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:
- Women and girls with HIV in Namibia and Eswatini
- Female Genital Mutilation in Somalia
- Domestic abuse in the UK
- Domestic abuse in the USA
Publications
- 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 (Forthcoming, 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’, 90 UMKC Law Review 129 (2021).
- Storey A, ‘A Tale of Two Realities: Foreign Nationals, Consular Assistance, and the Death Penalty in the USA’, 15 Charleston L. Rev. 459 (2021).
- Yorke J & Storey A, ‘Towards a World Without the Death Penalty’, in, Peter Stearns (ed) Routledge Handbook on Death (2020).
- Storey A, ‘Engaging with the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review as an Academic’ Juris Poiesis, Vol. 23, No. 32, 662-664 (2020).
- Storey A, “Austin Sarat (ed.), Human Rights and Legal Judgments: The American Story”, Human Rights Law Review, Volume 19, Issue 1, 28 February 2019, 193–198.
Reports
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Centre for Women’s Justice, ‘Double Standard: Ending the Unjust Criminalisation of Victims of Violence Against Women and Girls’ (2022).
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Storey A et. al., ‘United Kingdom Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
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Brigagão Natalia et. al., ‘Brazil Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
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Nazir A, Storey, A, & Yorke J, ‘Indonesia Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
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Nazir A, Storey, A, & Yorke J, ‘Philippines Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
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Yorke J et. al., ‘United Kingdom Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
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Yorke J, Nazir A, & Storey A, ‘South Africa Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
- Yorke J, Nazir A, & Storey A, ‘Syrian Arab Republic Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
- Nazir A, et. al., ‘South Sudan Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, ‘Eswatini Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
- Yorke J, Nazir A, & Storey A, ‘Papua New Guinea Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
- Yorke J, Nazir A, & Storey A, ‘Thailand Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission’, The UPR Project at BCU (2021).
- Nazir A, et. al., ‘Sudan 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).
- Yorke J, Nazir A, & Storey A, ‘Myanmar 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).
Blog Posts
Selected Research Presentations
- 30/03/21 SLSA Annual Meeting 2021 (Online due to COVID-19) Paper Title “Utilising the UN’s Universal Periodic Review and Feminist Theory to Prevent Domestic Abuse in the UK.”
- Engaging with the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review as an AcademicLaw and Society Association Annual Meeting 2020, Denver, CO, USA (Online due to COVID-19) (2020)
- How to Perfect the Imperfect: A Critical Analysis of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic ReviewUniversity of Leiden – Global Human Rights at Risk Conference, The Hague, Netherlands (2019)
- The United States’ Engagement with the UN Universal Periodic Review: A Case Study on the Death Penalty University of British Columbia’s 22nd Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Graduate Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada (2018)
- The Drugs Don’t Work: Will Pharmaceuticals be the Death of the Death Penalty in the United States? BLSS Conference, Birmingham City University (2017)
- A Rocky Relationship with International Law: The Death Penalty in the United States and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Inaugural Postgraduate Conference in International Human Rights: Is International Law in Crisis?, University of Liverpool (2016)
- Facilitating the Abolition of the Death Penalty in the United States: The Role of the Universal Periodic Review and International Law Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA (2016)
- The Universal Periodic Review: The Human Rights Councils’ Innovative Mechanism University of Nottingham Human Rights Centre Postgraduate Conference (2016)
Policy Engagement
