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Alexandra Xanthaki is a leading expert on the rights of indigenous peoples and international law. She is a Professor of Law at Brunel University London, United Kingdom. She is the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.
Academic career[edit]
Education[edit]
Xanthaki completed her LLB at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece in 2014.[1] She undertook an LLM in Human Rights and Emergency Law (Law) at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland, the following year. [1] She moved to Keele University in Staffordshire in the United Kingdom to pursue a PhD. Under the supervision of Patrick Thornberry, she wrote her thesis on the 'Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United Nations'.[2]
Posts[edit]
Xanthaki took up her first academic post in the same organisation that she was awarded her PhD. Keele appointed Xanthaki to her first academic position. She became a Lecturer in Law in 2000.[1] She joined the University of Liverpool in 2001. In 2004, she moved to Brunel University London,[1] where she now holds a Chair in Brunel Law School.
Xanthaki served as Deputy Head of Brunel Law School (2008-2011) and Director of Research.[3] She leads the Brunel side of ITFLOWS, a project awarded funding of around €5,000,000 by Horizon 2020 [4] ITFLOWS explores the use of technology to push forward the integration of migrants and methods for managing migration flows [5]
In 2021, Xanthaki was appointed the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.[2][6] In this role, she advised the International Olympic Committee about whether Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete in the Olympic games in Paris in 2024.[7]
Publications[edit]
Monograph[edit]
- Xanthaki, A. (2007) 'Indigenous rights and United Nations standards: self-determination, culture, land'. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISSN 10: 0521835747 ISSN 13: 9780521835749
Edited collections[edit]
- Xanthaki, A., Valkonen, S., Heinamaki, L. and Nuogram, PK. (eds) (2017) 'Indigenous peoples' Cultural Heritage: Rights, Debates, Challenges'. Leiden: Brill/Nijhoff. ISSN 10: 90-04-34219-2 ISSN 13: 978-90-04-34218-7
- Ghanea, N. and Xanthaki, A. (eds) (2004) 'Minorities, peoples and self-determination: essays in honour of Patrick Thornberry'. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISSN 10: 90 04 14301 7 ISSN 13: 9789004143012
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "ORCID". orcid.org.
- ^ a b "Alexandra Xanthaki". OHCHR.
- ^ "Professor Alexandra Xanthaki | Brunel University London". Brunel University London People.
- ^ "IT tools and methods for managing migration FLOWS | ITFLOWS | Project | Fact sheet | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission".
- ^ https://www.itflows.eu
- ^ "Professor named UN Special Rapporteur in rare double for Brunel".
- ^ Ingle, Sean (27 March 2023). "Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete at Olympics, says UN expert". The Guardian.