The core focus of Alice’s research is the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review, assessing its operation and making recommendations for its improvement, alongside evaluating its impact on the ground. Currently, Alice is working on the UPR in terms of the following issues:
Alice is also working on a project titled ‘Working-Class Academics: Improving Experiences in Higher Education’. This project aims to identify the intersectional experiences of working-class staff and students, with the core objective to improve the working and studying environment across academia in the UK.
Alice welcomes proposals for doctoral research in the following areas:
- International human rights
- The Universal Periodic Review mechanism
- Civil society organisations
- Women’s rights
- Capital punishment
- Access to higher education
Alice’s current doctoral supervision is as follows:
- ‘The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Realising International Human Rights: A Case Study on the American Civil Liberties Union and the Universal Periodic Review (funded by Midlands4Cities).
- ‘Protecting SOGI Rights through the Lens of the Universal Periodic Review’ (funded by Midlands4Cities).
- ‘Human Trafficking in Portugal and the UN Universal Periodic Review’ (funded by Midlands4Cities).
- ‘Reimagining Animal Law: An Intersectional Posthumanist Approach for Animal Law and Policy Civil Society Organisations’.
Selected Publications
- Storey A, ‘The UN’s Universal Periodic Review and FGM in Somalia: The Value of Civil Society Recommendations’ (2025) 25 African Human Rights Law Journal 1-30.
- Etone D, Nazir A, and Storey A (eds), Human Rights and the UN Universal Periodic Review Mechanism: A Research Companion (Routledge 2024).
- Storey A, ‘Improving Recommendations from the UN’s Universal Periodic Review: A Case Study on Domestic Abuse in the UK’ (2023) 35 Pace International Law Review 193.
- Storey A, ‘The USA’s Engagement with the UN’s Human Rights Committee on the Question of Capital Punishment’ (2022) 17 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 53.
- Storey A, ‘National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA’, in, Adam Lynes, Craig Kelly and James Treadwell (eds) 50 Dark Destinations: A Criminological Analysis of Contemporary Tourism (Bristol University Press 2022).
- Storey A & Eccleston-Turner M, ‘Transparency, Accountability, and Legitimacy in the United Nations’ Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review’, in, Salvador Santino Regilme Jr. & Irene Hadiprayitno (eds) Human Rights at Risk: Rethinking International Institutions, American Power, and the Future of Dignity (Rutgers University Press 2022).
- Storey A, ‘Challenges and Opportunities for the UN Universal Periodic Review: A Case Study on Capital Punishment in the USA’ (2021) 90 UMKC Law Review 129.
- Storey A, ‘A Tale of Two Realities: Foreign Nationals, Consular Assistance, and the Death Penalty in the USA’ (2021) 15 Charleston Law Review 459.
- Yorke J & Storey A, ‘Towards a World Without the Death Penalty’, in, Peter Stearns (ed) Routledge Handbook of Death since 1800 (Routledge 2020).
- Storey A, ‘Engaging with the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review as an Academic’ (2020) Juris Poiesis Vol. 23, No. 32, 662-664.
- Storey A, “Austin Sarat (ed.), Human Rights and Legal Judgments: The American Story” (2019) Human Rights Law Review, Volume 19, Issue 1, 193–198.
Selected Reports
UPR Project at BCU Stakeholder Reports
See a full list of UPR Project at BCU Reports.
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, ‘Germany Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2023).
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, ‘Japan Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, ‘Japan Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
- Storey A et. al., ‘United Kingdom Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
- Brigagão Natalia et. al., ‘Brazil Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, ‘Eswatini Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, ‘Namibia Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2020).
- Storey A, et. al., ‘United States Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2020).
Other Reports
Selected Public Engagement Activities:
