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Kieran McEvoy

Chair of Peace, Security and Justice and Professor of Law and Transitional Justice, Queen’s University Belfast, Kieran has worked extensively on addressing the legacy of conflict in Northern Ireland and over a dozen other countries including Colombia. His recent work has focused on securing information recovery, acknowledgement and apologies from armed groups and countering denialism in the post truth era.

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Academic
& Policy Outputs

As part of the Leverhulme Fellowship Professor McEvoy committed to producing a range of academic articles and policy reports on the relationship between apologies, truth recovery, justice and acknowledging past harms. He is also working on a book on the topic (with Professor Cheryl Lawther) due to be completed in 2027 and published by Routledge.

Policy Outputs

Controversy over compensation for Gerry Adams does nothing to deliver truth and justice to Troubles victims.

The Conversation January 22nd, 2025

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Academic Outputs

Law, secrecy and the ‘smothering blanket’ of national security.

K. McEvoy and D. Holder How (not) to acknowledge past wrongs, European Human Rights Law Review 2, 32-149.

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3 Years Of

print, broadcast and online media

Over the course of the Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship (2023-2026), Professor McEvoy has been heavily involved in commenting and discussion in print, broadcast and online media. A QUB Media office report notes that he or his research has appeared in over 400 media outlets between 2023-2026.

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Lectures, Talks
& Media Outputs

Over the course of the Fellowship (2023–2026), Professor McEvoy delivered over 50 lectures, seminars and presentations and engaged extensively with print, broadcast and online media, with his research featured in over 400 media outlets.