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Dr Israel Butler
Israel Butler worked in Law until October 2011.
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Lecturer
Degree: BA (Cantab), LLM (Nottingham), PhD (Nottingham).
Associated research centres and groups: Centre for Law and Society, Human Rights Forum
Current Teaching
Law 105 (European Union Law)
Law 234 (Community Legal Practice)
Law 236 (EU Law, Social Policy and Citizenship)
Law 251 (International Human Rights Law)
LLM 201 (EU Law)
LLM 205 (International Law)
Research Interests
Publications
Books
'Unravelling Sovereignty: Human Rights and the Structure of International Law', Intersentia (2007).
Articles
'Securing Human Rights in the Face of International Integration' International and Comparative Law Quarterly (forthcoming 2010).
'Les O.N.G. développent-elles une vision particulière de l'Etat de droit ?' in 'L'état de droit en droit international, Colloque de Bruxelles 2008', Société française pour le droit international, Editions A. Pedone, (2009).
'Binding the EU to International Human Rights Law' (co-written with Prof. Olivier De Schutter) 27 Yearbook of European Law (2008), 277-320.
'NGO Participation in the EU-Law-Making Process: the Example of Social NGOs at the Commission, Parliament and Council' Vol. 14 No. 5 European Law Journal (2008) 558-582
'The European Union and Human Rights: an International Law Perspective', European Journal of International Law (Co-written with Tawhida Ahmed), 17.4 European Journal of International Law (2006) 771-801
'The Rights of the Child in the Case-law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Recent Cases', 5.1 Human Rights Law Review (2005) 151-167.
'The US and Brazil Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Recent Cases', 4.2 Human Rights Law Review (2004), 295-330.
'A Comparative Analysis of Individual Petition in Regional and Global Human Rights Protection Mechanisms' 23 University of Queensland Law Journal (2004) 22-53.
'Recent Advisory Opinions and Contentious Cases of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights', 4.1 Human Rights Law Review (2004) 125-150.
Book Reviews
Book Review, Daniel A Bell and Jean-Marc Coicaud (eds.), Ethics in Action, The Ethical Challenge of International Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations Cambridge Univ Press, 2007, Vol. 83 International Affairs (2007)1194.
Makau Mutua, Human Rights, A Political and Cultural Critique, Penn Univ Press, 2002, 4.1 Human Rights Law Review (2004) 186.
Papers Presented
Conference on Conceptualising the Social: Implications of Europeanisation and Globalisation, 2009 (Institute of Advanced Studies, Lancaster University) 'The European Union and International Human Rights Law: Thief, Benefactor, Follower, Leader, Assailant and Guardian'
Touching War Programme, 2008 (Institute of Advanced Studies, Lancaster University), 'Of Hedgehogs and Russian Dolls: Alternative International Models for Human Rights Protection'
Société française pour le droit international 2008 Conference (Brussels) invited speaker 'Les O.N.G. développent-elles une vision particulière de l'Etat de droit ?'
Staff Seminar, Law Faculty Universite Catholique de Louvain, 'Unravelling Sovereignty: Human Rights Actors and the Structure of International Law' (April 2007)
Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference 2007 (Kent Law School): 'NGO Participation in the EU Law-Making Process: the Example of Social NGOs at the Commission, Parliament and Council'; 'Human Rights NGOs and the Unravelling of Sovereignty'.
Amnesty International North West Regional Annual Conference guest speaker: 'What Have NGOs Ever Done for Us?' (November 2006)
Potential Doctoral Proposals
International Human Rights Law, Constitutional Aspects of European Union Law, International Non-Governmental Organisations
Academic Background
Read Law for the BA at the University of Cambridge from 1996 to 2000 incorporating a year's study in French Law at the University of Poitiers, France. In 2001 he graduated from the University of Nottingham with an LLM in International Human Rights Law where he went on to complete his PhD thesis in the area of International Law and Human Rights. Before joining Lancaster University in 2005 he tutored undergraduates in International Law at the University of Nottingham and taught postgraduates, professionals and civil servants on the Human Rights Short Course at the University of Nottingham's Human Rights Centre. He teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the area of International Human Rights Law, International Law and European Law. His research interests include: International Law, Human Rights, International Relations, the role of Non-Governmental Organisations, the European Union. From 2009-2010 he was seconded to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights as a legal researcher and adviser.
Other Interests and Hobbies
Swimming and yoga; piano and guitar, writing and producing music; gaming and films
Associated Keywords: European Union law, Human rights, International human rights law, International law, Public participation
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