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      Dr David Keane

      BCL (Law and French), LLM, PhD
      ROLE: Associate Professor in Law
      SCHOOL: Law
      DEPARTMENT: Law
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 6809
      EMAIL: D.P.Keane@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr David Keane is Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law at Middlesex University, and currently Programme Leader of the LLB. He holds a BCL (Law and French) from University College Cork, Ireland (1996-2000), and an LLM (2000-2001) and PhD from the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, where he was awarded a Government of Ireland scholarship for his doctoral studies (2002-2005). Dr Keane's research is in international human rights law, with a particular focus on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). Overall he has published four books and over thirty journal articles and book chapters on human rights, ICERD, minority rights, freedom of expression and related areas (for full list see Research Output and Interests tab). His book 'Caste-based Discrimination in International Human Rights Law' (Ashgate/Routledge, 2007) won the Hart Book Prize for Early Career Academics in 2008 and has been widely cited, including by the UK Supreme Court. His most recent book (with A. Waughray), '50 Years of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: A Living Instrument' (Manchester University Press, 2017), represents the very first edited collection on ICERD. Dr Keane teaches Child and Family Law (LLB), International Human Rights Law (LLB and LLM), and Minority Rights and Indigenous Peoples in International Law (LLM), as well as supervising PhD candidates. He also acts as a Visiting Professor at the University of Bordeaux, France, on the Law and Languages programme. A selection of his publications including more recent papers are available via his site on academia.edu


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      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Dr Keane's current teaching is in International Human Rights Law (LLB, BA Law and LLM); Child and Family Law (LLB and BA Law); and Minority Rights and Indigenous Peoples in International Law (LLM). He also teaches Tort Law as a visiting professor at the University of Bordeaux, France (Licence de droit et langues).

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Note: Recent papers available via my academia site.

        Books

        1. David Keane and Annapurna Waughray (eds.), '50 Years of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimimination: A Living Instrument', (Manchester University Press, 2017)

        2. David Keane and Yvonne McDermott (eds), 'The Challenge of Human Rights: Past, Present and Future' (Elgar, 2012)

        3. David Keane and Joshua Castellino, 'Minority Rights in the Pacific Region' (Oxford University Press, 2009)

        4. David Keane, 'Caste-based Discrimination in International Human Rights Law' (Ashgate/Routledge, 2007)

        - Winner of Hart Book Prize for Early Career Academics (2008)

        Refereed Journal Articles

        1. David Keane and Tenia Kyriazi, ‘The Emergent Right to Human Rights Education in GCC States’, 2 Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (2018, forthcoming)

        2. David Keane and Jeremie Gilbert, ‘Equality v. Fraternity: Rethinking France and its Minorities’, 14(4) International Journal of Constitutional Law 883-905 (2017) [currently available free via the hyperlink]

        3. David Keane and Tenia Kyriazi, ‘Education in the United Arab Emirates: The Relevance of International Human Rights Law and Social Welfare for a Sustainable Economy’, 3(4) International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy 330-347 (2017)

        4. David Keane, ‘Cartoons, Comics and Human Rights after the Charlie-Hebdo Massacre’, 10(3) Religion and Human Rights, 229–43 (2015)

        5. David Keane, 'Abolitionist in Heart but Not in Action: Slavery, Servitude and the Status of Article 4 ECHR in Irish Law', 50 Irish Jurist 166-198 (2013)

        6. David Keane and Valentina Azarov, 'UNESCO, Palestine and Archaeology in Conflict', 41(3) Denver Journal of International Law and Politics 309-344 (2013)

        7. David Keane and Joshua Castellino, 'Transcending Sectarianism through Minority Rights in Iraq', 5(3) International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies 387-407 (2012)

        8. David Keane, 'Survival of the Fairest? Evolution and the Geneticization of Rights', 30(3) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 467-494 (2010)

        9. David Keane, 'The South Asian Draft Charter on Minority and Group Rights: A Comparative Regional Analysis', European Yearbook on Minority Issues 125-158 (2010)

        10. David Keane, 'Cartoon Violence and Freedom of Expression', 30(4) Human Rights Quarterly 845-876 (2008)

        11. David Keane and Nicholas McGeehan, 'Enforcing Migrant Workers' Rights in the United Arab Emirates', 15(1) International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 81-115 (2008)

        12. David Keane, 'Attacking Hate Speech under Article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights', 25(4) Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 641-663 (2007)

        13. David Keane, 'Addressing the Aggravated Meeting Points of Race and Religion', 6 Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class 353-391 (2007)

        14. David Keane, 'Descent-based Discrimination in International Law: A Legal History', 12 International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 93-116 (2005)

        15. David Keane, 'International Law and the Ethnicity of Irish Travellers', 11 Washington and Lee Race and Ethnic Ancestry Law Journal 43-60 (2005)

        16. David Keane, 'The Failure to Protect Cultural Property in Wartime', 14 DePaul Journal of Art and Entertainment Law 1-38 (2004)

        17. David Keane, 'The Environmental Causes and Consequences of Migration: A Search for the Meaning of Environmental Refugees', 16 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 209-223 (2004)

        Book Chapters

        1. David Keane and Annapurna Waughray, ‘A Legal Solution to a “World Problem”? Untangling the Law on Caste in the Diaspora’, in Amit Sarwal and Mitra Pariyar (eds.), Caste in South Asian Diaspora (2018, forthcoming)

