Ronagh McQuigg

Ronagh McQuigg is an Associate Professor in the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast, affiliated with The Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. She specializes in international human rights law with a focus on addressing violence against women through legal frameworks. She teaches Land Law as a module coordinator and Family Law. Her research examines domestic abuse, human rights jurisprudence, and the intersection of law with gender-based violence. She actively contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals related to gender equality and human rights.

Her recent scholarship includes analyzing coercive control legislation, ECtHR pandemic-related rulings, and domestic abuse case law. She has published widely in journals like the Statute Law Review and European Human Rights Law Review, emphasizing judicial responses to modern challenges. McQuigg has participated in over 190 academic activities including conferences, peer reviews, and public lectures. She supervises PhD students focusing on domestic violence and human rights.

• Teaching: Land Law (module coordinator), Family Law
• Recent Activities: 2025 International Digital Rights Conference speaker, peer reviewer for Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, contributor to Strasbourg Observers blog
• Key Themes: ECtHR jurisprudence, gender-based violence legal frameworks, pandemic legal responses

Her work bridges theory and practice, influencing policy through academic engagement and public discourse on human rights protections.