About
Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees is a leading academic in international criminal law at Swansea University's Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law. She holds positions as Academic Bencher in the Inner Temple and Legal Advisor to GLAN. Her expertise spans international criminal procedure, evidence law, and human rights, with a focus on fair trial rights and accountability mechanisms. She earned degrees from the National University of Ireland, Leiden University (LLM cum laude), and a PhD from the Irish Center for Human Rights.
Research focuses include open-source evidence analysis (TRUE project), deepfake impacts on human rights documentation, and judicial independence. Key projects include ESRC-funded work on open-source evidence and a £1.29M TRUE project examining AI/deepfakes in human rights accountability. She publishes in top journals like the American Journal of International Law and has been featured in BBC, Guardian, and Washington Post.
Professor McDermott Rees leads the TRUE initiative, co-edited Judicial Independence Under Threat (OUP 2022), and recently completed Proving International Crimes (OUP 2024). Awards include the Rene Cassin Prize Special Commendation (2014) and OUP publication of her doctoral thesis. She supervises PhD students researching digital evidence credibility, mock trials, and human rights tech applications.
