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Breaking the Nuclear Deadlock: Weak Economy is Iran's Achilles' HeelBreaking the Nuclear Deadlock: Weak Economy is Iran's Achilles' Heel
Wednesday 17 December 2008
'…..we have not exhausted our non-military options in confronting this threat; in many ways, we have yet to try...

Elections in Ghana: Tensions BuildElections in Ghana: Tensions Build
Tuesday 2 December 2008
President Kufuor has successfully promoted Ghana as a haven of political and economic stability but, as he comes to...

Yemen's Uncertain Future Threatens Regional StabilityYemen's Uncertain Future Threatens Regional Stability
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Yemen presents a 'perfect storm' of problems for Western governments confronting the prospect of state failure in this strategically...

Iran: Breaking the Nuclear Deadlock
December, 2008
The report considers the ways in which the West can most effectively engage with Iran. It both analyses the...

Prospects for Georgian Civil Society
November, 2008
This is a summary of a meeting held at Chatham House on 10 November 2008.

Business and Human Rights: Closing the Gaps
November, 2008
This is a summary of the International Law Discussion Group meeting held on 6 November 2008 at Chatham House.

Reflections on Russia and the West
November, 2008
Those concerned with policy-making towards Russia must determine how best to listen to the country's changing conversation with itself,...

 

 

Dr Cath Collins

Associate Fellow, Americas

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Expertise

  • Latin American Politics
  • Human Rights
  • Rule of Law and Judicial Reform
  • Chile and El Salvador
  • Transitional Justice and Truth Commissions

Projects

European Union Latin America Relations Observatory Project (EULARO), including work on:

  • The Pinochet case and post-transitional justice in Latin America
  • Judicial reform and the institutionalisation of human rights protection in Latin and Central America
  • The judicialisation of politics in Latin America
  • Legal culture and cause lawyering in the Americas

Recent Publications

'Grounding Global Justice', Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 38 no. 4, Nov 2006.


Experience

Jan-Dec 2005 Lecturer in Politics, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London
1999-2005 Graduate and Doctoral studies, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London
1996-1999 Community Development Work, Santiago de Chile
1992-1996 Community Development Work Brazil, Bolivia, & the UK
1989-1992 Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Broadcast Experience

Some

Languages

English and Spanish (for broadcast)