Rachel Murray
Professor
Department of Law
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
Biography
Rachel Murray is Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Bristol. Her specialist areas are human rights in Africa, particularly the African Charter and its Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Organization of African Unity/African Union. She has written widely in this area, including books with Hart Publishing and Cambridge University Press (Human Rights in Africa, from Organization of African Unity to African Union, Cambridge, 2004; The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The System at Work, with Malcolm Evans, Cambridge, 2008; The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and International Law ...
Research Interest
Human Rights, particularly national human rights commissions and African systems; Public International Law.
Publications
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Murray, R & Long, D, 2015, ‘Implementation of the Findings of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’. Cambridge University Press
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Murray, R & De Beco, G, 2015, ‘Commentary on the Paris Principles on National Human Rights Institutions’. Cambridge University Press
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Murray, R, 2016, ‘The Human Rights Jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights’. in: Charles Jalloh, Kamari Clarke (eds) THE AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS.
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Long, D & Murray, R, 2016, ‘The Role and Use of Soft Law Instruments in the African Human Rights System’. in: Thomas Gamelltoft Hansen, Stephanie Lagoutte, John Cerone (eds) Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 89-107
