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Staff Profile

Professor Rhona Smith

Professor of International Human Rights

Background

Rhona Smith joined Â鶹´«Ã½ in August 2016 as Professor of International Human Rights. She has previously worked in various universities in the UK and held visiting positions at a number of institutions overseas. Her principal areas of interest are international human rights, human rights/civil liberties and public law. Much of her previous work has focussed on human rights capacity building in education and justice sectors.

Research

Dr Smith's research covers a range of international human rights and public law. International monitoring of human rights standards, particularly by the UN, and applied research in human rights education have been recent foci. 

Teaching

This academic year, Professor Smith is teaching on International Human Rights, Development and Security Global Challenges as well as ADministrative Law and Human Rights.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Molloy S, Smith R. . Cambridge Review of International Affairs 2023, 36(4), 578-596.
    • Farran S, Smith R. . The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Studies 2021, 110(2), 217-231.
    • Smith R. . Human Rights Law Review 2021, 21(2), 458-474.
    • Farran S, Smith R. . King's Law Journal 2021, 32(1), 84-95.
    • Smith R, Molloy S. . Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Rights and Law 2020, 21(2), 139-194.
    • Smith R, Mallory C, Molloy S. . The International Journal of Human Rights 2020, 24(4), 414-438.
    • Smith R, Farran S. . The Round Table 2016, 105(4), 363-375.
    • Smith R, Farran S. . The Round Table: the commonwealth journal of international affairs 2016, 105(4), 363-375.
    • O'Brien D, Smith R. . Round Table 2016, 105(4), 389-399.
    • Smith R, Bai GM. . Asian Journal of Legal Education 2015, 15(2), 81-99.
    • Smith R. . Asian Yearbook of International Law 2014, 17, 85-116.

  • Authored Books

    • Smith R. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026.
    • Smith RKM. . Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

  • Book Chapters

    • Smith R. . In: Reayat N; Yusuf HO, ed. Constitutionalism in Africa and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities. Cham: Springer, 2026, pp.167–197.
    • Dominguez-Redondo E, Smith R. . In: Damian Etone, Amna Nazir and Alice Storey, ed. Human Rights and The UN Universal Periodic Review Mechanism: A Research Companion. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2024.
    • Mallory C, Smith R. . In: Ingrid Westendrop, ed. Human Rights Strategies. Edward Elgar, 2024, pp.44-77.
    • Mallory,C, Smith, R. Human Rights During Power Transitions. In: Joel Oestreich and Ken Stiles, ed. Global Institutions in a Time of Power Transition. Routledge, 2023. In Preparation.
    • Smith RKM. . In: Binder, C; Nowak, M; Hofbauer, JA; Janig, P, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2022.
    • McCall-Smith K, Smith R, Yahyaoui Krivenko E. . In: Hodson, L; Loveday, T, ed. Feminist Judgments in International Law. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019.
    • Smith R. . In: de Varennes, F; Gardiner, C, ed. Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Asia. New York: Routledge, 2019, pp.44-60.
    • Smith R. . In: Bribosia, E; Rorive, I, ed. Human Rights Tectonics: Glocal Dynamics of Integration and Fragmentation. Antwerp: Intersentia, 2018, pp.41-68.
    • Smith R. . In: Coffey, S, ed. Seeking Justice in Cambodia: Human Rights Defenders Speak Out. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 2018.
    • Smith R, Ly R, Khourn C. . In: Armed Conflict and Forcible Displacement: Individual Rights under International Law. London: Routledge, 2018, pp.170-191.
    • Smith R. . In: Brems E; Desmet E, ed. Integrated Human Rights in Practice - Rewriting Human Rights Decisions. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2017, pp.518.
    • Farran S, Smith R. . In: Stalford, H; Hollingsworth, K; Gilmore, S, ed. Rewriting Children's Rights Judgments: From Academic Vision to New Practice. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing, 2017.
    • Smith R. . In: Goodhart, M, ed. Human Rights: Politics and Practice. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
    • Smith R. . In: Weber, L; Fishwick, E; Marmo, M, ed. The Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Human Rights. Abingdon: Routledge, 2016, pp.18-29.
    • Smith R. . In: Geiger, C, ed. Research Handbook on Human Rights and Intellectual Property. London, UK: Edward Elgar, 2015.
    • Bakke-Fischenshou C, Borge-MacLeod M, Smith R. . In: Chen, T; Chen, DD, ed. International Engagement in China’s Human Rights. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2015.
    • Smith R. . In: Mihr, A; Gibney, M, ed. The SAGE Handbook of Human Rights. Sage Publications Ltd, 2014.

  • Edited Books

    • Reayat N, Cho M, Smith R, ed. . Abingdon: Routledge, 2024.
    • McConnell L, Smith R, ed. . Abingdon: Routledge, 2018.

  • Editorial

    • Farran S, Smith R. . Round Table 2016, 105(4), 351-354.

  • Online Publications

    • Molloy S, Smith R. . London: London School of Economics and Political Science, 2022. Available at: .
    • Molloy S, Smith R. . London: London School of Economics and Political Science, 2022. Available at: .

  • Report

    • Tyrrell HG, Krupiy TK, Molloy SP, Murray CRG, Mallory CI, Kapogianni V, Hollingsworth KL, Smith RKM. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Â鶹´«Ã½, 2022.