Profile

Dr Elif Ozsoy
Lecturer
Biography
Elif studied Law as an undergraduate. She practised law specialising in human rights with substantial work experience with gender-based violence, LGBTIQ+ and minority rights.
Qualifications
• PHD Law- University of Exeter
• LLM International Human Rights Law- University of Exeter
Research interests
Elif’s previous research includes topics of:
• imperialism and law-making methods
• Legal transplantation of LGBTIQ+ rights concept by non-west
• LGBTIQ+ rights from the perspective of feminist, queer and decolonial legal theories
• International Refugee Law, non-refoulment and non-state torture
*For further research topics of interest, please visit Elif's 'Supervision' tab
Research supervision
Interested to supervise dissertations and PhDs focusing on:
- Human Rights- (LGBTIQ+ rights-gender)
- Law-making, especially how new rights emerge
- Legal Transplants
- Feminist, queer and decolonial approaches to law
Modules taught
- LAW1027C - Constitutional Law
- LAW1028C - Human Rights Law
- LAW3108C - Business and Human Rights