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Dr Suzanne Doyle Guilloud

B.L., LL.B., LL.M. PhD

 
researcher
 

Biography

Suzanne Doyle graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a LL.B. (Honours) in Irish Law in 2004. In 2005 she graduated with an LL.M. from Trinity College Dublin. She is also a qualified barrister, having graduated with Merit from the King’s Inns and called to the Irish Bar in 2006. 

She is currently completing her PhD thesis with the Faculty of Law at University College Cork. It is entitled "The Involuntary Detention of Persons with Mental Disabilities and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" and is being supervised by Dr. Darius Whelan and Dr. Mary Donnelly. The thesis analyses the consequences of Article 14 of the CRPD for the practice of involuntary detention/civil commitment by States Parties to the Convention. This is primarily achieved by way of an analysis of Ireland’s provisions on involuntary detention as contained in the Mental Health Act 2001 but the project also draws broader conclusions which will be applicable to a variety of legal jurisdictions. She was awarded an IRCHSS Government of Ireland scholarship for her PhD research in 2010. She was also the recipient of the ’Aidan Synnott Bursary Prize’ from the Faculty of Law at University College Cork in 2009. 

Suzanne has tutored in Criminal Law and the Law of Equity and Trusts at University College Cork and has also lectured in the Law of Equity and Trusts at Griffith College Cork. 

Research Interests

Suzanne's research interests are primarily in the field of international mental disability law, with particular focuses on the development of disability neutral policies and legislation which vindicate the right to liberty of persons with psychosocial disabilities and the sexual rights of persons with intellectual disabilities. 

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2012) 'The New Paradigm for Involuntary Detention - Article 14 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to Liberty of Persons with Mental Disabilities'
Doyle, S (2012) 'The New Paradigm for Involuntary Detention - Article 14 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to Liberty of Persons with Mental Disabilities'. Irish Yearbook Of International Law, IV/V [Details]
(2010) 'The Notion of Consent to Sexual Activity for Persons with Mental Disabilities'
Doyle, S (2010) 'The Notion of Consent to Sexual Activity for Persons with Mental Disabilities'. Law Review, 31 (2) [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
(2004) 'Ripples in a Whirlpool: Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women'
Doyle, S (2004) 'Ripples in a Whirlpool: Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women' Independent Law Review, 4 . [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2010 IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
2009 Aidan Synnott Bursary Prize University College Cork