Eithne Dowds

2016-Present Lecturer in Law, Queen's University Belfast

Eithne's research intersects the areas of international criminal law, feminist legal theory, sexual offences and children born of sexual violence in conflict. Her PhD thesis examined feminist interventions into international criminal law and the role of consent in an international criminal definition of rape. Eithne is particularly interested in feminist strategies in combating impunity for the crime of rape and the extent to which international criminal law might bear relevance to domestic law on sexual offences.