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Deborah Lawson is a Postgraduate Researcher and Graduate Teaching Fellow at the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool. She holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the National University of Ireland, Galway (2017). Her PhD research, supervised by Prof. Helen Stalford, Prof. Padraig McAuliffe, and Dr. Aoife Daly, examines Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and its applicability to Indigenous children in colonial settler states. She is affiliated with the European Children’s Rights Unit and contributes to the International Strategic Litigation Network project (children’s rights strand) and the 'Children in Theory' online series.
- Education: LLM (2017, NUI Galway)
- PhD Dates: 2019–2023
Her research focuses on structural violence and systemic barriers to children’s rights implementation, particularly for Indigenous and marginalized groups. She explores how legal frameworks like UNCRC Article 19 can address colonial legacies and cultural harm in settler states.
Deborah’s work intersects international law, critical legal theory, and decolonial approaches to children’s rights. She actively participates in interdisciplinary projects bridging academia and advocacy.
