The core focus of Alice鈥檚 research is the UN Human Rights Council鈥檚 Universal Periodic Review, assessing its operation and making recommendations for its improvement, alongside evaluating its impact on the ground. Currently, Alice is working on the UPR in terms of the following issues:
Alice is also working on a project titled 鈥榃orking-Class Academics: Improving Experiences in Higher Education鈥�. This project aims to identify the intersectional experiences of working-class staff and students, with the core objective to improve the working and studying environment across academia in the UK.
Alice welcomes proposals for doctoral research in the following areas:
- International human rights
- The Universal Periodic Review mechanism
- Civil society organisations
- Women鈥檚 rights
- Capital punishment
- Access to higher education
Alice鈥檚 current doctoral supervision is as follows:
- 鈥楾he Role of Civil Society Organisations in Realising International Human Rights: A Case Study on the American Civil Liberties Union and the Universal Periodic Review (funded by ).
- 鈥楶rotecting SOGI Rights through the Lens of the Universal Periodic Review鈥� (funded by ).
- 鈥楬uman Trafficking in Portugal and the UN Universal Periodic Review鈥� (funded by ).
- 鈥楻eimagining Animal Law: An Intersectional Posthumanist Approach for Animal Law and Policy Civil Society Organisations鈥�.
Selected Publications
- Storey A, (2025) 25 African Human Rights Law Journal 1-30.
- Etone D, Nazir A, and Storey A (eds),听(Routledge 2024).
- Storey A, (2023) 35 Pace International Law Review 193.
- Storey A, (2022) 17 Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 53.
- Storey A, 鈥楴ational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA鈥�, in, Adam Lynes, Craig Kelly and James Treadwell (eds) (Bristol University Press 2022).
- Storey A & Eccleston-Turner M, 鈥楾ransparency, Accountability, and Legitimacy in the United Nations鈥� Human Rights Council鈥檚 Universal Periodic Review鈥�, in, Salvador Santino Regilme Jr. & Irene Hadiprayitno (eds) (Rutgers University Press 2022).
- Storey A, (2021) 90 UMKC Law Review 129.
- Storey A, (2021) 15 Charleston Law Review 459.
- Yorke J & Storey A, 鈥楾owards a World Without the Death Penalty鈥�, in, Peter Stearns (ed) (Routledge 2020).
- Storey A, (2020) Juris Poiesis Vol. 23, No. 32, 662-664.
- Storey A, (2019) Human Rights Law Review, Volume 19, Issue 1, 193鈥�198.
Selected Reports
UPR Project at BCU Stakeholder Reports
See听a full list of UPR Project at BCU Reports.
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, 鈥楪ermany Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2023).
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, 鈥楯apan Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, 鈥楯apan Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�,听The UPR Project at BCU听(2022).
- Storey A et. al., 鈥楿nited Kingdom Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
- Brigag茫o Natalia et. al., 鈥楤razil Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�, The UPR Project at BCU (2022).
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, 鈥楨swatini Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�,听The UPR Project at BCU听(2021).
- Storey A, Nazir A, & Yorke J, 鈥楴amibia Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�,听The UPR Project at BCU听(2020).
- Storey A, et. al., 鈥楿nited States Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Submission鈥�,听The UPR Project at BCU听(2020).
Other Reports
- UPR Project at BCU,听 (2023)
- Centre for Women鈥檚 Justice, 鈥楧ouble Standard: Ending the Unjust Criminalisation of Victims of Violence Against Women and Girls鈥� (2022).
Selected Public Engagement Activities:
- Expert Witness: (June 2025): .
- Expert Briefing:听UK听Parliament鈥檚听Joint Committee on Human Rights听on听the UK鈥檚 Fourth Cycle Universal Periodic Review听(May 2023).
- Expert Panellist:听Centre for Women鈥檚 Justice听 (March 2022).
- Invited Panellist:听Geneva Peace Week听鈥淟essons from Geneva: Applying Insights from the UPR Process to Improve Reporting on SDG16鈥� (November 2021).
- UN UPR Pre-session:听Eswatini听 (October 2021).
- Invited Panellist:听UPR Info听 Consultations with Civil Society (July 2021).
- UN UPR Pre-session:听Namibia听 (March 2021).
