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Dr Alice Donald

Professor in Human Rights Law

Alice Donald

  • School Faculty of Business and Law

  • Department Law and Social Sciences

  • Location London

Research activities

Alice's research lies in the field of human rights implementation and the relationship between human rights and democracy, with a focus on the role of parliaments and the European Convention on Human Rights. She also writes regularly on the Human Rights Act 1998 and the UK's relationship with the ECHR system.

In 2026-27, Alice is research lead for the project ‘Human Rights: Informing the UK debate’, a collaboration between the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights (University of Oxford), and Â鶹TVÍøÕ¾ University. Alice is a regular speaker and commentator on the UK’s relationship with the ECHR system and a founding member of the  network of more than 950 ECHR scholars on LinkedIn.


Current Teaching

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 

Director of Research for Law 


Biography

Dr Alice Donald is Professor of Human Rights Law in the Department of Law and Social Sciences. Her research focuses on human rights implementation and the relationship between human rights and democratic governance, with a focus on the role of Parliaments. Alice previously worked as a commissioner, editor, broadcast journalist and journalism trainer at the BBC World Service (1991-2005).

External activities

  • Expert consultant for the Council of Europe, Council of Europe,

    • Publications