Dr Gerard Maguire is a lecturer of Law at Nottingham Law School at Nottingham Trent University where he teaches on a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate modules.
He is a module leader for numerous modules and is currently the coordinator of the Nottingham Law School’s International Summer School Programmes.
Having completed his postgraduate studies at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology, his research focuses primarily on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the intersectionality between International Human Rights Law and Public International Law and how States and Non-State Actors can advance rights and protections for vulnerable groups.
His current area of focus is in relation to protection of vulnerable groups from climate change which seeks to challenge the current regime of protection for those most at risk in the Anthropocene epoch such as those inhabiting Small Island Developing States.
Dr Maguire will be delivering a seminar titled ‘The Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas: History, Development and Current Concerns’ at the research centre for International Justice School of Law and Criminology at Maynooth University on April 20th.
The seminar will explore the history and development of legal protections for Indigenous groups in the Americas and will address two key issues which include that of Blood Quantum Laws in the USA and the on-going struggle for recognition and reaction to the instances of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada.