Professor Helen Quane

Professor Emeritus

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

h.quane@swansea.ac.uk

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

Helen's principal research interests relate to issues of a normative and structural nature in international human rights law, notably, issues of minority protection, self-determination and the interplay between global, regional and national human rights regimes in the formation and implementation of human rights norms. Recent research projects include one on legal pluralism and international human rights law and a second on human rights in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Helen’s research has been published in leading journals such as the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Harvard Human Rights Journal, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, and the British Yearbook of International Law.

Areas Of Expertise

Self-determination
Minority rights
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Legal pluralism

Publications

Research Highlights

Quane, H. (2019). Navigating Diffuse Jurisdictions: An Intra-State Perspective. Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law (pp. 99-120). Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39425
Quane, H. (2015). The Significance of an Evolving Relationship: ASEAN States and the Global Human Rights Mechanisms. Human Rights Law Review, 15(2), 283-311.
https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngv004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20598
Quane, H. (2015). International Human Rights Law as a Catalyst for the Recognition and Evolution of Non-State Law. Negotiating State and Non-State Law: The Challenges of Global and Local Legal Pluralism (pp. 111-133). Cambridge University Press (part of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Studies in International Legal Theory collection)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17962
Quane, H. (2014). Silence in International Law. British Yearbook of International Law, 84(1), 240-270.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bybil/bru021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18073
Quane, H. (2020). Legal pluralism, autonomy and ethno-cultural diversity management. In Tove H. Malloy and Levente Salat (Ed.), Non-Territorial Autonomy and Decentralisation: Ethno-cultural Diversity Governance Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53331

All Research

Journal Articles

Quane, H. (2015). The Significance of an Evolving Relationship: ASEAN States and the Global Human Rights Mechanisms. Human Rights Law Review, 15(2), 283-311.
https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngv004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20598
Quane, H. (2014). Silence in International Law. British Yearbook of International Law, 84(1), 240-270.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bybil/bru021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18073
Quane, H. & Quane, H. (2013). Legal Pluralism and International Human Rights Law: Inherently Incompatible, Mutually Reinforcing or Something in Between?. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 33(4), 675-702.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqt018, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14392
Quane, H. (2012). A further dimension to the interdependence and indivisibility of human rights? Recent developments concerning the rights of indigenous peoples. Harvard Human Rights Journal, 25(1), 49-83.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7135
Quane, H. (2007). Rights in conflict? The rationale and implications of using human rights in conflict prevention strategies. Virginia Journal of International Law, (2007), 463-523.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17579
Quane, H. (2007). Challenging the Report of an Independent Inquiry under the Human Rights Act. Public Law, (2007), 529-544.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17578
Quane, H. (2006). The Strasbourg Jurisprudence and the meaning of a 'public authority' under the Human Rights Act. Public Law, (2006), 106-123.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17580
Quane, H. (2005). The rights of indigenous peoples and the development process. Human Rights Quarterly, 27, 652-682.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17581
Quane, H. (2000). A right to self-determination for the Kosovo Albanians?. Leiden Journal of International Law, 13, 219-227.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17582
Quane, H. (1998). The UN and the Evolving Right to Self-determination. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 47, 537-572 [Reprinted in 2020 in J. D'Aspremont, The History and Theory of International Law, Volume II (2020,Edward Elgar)..
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17583

Book Chapters

Quane, H. (2020). Legal pluralism, autonomy and ethno-cultural diversity management. In Tove H. Malloy and Levente Salat (Ed.), Non-Territorial Autonomy and Decentralisation: Ethno-cultural Diversity Governance Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53331
Quane, H. (2019). Navigating Diffuse Jurisdictions: An Intra-State Perspective. Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law (pp. 99-120). Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39425
Quane, H. (2018). Roadmaps or roadblocks to reconciling religious law and human rights: Lessons from the ASEAN States. Protecting the Powerless, Curbing the Powerful (pp. 13-40). Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network (SEAHRN)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40412
Quane, H. (2015). International Human Rights Law as a Catalyst for the Recognition and Evolution of Non-State Law. Negotiating State and Non-State Law: The Challenges of Global and Local Legal Pluralism (pp. 111-133). Cambridge University Press (part of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Studies in International Legal Theory collection)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17962
Quane, H. (2011). Self-Determination and Minority Protection after Kosovo. Kosovo: A Precedent? The Declaration of Independence, the Advisory Opinion and Implications for Statehood, Self-Determination and Minority Rights (pp. 181-212). Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7127
Quane, H. (2011). The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: New Directions for Self-Determination and Participatory Rights?. Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (pp. 259-287). Hart Publishing
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7131

Conference Contributions

Quane, H. (2017). (2017) Navigating Diffuse Jurisdictions: Intra-State Aspects. Jurisdiction in International Law, work in progress workshop involving contributors to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law (OUP).
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38360
http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/events/items/jurisdiction-in-international-law-workshop.html
Quane, H. (2016). Roadmaps or roadblocks to reconciling religious law and human rights: Lessons from the ASEAN States. In Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network (SEAHRN) Conference on Human Rights and Peace & Conflict in Southeast Asia: Reclaiming Lost Ground, Bangkok
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32375
Quane, H. (2014). The Dynamics of an Evolving Relationship: ASEAN States and the Global Human Rights Mechanisms. In Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network (SEAHRN) Conference on Human Rights and Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15-17 October 2014.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18766
Quane, H. (2014). The Dynamics of an Evolving Relationship: ASEAN States and the Global Human Rights Mechanism. In Conference on "Beyond Cultural Relativism: The Evolving Human Rights Mechanism of the ASEAN in Context". University of the Philippines, Diliman, College of Law, Manila, the Philippines, 13th October 2014.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18765
Quane, H. (2014). Legal pluralism and international human rights law. In 'Family and Cultural Life: Round-table Discussion with Experts as part of the 10th Session of the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and Practice'. United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais des Nations). Contribution at the invitation of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17961
Quane, H. (2014). Member, Roundtable Panel on 'The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration and its Implementation'. In Southeast Asian Studies Symposium, Keble College, University of Oxford
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17643
Quane, H. (2014). The dynamics of an evolving relationship: ASEAN States and the global human rights mechanisms. In 'Beyond cultural relativism: The evolving human rights mechanism of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in context.' Swansea University Conference
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17644
Quane, H. (2013). The influence of international human rights law on the development of non-state law. In 'The Rise of Non-State Law'. American Society of International Law (ASIL) International Legal Theory Interest Group Symposium. Washington DC.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17645
Quane, H. (2009). A further dimension to the interdependence and indivisibility of human rights? Recent developments concerning the rights of indigenous peoples. In The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action: Revisiting Fundamental Themes in the Light of Current Trends and Future Prospects. Welsh Centre for International Affairs and Swansea Law School Conference, Temple of Peace, Cardiff.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17647
Quane, H. (2009). Self-determination and minority protection after Kosovo.. In The Kosovo Precedent: Implications for Statehood, Self-determination and Minority Rights. Lancaster University Conference
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17646

Supervision

States and Dataveillance: Balancing Power and Privacy (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Val Aston
Respecting Human Rights and the Rule of Law in cyberspace: The challenges posed by trans-border access to data in criminal cases (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Stuart Macdonald

Other supervisor: Dr Patrick Bishop