Impact of Law Research

Local and National

At local and national levels our research is helping us to:

• Shape social security discourse in Northern Ireland and Scotland so as to better protect dignity and rights
• Understand the difficulties litigants in person face when they represent themselves in legal proceedings rather than rely on a lawyer, and what support they need
• Address the problems of domestic and intimate partner violence through research and outreach
• Integrate gender principles into legacy discussions around dealing with the conflict in Northern Ireland
• Capture LGBTQ visions of peace in post-Agreement Northern Ireland
• Consider the role of masculinities in ending paramilitarism in Northern Ireland
• Provide evidence-based research to inform debates on human rights protection in Northern Ireland and across these islands
• Consider the legal, constitutional and human rights implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland.

International

Internationally our research is helping us to:

• Assist Latin American countries to search for the remains of the disappeared
• Assist with accountability efforts in relation to human rights violations in Haiti, Brazil and elsewhere
• Address how international and national institutions can ensure accountability for UK armed forces in Iraq
• Develop substantive definitions of reconciliation for post-conflict societies
• Support UN work on gender and conflict