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Prof. Ní Aoláin Elected to the American Law Institute

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and improve the law…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Receives 2016 SLS Research Activities Fund Award

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin received the 2016 Society of Legal Scholars Research Activities Fund Award to advance research on her project on "Conceptualizing and Quantifying Maternal Harms." The award will…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Attends Launch of Global Study on Women, Peace and Security

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin attended the launch of the Global Study on Women, Peace and Security,…

Prof. Ní Aoláin's Blog Post on 'Petitions, Human Rights, and Government Service' Cited in Huffington Post

—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin's "Just Security" blog post on "Petitions, Human Rights, and Government Service," was cited in a…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Selected as Member of UMN Grand Challenges Research Strategies Group

—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been selected to join the University of Minnesota's Grand Challenges Research Strategies Group to help shape grand-challenges research priorities. This group has been charged with…

Prof. Ní Aoláin's Transitional Justice Institute Ranked Highly in U.K.-Based Research Exercise Framework

—The U.K.-based Research Exercise Framework (REF), which ranks institutions for research outputs, research environment and research impact and overall rankings in each discipline, issued its results and rankings.…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Quoted in New Republic on Law Requiring U.S. to Compensate Guantanamo Torture Victims

—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted in a New Republic article entitled "It's Time the U.S. Paid Reparations to the Prisoners It Tortured." The article stated: "'If you admit you committed a violation…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Participates in Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin attended the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, held June 10-13 in London and co-chaired by British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for…

Prof. Ní Aoláin Presents at Global Prosperity and Democracy Forum

—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin will present at the Carlson School of Management's forum entitled "Global Prosperity and Democracy: Challenges for Corporations, Government, NGOs, and Civil Society." Her panel…

Profs. Green and Ní Aoláin Involved in Human Rights Brief Cited in Ninth Circuit Argument

—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard an oral argument in Doe v. Nestle, brought on behalf of child labor victims in the Ivory Coast. At the argument, the judges extensively discussed an…

Prof. Ní Aoláin to Serve as Associate Director of International Gender and Conflict Conference in Belfast

—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin serves as associate director of the University of Minnesota Law School and the University of Ulster Transitional Justice Institute's second international gender and conflict…

Prof. Ní Aoláin's Book Named One of Ten Must-Read Books on Sexualized Violence in War

—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin's book On the Frontlines: Gender, War, and the Post-Conflict Process (with Dina Francesca Haynes and Naomi Cahn) was named one of the ten must-read books on sexualized…