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James Gallen

James Gallen is an associate professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. His research interests include human rights, international law and legal and transitional justice. His present research agenda and recent publications concern a transitional justice approach to historical abuse in consolidated democracies and in Christian churches. His first monograph Transitional Justice and the Historical Abuses of Church and State will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

In 2017 he was appointed as an Expert Advisor on Transitional Justice by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to advise on a transitional justice approach to the issue of Mother and Baby Homes.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2017	Gallen J. (2017) 'The International Criminal Court: In the interests of transitional justice?' In:
	2018	Gallen J (2018) 'Redressing Gendered Mistreatment: Magdalen Laundries, Symphisiotomy and the Mother and Babies Homes”' In: Dublin : Hart.
	2018	Gallen J (2018) 'Reconciliation and a Just Peace' In: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press.
	2017	Gallen J (2017) 'O'Keeffe v Ireland: Overview and Analysis' In: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press. Link
	2014	James Gallen (2014) 'Jus Post Bellum: An Interpretive Framework' In: Carsten Stahn, Jennifer S. Easterday, and Jens Iverson(Eds.). Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press.
	2014	James Gallen (2014) 'Transitional Justice in Nepal: Prosecutions, Reform and Accountability Strategies' In: Raluca Grosescu and Raluca Ursachi(Eds.). Brussels : Intersentia.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2020	Gallen, J (2020) 'Transitional Justice and Ireland's Legacy of Historical Abuse'. Eire-Ireland; a journal of Irish studies, 55 :35-67.
	2017	James Gallen (2017) 'Catherine Turner, Violence Law and the Impossibility of Transitional Justice'. Feminist Legal Studies, .
	2015	Gallen J. (2015) 'Odious debt and jus post bellum'. THE JOURNAL OF WORLD INVESTMENT AND TRADE (PRINT), 16 (4):666-694.
	2020	Gallen J (2020) 'The European Court of Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Historical Abuse in Consolidated Democracies'. Human Rights Law Review, 19 (4):675-704.
	2018	Gallen, J;Gleeson, K (2018) 'Unpaid wages: the experiences of Irish Magdalene Laundries and Indigenous Australians'. International Journal of Law in Context, 14 :43-60.
	2018	Gallen J. (2018) 'Historical abuse and the statute of limitations'. Statute Law Review, 39 (2):103-117.
	2017	Gallen J (2017) 'Vicarious Liability and Historical Abuse: A Critical Analysis of Hickey v McGowan'. Irish Jurist, 58 :184-192.
	2016	Gallen J. (2016) 'Between rhetoric and reality: Ten years of the United Nations human rights council'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 27 :125-143.
	2016	Gallen, J (2016) 'Jesus Wept: The Roman Catholic Church, Child Sexual Abuse and Transitional Justice'. The International Journal of Transitional Justice, 10 :332-349.
	2015	Gallen J. (2015) 'O'Keeffe v Ireland: The liability of states for failure to provide an effective system for the detection and prevention of child sexual abuse in education'. Modern Law Review, 78 (1):151-163.
	2014	Gallen J.;Smith C. (2014) 'Cáin Adomnáin and the laws of war'. Journal of the History of International Law, 16 (1):63-81.
	2013	James Gallen (2013) 'L. May, After the War Ends; A Philosophical Perspective'. Nordic Journal of International Law, 82 (3):447-552.
	2013	James Gallen (2013) 'Security Sector Reform, Models of Policing and Methods of Comparison'. IRISH JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES, 3 .
	2013	James Gallen (2013) 'A Humble, Stumbling Start: Lubanga, Moreno-Ocampo, and the Tenth Anniversary of the International Criminal Court '. 2 .

