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Research Interests
Dr Brunger is Lecturer in Human Rights Law and Co-Director of the Faculty-wide QUB Gender Network (@Gender_Network) She is also a Fellow of Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security, and Justice.
She lectures and supervises Public International Law; International Criminal Law; International Human Rights Law, Transitional Justice, and Gender and Society at both undergraduate and graduate-level
Her research has been widely used to impact and inform policy and practice in the areas of human rights and international criminal justice. Her co-authored paper ‘Witness Preparation in the ICC: An Opportunity for Principled Pragmatism’ was shortlisted for the SLSA Article Prize (2016) and been cited by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in the case of The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé. Dr Brunger’s Policy Brief for the Institute of Justice and Reconciliation (South Africa) examining “Investigations and Prosecutions of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence by the International Criminal Court” has been widely used to inform the practice of a range of international organizations and NGOs responding to SGBV in conflict and post-conflict countries.
Dr. Brunger is Co-Coordinator for the Interest Group on Feminism and International Law of the European Society of International Law. She is also an expert member of the AHRC-Funded UN Gender Network and the AHRC-Funded Working Group on a feminist approach to Peace. Also, she is a member of the International Feminist Judgments Project which brings together leading feminist scholars to rewrite significant judgments in public international law. She is a co-author of the re-written first judgment of the International Criminal Court in the case of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (forthcoming Hart/Bloomsbury 2018).
Throughout her career, she has worked with a broad range of stakeholders, including international organizations, national governments, and civil society actors, and is regularly invited to present her work or provide expertise to those audiences.
She joined the School of Law in July 2016, having previously taught at the University of Leicester, University College Dublin and the University of Ulster. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (University of Cambridge), Lucy Cavendish College (University of Cambridge) and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London). She is alumni of the prestigious Salzburg Law Summer School on International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law, the UN International Law Commission Seminar and the EIUC School of Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy.
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LEADERSHIP
Dr. Brunger is the founder and co-director of the QUB Gender Network, an interdisciplinary research network of staff and PG students that provide expertise to strategically shape and impact discourse and policy around gender issues in law and society. in 2020 the Gender Network received an award from the Queen's Annual Funds. Dr. Brunger has developed innovative visual advocacy toolkits to combat rape myths and sexual violence and a culture of victim-blaming for policymakers and civil society. As Co-Director she has curated several visual exhibitions addressing gender inequality.
Dr. Brunger is a member of the Institutional Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Committee. She successfully contributed the School of Law's Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Committee between 2016-2019 including being the architect of the School's Gender Principles.
Dr. Brunger is a dedicated champion of race equality and inclusion in Northern Ireland. She has received national recognition for her contribution to the first 'Black History Month campaign' in Northern Ireland and currently serves as Co-Chair of IRise, the University's BAME and International Staff Network.
Dr. Brunger is also Director of the Undergraduate Admissions (Home/EU) for the School.
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Projects
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R3066LAW: Witness Testimony, Support, and Protection in Truth Commissions: The Gambian Experience
Brunger, Y. & Chatzipanagiotidou, E.
06/09/2018 → 31/03/2019
Project: Research
Research Output
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'Everyday Sexism in Society' (Poster) QUB Gender Network
Brunger, Y. & O'Kane, B., 28 May 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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'Everyday Sexism in Sport' (Poster) QUB Gender Network
Brunger, Y. & O'Kane, B., 28 May 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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'Everyday Sexism in Sport' II (Poster) QUB Gender Network
Brunger, Y. & O'Kane, B., 28 May 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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'Everyday Sexism in Sport' III (Poster) QUB Gender Network
Brunger, Y. & O'Kane, B., 28 May 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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'Everyday Sexism in the Workplace' (Poster) QUB Gender Network
Brunger, Y. & O'Kane, B., 28 May 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Open AccessFile2 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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'Best Race Initiative' (Highly Commended) Legal Island, The Northern Ireland Equality and Diversity Awards
Brunger, Yassin (Recipient), 10 Apr 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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'Best Race Initiative' (Shortlisted) Northern Ireland Equality and Diversity Awards 2020
Brunger, Yassin (Recipient), 23 Jan 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellowship, United Nations International Law Commission
Brunger, Yassin (Recipient), Jul 2007
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Funded International Placement at the International Criminal Court
Brunger, Yassin (Recipient), 01 May 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Legal Social and Educational Sciences Studentship
Brunger, Yassin (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Arts & Humanities Research Council (External organisation)
Yassin Brunger (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Feminist Legal Studies (Journal)
Yassin Brunger (Peer reviewer)
2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly (Journal)
Yassin Brunger (Peer reviewer)
2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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British Institute of International and Comparative Law (External organisation)
Yassin Brunger (Member)
2020Activity: Membership types › Membership of national or international committees and working groups
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School of Law Webinar
Yassin Brunger (Speaker)
24 Mar 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar