BCL (Law and French), University College Cork, Ireland (2000)

LLM, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway (2001)

PhD, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway (2005)

• Human Rights
• Minority Rights
• Freedom of Expression
• Migrant Workers
• Racial Discrimination and Religious Intolerance
• Regional Human Rights Systems
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Jurisprudence

• International Human Rights Law
• Minority Rights Law
• Tort Law

Publications

Authored Books:

• Joshua Castellino and David Keane, 'Minority Rights in the Pacific Region: A Comparative Legal Analysis' (Oxford University Press, 2009) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/academic/law/comparative/9780199574827.do

• David Keane, 'Caste-based Discrimination in International Human Rights Law' (Ashgate, 2007) http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754671725

Refereed Journal Articles:

• 'Survival of the Fairest? Evolution and the Geneticization of Rights', 30(3) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 467-494 (2010)
• 'Cartoon Violence and Freedom of Expression', 30(4) Human Rights Quarterly 845-876 (2008)
• 'Enforcing Migrant Workers' Rights in the United Arab Emirates' [with Nicholas McGeehan], 15(1) International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 81-115 (2008)
• 'Attacking Hate Speech under Article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights', 25(4) Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 641-663 (2007)
• 'Addressing the Aggravated Meeting Points of Race and Religion', 6 Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class 353-391 (2007)
• 'Descent-based Discrimination in International Law: A Legal History', 12 International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 93-116 (2005)
• 'International Law and the Ethnicity of Irish Travellers', 11 Washington and Lee Race and Ethnic Ancestry Law Journal 43-60 (2005)
• 'The Failure to Protect Cultural Property in Wartime', 14 DePaul Journal of Art and Entertainment Law 1-38 (2004)
• 'The Environmental Causes and Consequences of Migration: A Search for the Meaning of Environmental Refugees', 16 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 209-223 (2004)

Chapters in Journal Special Issues/Edited Books:

• 'Draft South Asian Regional Charter on Minority and Group Rights: A Comparative Regional Analysis', European Yearbook on Minority Issues (2010, forthcoming)
• 'Why the Hindu Caste System Presents a New Challenge for Human Rights', in Religion, Human Rights and International Law, Javaid Rehman and Susan Breau (eds.), (Martinus Nijhoff, 2007), 333-381
• 'The International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination' in Essentials of Human Rights, Rhona Smith and Christien Van den Anker (eds.), (Hodder Arnold, New York, 2005), 61-64
• 'Avrupa Insan Haklari Sozlesmesi'nin 17. Maddesi Kapsaminda Nefret Soylemine Saldirmak' in Avrupa Insan Haklari Sozlesmesi ve Turkiye'de Insan Haklari Derleme Eserler, Birsen Erdogan and Ulas Karan (eds.), (Utrecht: Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), 2009), 223-243 [Turkish translation of 'Attacking Hate Speech under Article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights']

Honours and Prizes:

• Hart-SLSA 2008 Book Prize for early career scholars, for 'Caste-based Discrimination in International Human Rights Law' (Ashgate, 2007)
• Government of Ireland scholarship, Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2002-2005

Languages spoken

French (fluent)

Irish (spoken)