        2. David Keane and Annapurna Waughray, 'Introduction' and ‘CERD and Caste-based Discrimination’, in Keane and Waughray (eds.), 50 Years of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimimination: A Living Instrument, (Manchester University Press, forthcoming spring 2017), pp. 1-32 and 121-149

        3. David Keane and Joshua Castellino, ‘Is the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination the De Facto Minority Rights Treaty?’ in Carla Buckley, Alice Donald and Philip Leach (eds.), Towards Convergence in International Human Rights Law: Approaches of Regional and International Systems (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, 2016), pp. 275-95

        4. David Keane and Jeremie Gilbert, ‘Graphic Reporting: Human Rights Violations through the Lens of Graphic Novels’, in Thomas Giddens (ed.), Graphic Justice: Intersections of Comics and Law (Routledge, 2015), pp. 236-54

        5. David Keane, ‘Discrimination’, in Oxford Bibliographies in International Law (Oxford University Press, 2014)

        6. David Keane, 'Papua New Guinea: Country Study' in Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Transitional Justice, Vol.2 (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 358-363

        7. David Keane, 'UNESCO and the Right to Peace', in David Keane and Yvonne McDermott (eds.), The Challenge of Human Rights: Past, Present and Future (Elgar, 2012), pp. 74-91

        8. David Keane and Jeremie Gilbert, 'The New Scramble for Africa: Towards a Human Rights-based Approach to Large Scale Land Acquisitions in the SADC Region', in Ben Chigara (ed.), Southern African Development Community Land Issues (Routledge, 2012), pp. 144-168

        9. David Keane, 'The Irish Influence on the Indian Constitution: Contrasting the Fortunes of the Directive Principles of State Policy 60 Years On', in Kirti Narain and Mohini C. Dias (eds.), 60 Years of the Indian Constitution: Retrospect and Prosepects (New Delhi: Macmillan, 2011), pp. 199-209

        10. David Keane, 'Forced Labour Standards: An Evolving International Norm', in Talat Canbolat (ed.), Essays in Honour of Prof Ali Guzel (Istanbul: Beta, 2010), pp. 429-441

        11. David Keane, 'Why the Hindu Caste System Presents a New Challenge for Human Rights', in Javaid Rehman and Susan Breau (eds.), Religion, Human Rights and International Law, (Martinus Nijhoff, 2007), pp. 333-381

        12. David Keane, 'The International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination', in Rhona Smith and Christien Van den Anker (eds.), Essentials of Human Rights, (Hodder Arnold, New York, 2005), pp. 61-64

        Book reviews

        1. David Keane, ‘Book review – Patrick Thornberry, “The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: A Commentary”’, 17(2) Human Rights Law Review (2017), 370-376

        2. David Keane, ‘Book Review – Prakash Shah, “Against Caste in British Law: A Critical Perspective on the Caste Discrimination Provision in the Equality Act 2010”,’ 16 International Journal of Discrimination and the Law (2016), 51-54

        In translation

        1. David Keane y Laurent Pech, ‘Libertad de expresion, vinetas y blasfemia en Francia’, Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica (Abril/Junio 2015), 51-58

        2. 'Avrupa Insan Haklari Sozlesmesi'nin 17. Maddesi Kapsaminda Nefret Soylemine Saldirmak' in Birsen Erdogan and Ulas Karan (eds.), Avrupa Insan Haklari Sozlesmesi ve Turkiye'de Insan Haklari Derleme Eserler, (Utrecht: Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), 2009), 223-243

        Reports

        1. Equality and Human Rights Commission, EHRC Research Report 91, 'Caste in Britain: Socio-legal Review' and EHRC Research Report 92, 'Caste in Britain: Experts Seminar and Stakeholders Workshop' (2014)

        Publication Feed

        CERD, the State, mining corporations and indigenous people’ rights: the experience of the Subanon in the Philippines

        Doyle, Cathal (2017) CERD, the State, mining corporations and indigenous people’ rights: the experience of the Subanon in the Philippines. In: Fifty Years of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: A living instrument. Keane, David and Waughray, Annapurna , eds. Manchester University Press, pp. 182-206. ISBN 9781784993047

        Is the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination the De Facto Minority Rights Treaty?

        Keane, David and Castellino, Joshua (2016) Is the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination the De Facto Minority Rights Treaty? In: Towards Convergence in International Human Rights Law: Approaches of Regional and International Systems. Buckley, Carla and Donald, Alice and Leach, Philip , eds. Nottingham Studies on Human Rights, 646 . Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, pp. 275-295. ISBN 9789004284241

        Cartoons, comics and Human Rights after the Charlie-Hebdo massacre

        Keane, David (2015) Cartoons, comics and Human Rights after the Charlie-Hebdo massacre. Religion and Human Rights: an international journal, 10 (3). pp. 229-243. ISSN 1871-031X

        Introduction

        Keane, David and Waughray, Annapurna (2017) Introduction. In: Fifty Years of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: A Living Instrument (Manchester University Press, 2017). Keane, David and Waughray, Annapurna , eds. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 1-32. ISBN 9781784993047

        Equality versus fraternity? Rethinking France and its minorities

        Gilbert, Jérémie and Keane, David (2016) Equality versus fraternity? Rethinking France and its minorities. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 14 (4). pp. 883-905. ISSN 1474-2640

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