Jacqueline Parry
Dr Jacqueline Parry
Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws, University of New England; PhD, RegNet, Australian National University
Before joining RegNet, Jacqueline worked mainly in the fields of forced migration and human rights. Between 2007 and 2014 she completed assignments with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Indonesia, Jordan, Malawi and Afghanistan, in a range of different Protection roles. Prior to working for UNHCR, she worked as a migration agent in Sydney.
She is currently the Research Director, Institute for Regional and International Studies, American University of Iraq (Sulaimani).
Research interests
International law, forced migration, state building, transitional justice.
Former PhD student
Dr Parry graduated from the RegNet PhD program in 2016. She was a recipient of the Australian Research Council Laureate post-graduate scholarship. Her thesis topic was ‘Transitional justice, state-building and displacement: Examining the cases of Liberia and Afghanistan’.
Supervisor:
Alumni Profile - Jacky Parry
Current role: Research Director, Institute for Regional and International Studies, American University of Iraq (Sulaimani)
Graduation year: 2016
RegNet PhD Scholar takes thesis expertise to Iraq
Three and a half years in the making, Jacqueline Parry has taken her RegNet PhD, ‘Transitional justice and displacement: lessons from Liberia and Afghanistan’ across the globe to assist displaced communities in Iraq.
Regarding Rights: Refugees and Transitional Justice in Liberia
Jacqueline Parry spent five months in the field exploring how refugees interacted with the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as well as issues of transitional justice more broadly.
CIGJ PhD student Jacky Parry wins prestigious award
CIGJ PhD student, Jacky Parry, has been awarded a prestigious Arthur C. Helton Fellowship micro-grant by the American Society of International Law.
Completed
Strengthening the international human rights system: Rights, regulation and ritualism
This project focuses on a problem endemic to the international human rights system: why are international human rights standards widely accepted in theory but so hard to implement in practice?
Author(s): Jacqueline Parry
Date of publications: 2018
Publication type: Journal article
