PrintVivienne O'Connor
Senior Rule of Law Adviser, Rule of Law Center of Innovation
Countries: Haiti
Vivienne O'Connor is a senior rule of law adviser who joined the Rule of Law Program in 2007. Her focus is on criminal justice reform and rule of law training. She co-directs the Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice Project and directs the Rule of Law Training Project. She also works on a project providing technical support and assistance to the criminal law reform process in Haiti. Before joining USIP, she worked at the Irish Centre for Human Rights as its Rule of Law Project Officer. In 2005, she has taught international human rights law at the National University of Ireland. She has also taught a course on criminal law and development at the University of Melbourne Law School, where she was a senior fellow from 2006-2007. Vivienne has worked as a consultant for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the UN Officer on Drugs and Crime.
Vivienne holds a bachelor’s of civil law from the University College Dublin and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in international human rights law from the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Publications:
- Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice, (co-editor) (USIP Press, 2007-2008).
- Combating Serious Crimes in Postconflict Environments: A Manual for Policy-Makers and Practitioners (coauthor) (USIP Press, 2006).
- "The International Law of Peace Operations Meets Domestic Criminal Law: The Potential Use of Model Codes in Addressing Human Security Issues in Post-Conflict States" in Fragmentation: Diversification and Expansion of International Law: Canadian Council on International Law 34th Annual Conference 2005, (Canadian Council on International Law 2006).
Resources & Tools
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This path-breaking volume presents broad guidelines and specific prescriptions for combating serious crime in societies emerging from conflict. |
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This path-breaking volume presents broad guidelines and specific prescriptions for combating serious crime in societies emerging from conflict. |
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A new USIP report on Haiti's criminal laws examines the shortcomings of the impoverished country's criminal code – and finds promising opportunities to modernize and reform the laws. Despite Haiti's numerous challenges, the report concludes that new laws in Haiti will usher in a new era where the criminal justice system serves all people of Haiti, including the poor, vulnerable and marginalized, and upon which respect for the law and legitimacy of a stronger judicial system overall can be built. |
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Volume II of Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice continues the path-breaking work of volume I, providing an indispensable resource for those striving to reestablish the rule of law in societies recently wracked by violent conflict. |
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Of unparalleled breadth, depth, and authority, the Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice is a criminal law reform tool tailored to the needs of countries emerging from conflict. Its three volumes present four complete legal codes that national and international actors can use to create, overhaul, update, or plug gaps in the criminal laws in individual post-conflict states. |
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This path-breaking volume presents broad guidelines and specific prescriptions for combating serious crime in societies emerging from conflict.
Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Sierra Leone
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Rule of Law
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Events
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December 9, 2008
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April 22, 2008
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April 28, 2008
To aid in the development and reform of Afghan criminal law, USIP, in partnership with the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, organized a workshop on law reform in Afghanistan held at ISISC's headquarters in Siracusa, Italy from April 22 - 28, 2008. |