Declan O’Callaghan

year of call: 1995

DOCallaghan@landmarkchambers.co.uk

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Declan has a strong interest in international, human rights and European Union law. He has lectured on international law matters at the University of Exeter and is currently a Visiting Scholar at the university.

He has regularly lectured on public international law matters at various universities in England, India and Malaysia and presented lectures and seminars on human rights issues in Spain, Armenia, Norway and Turkey.

He has represented in a number of applications before the European Court of Human Rights, including cases originating in Turkey and Armenia.

Declan was a member of the International Bar Association team lecturing Iraqi judges and prosecutors on international humanitarian law (2005-2006).

He was a Legal Assistant in The Prosecutor v Justin Mugenzi & Others (“The Government II Case”) at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) from November to December 2008.

He has acted as a spokesperson for the International Bar Association at a number of media events.

Declan has presented a number of lectures and seminars on international law, both in the United Kingdom and overseas, including:

Presented a lecture “Article 14 ECHR, Discrimination and Culture” at the “Mainstreaming Diversity” conference held at the European Court of Human Rights on 3rd and 4th February 2010. The conference was organised by the University of Ghent, Belgium, and fellow speakers included Judge Egbert Myjer, Judge Ann Power, Judge Christos Rozakis and Judge Andras Sajo of the European Court of Human Rights (February 2011)

Presented a lecture “The Ramifications of the Media Case: The Prosecutor v Nahimana”, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Fellow speakers included HH Judge Howard Morrison, Judge of the ICTY (October 2009).

Presented two lectures on “The European Convention on Human Rights in Immigration Matters” at the Norges Juristforbund Den Norske Advokaforening (Norwegian Legal Training Board) conference, Oslo (October 2008)

Presented a lecture “Is the International Criminal Court the Way Ahead” at the “Iraq, Cambodia and Beyond – Fair Trials in an International Setting Seminar”, University of Exeter (October 2007)

Presented a lecture “Baroness Hale and Gender-Sensitivity in Refugee Law” at the Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, University of Durham (September 2007)

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QUALIFICATIONS

Declan was awarded his LL.B (Hons) from the University of Exeter and his LL.M in Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham. He received his Postgraduate Certificate in Housing Law and Policy (with Distinction) from the University of Westminster and a Certificate in Public International Law from the Hague Academy (The Netherlands). He is a member of Gray's Inn.

Presently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Exeter, having previously been a Visiting Lecturer (1999 to 2004) and a Teaching Fellow (2004 to 2006), lecturing in the areas of Public and Public International Law.

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