Professor Ursula Kilkelly

Profile

Ursula Kilkelly is a professor of law whose research engages with a range of issues relating to the implementation of international children's rights.  Her work has been published in multplie sole and co-authored publications, edited collections and nearly 100 journal articles and book chapters concerning issues relating to youth justice and detention, child health, independent children's rights institutions and a range of issues rleating to legal implementation.  Her full profile is available at: https://research.ucc.ie/profiles/u.kilkelly@ucc.ie.

Research

Publications

• Kilkelly, U., Bergin, P. (2021) Advancing Children’s Rights in Detention: A Model for International Reform. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
• Ursula Kilkelly, Emily Logan (2021) National Independent Human Rights Institutions for Children Protecting and Promoting Children’s Rights. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Kilkelly, U Lundy, L and Byrne B (Ed.). (2021) Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into National Law Oxford: Intersentia.
• Todres, J and Kilkelly, U. (2022) 'Advancing Children’s Rights Through the Arts'. Human Rights Quarterly, 44 (1): 38-55.
• Ursula Kilkelly (2020) 'Evolving capacities and parental guidance in the context of youth justice: Testing the interpretation of Article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child'. International Journal of Children's Rights, 28 (3): 500-520.

Expertise