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2019	Gallen J; Ni Mhuirthile T (Ed.). (2019) London: Routledge,
	2017	Laura Cahillane, James Gallen, Tom Hickey (Ed.). (2017) Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press,
	2015	Sue Farran, James Gallen, Jennifer Hendry and Christa Rautenbach (Ed.). (2015) Oxford: Routledge,

Book Review

	Year	Publication
	2017	Gallen, J (2017) Violence, Law and the Impossibility of Transitional Justice. DORDRECHT: BREV

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2019	Gallen J; Moffett L; Sharma G; Pokharel L (2019) Report: From Relief to Redress – Reparations In Post-Conflict Nepal. Queens University Belfast, . Link
	2019	Gallen J; Moffett L (2019) From Truth To Repair – Implementing Truth Commissions’ Recommendations on Reparations. Queens University Belfast, . Link

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2018	James Gallen (2018) Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference Historical Institutional Abuse and Transitional Justice Dublin, Ireland, .
	2018	James Gallen (2018) Towards Transitional Justice Conference on Irish Historical Abuse and Transitional Justice Boston College, .
	2016	James Gallen (2016) Jus Post Bellum and Just Peace Reconciliation and a Just Peace The Hague, The Netherlands, .
	2016	James Gallen (2016) State Accountability for Vulnerability State Accountability for Vulnerability: Interrogating the Structures of Vulnerability DCU, Dublin, Ireland, .
	2015	Gallen, James (2015) ICON S 2015 Public Law in an Uncertain World Jus Post Bellum: Interpretation and the Pursuit of Coherence in Post-Conflict Law New York, NY, 01/07/2015-03/07/2015.
	2010	Gallen, James (2010) Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights Post-Graduate Conference International Law in the Circumstances of Transition: Towards a Law of Transitional Justice and Development University College Cork, Ireland, 29/04/2010-29/04/2010.
	2009	Gallen, James (2009) Irish Society of Comparative Law, Annual Conference The Criminal Laws of Nepal: An International and Comparative Perspective University of Limerick, Ireland, 28/02/2009-28/02/2009.
	2009	Gallen, James (2009) Irish Jurisprudence Seminar Series Outreach: Justice Seen to be Done School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, 19/03/2009-19/03/2009.
	2016	James Gallen (2016) Institutions and Ireland Constitutional Torts and Historical and Institutional Abuse TCD Dublin Ireland, .
	2016	James Gallen (2016) Law and Society Association Annual Conference The Integrity of Accountability and Transitional Justice New Orleans, USA, .
	2018	James Gallen (2018) Law and Society Association Annual Conference Reparations, Historical Abuse and Structural Change in Consolidated Democracies Toronto Canada, .
	2017	James Gallen (2017) Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference “Investigating an Abusive Past in Consolidated Democracies: Truth Commissions, Commissions of Inquiry and Historical Abuse Newcastle, UK, .
	2012	Gallen James (2012) Jus Post Bellum: Mapping the Normative Foundations Conference Jus Post Bellum: An Interpretive Framework The Hague, The Netherlands, 31/05/2012-01/06/2012.

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Irish Society of International Law	Chairperson	01/05/2018 - 01/05/2018

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade-NGO Standing Committee		-
	Research Ethics Committee		-

Education

	Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
		Trinity College Dublin	PhD
		Trinity College Dublin	LLB
		New York University School of Law	LLM

Reviews

	Journal	Role
	Feminist Legal Studies	Reviewer
	Nordic Journal of International Law	Reviewer

Outreach Activities

	Year	Engagement Type	Organisation	Description
		Advisory Work	Department of Children and Youth Affairs	Selection Panel for the establishment of a Collaborative Forum of victim-survivors related to Irish Historical Abuse
		Advisory Work	Department of Children and Youth Affairs	Expert Advisor on Transitional Justice to Minister and Department of Children and Youth Affairs on Mother and Baby Homes

Media

	Title	Year	Type	Authors
	Government is only causing more hurt and anger among women with efforts to silence those who suffered brutal birthing procedure	2016	Newspaper article (Print)	Gallen J

Research Interests

I welcome research students in any area of public international law, human rights, or jurisprudence and political philosophy. I am especially interested in supervising research in the areas of jus post bellum, transitional justice, international criminal law, international human rights law and historical abuse or injustice.

Research Projects

	Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date
	Reparations, Responsibility and Victimhood in Transitional Societies	Co-Investigator		01/10/2017	30/09/2020

Current Postgraduate Students

	Student Name	Degree	Supervision
	Grippo , Daniele	PhD-track	Supervisor
	Imaeva ,Mariat	PhD	Supervisor

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2020	Public International Law	LG120
2021	International Human Rights Law	LG237A
2022	Legal and Socio-Legal Research Skills	LG5028
2020	International Law and Conflict	LG566
2022	Critical Approaches to Law	LG137