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Claire Breen
TitleProfessor (Law)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
ThesisThe standard of the best interests of the child as a tradition of Western inconsistencies (1999)
Academic work
Main interestsChildren's rights law, international human rights

Claire M. Breen is a New Zealand law academic, and as of 2021 is a full professor at the University of Waikato. Her work focuses on children's legal rights, international human rights and international peace and security.

Academic career[edit]

Breen has a Bachelor of Civil Law from University College Cork, and an LLM (International Law) from the University of Nottingham.[1] After a PhD titled The standard of the best interests of the child as a tradition of Western inconsistencies at the University of Nottingham in 1999,[2] Breen moved to the University of Waikato, rising to full professor in 2019.[3]

Recent articles by Breen cover a range of issues, including how New Zealand should deal with the return of an alleged ISIS terrorist to New Zealand, with reference to the rights of the two children involved, access to beaches for some disabled people, and how the ACC system discriminates against women by not covering birth injuries.[4][5][6]

Selected works[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Claire Breen - Te Piringa: University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ Breen, Claire M. (1999). The standard of the best interests of the child as a tradition of Western inconsistencies (Ph.D. thesis). University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ communications@waikato.ac.nz (29 January 2019). "Professorial appointments announced". www.waikato.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ^ Breen, Claire. "With their mother's Australian citizenship cancelled over alleged ISIS-links, how will NZ deal with her children?". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ Breen, Claire. "We need beach access for everyone, and that includes people with a disability". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. ^ Breen, Claire. "ACC's policy of not covering birth injuries is one more sign the system is overdue for reform". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.


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