of victims of gender based violence in the Lubanga Trial. [Oral Presentation], The International Criminal Court Student Network, The Lubanga Trial: Lessons Learned, The Hague, Netherlands , 08-MAR-12 - 09-MAR-12. [Details]
(2012) The Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference,
Fiona O' Regan (2012) A Critical Analysis of the Victim Participation Scheme of the International Criminal Court and its potential to provide Victims of Gender Based Violence with Restorative Justice. [Oral Presentation], The Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, De Monfort University, Leicester , 03-APR-12 - 05-APR-12. [Details]
(2012) The International Criminal Court Student Network,
O'regan, F. (2012) The Participation of Victims of Gender Based Violence in the Lubanga Trial. [Oral Presentation], The International Criminal Court Student Network, ICC . [Details]
(2012) The Social-Legal Studies Association,
O'regan, F. (2012) A Critical Analysis of the Victim Participation Scheme of the International Criminal Court and its potential to provide Victims of Gender Based Violence with Restorative Justice. [Oral Presentation], The Social-Legal Studies Association, SLSA . [Details]
(2012) CCJHR Conference 2012,
O'Regan, F. (2012) The Victim Participation Scheme of the International Criminal Court and its Potential for Victims of Gender Based Violence. [Oral Presentation], CCJHR Conference 2012, UCC . [Details]

Teaching Interests

Areas of Interest: International criminal Law, public international law, human rights law

Experience:
International Criminal Law- September- December 2012- Seminars with LLM students
 
Public International Law- October- December 2012- Lectures to undergraduate students
 
Introduction to Business Law- October 2009- March 2012 - Tutorials for undergraduate students