• Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle

Dr Amy Maguire is a Professor of human rights and international law at the School of Law and Justice, University of Newcastle, Australia. She is a founding Co-Director of the Centre for Law and Social Justice, a member of the Human Rights Advisory Panel to the Queensland Parliament and a board member of Reconciliation NSW.

Professor Maguire is an Australian Research Council Industry Fellow, partnering with the Australian Human Rights Commission on a four year project (2025-2029) that aims to ensure that Australia can deliver its commitments to human rights reform. This research is focused on national human rights law reform, human rights education for the Australian community and public sector, and the establishment of a robust system of human rights measurement to track performance and set goals for future achievement.

• 2019–present Associate professor, University of Newcastle
• 2016–2018 Senior lecturer, University of Newcastle
• 2008–2015 Lecturer, University of Newcastle

• 2011 University of Newcastle, PhD in Law
• 2004 University of Newcastle, Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
• 2002 University of Newcastle, Bachelor of Arts (History)

• 2014 Self-determination, Justice, and a 'Peace Process': Irish Nationalism, the Contemporary Colonial Experience and the Good Friday Agreement, Seattle Journal for Social Justice
• 2013 Contemporary Anti-colonial Self-determination Claims and the Decolonisation of International Law, Griffith Law Review
• 2010 'The Holy Grail' or 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'?: A qualitative exploration of the ILUAs agreement-making process and the relationship between ILUAs and native title, Australian Indigenous Law Review
• 2009 'Security starts with the law': The role of international law in the protection of women's security post-conflict, In The Role of International Law in Rebuilding Societies After Conflict: Great Expectations, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• 2008 Law protecting rights: Restoring the law of self-determination in the neo-colonial world, Law Text Culture
• 2006 Discourses in transition: Re-imaging women's security, International Relations

• International Studies Association
• Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
• Australian Law Teachers Association

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