Cath Collins

Cath Collins is Professor of Transitional Justice at Ulster University’s Transitional Justice Institute since March 2013. She is also Director of the Transitional Justice Observatory at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, focusing on justice, truth, and memory developments related to the Pinochet-era dictatorship.

• PhD in Latin American Studies (University of London, 2004)
• Chatham House Research Fellow (2005-2007)
• Former Associate Professor of Politics at Universidad Diego Portales

Research Interests center on transitional justice frameworks, enforced disappearances, human rights accountability, and interdisciplinary collaborations with forensic, judicial, and legal professionals. She specializes in Latin America, particularly Chile and El Salvador.

Key Contributions include co-authored books like Transitional Justice in Latin America and Post-Transitional Justice, alongside training materials for victims' associations and legal entities. Her work intersects with UN SDGs on justice and human rights.

• Expert witness, Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• Founder member of Latin American Transitional Justice Network
• Current research: Open Society Foundation project on disappearance victims

Education: Degrees from Cambridge, London, Lancaster, and Queens’ Belfast. Qualified translator and youth/community worker with fieldwork in Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile since 1996.