Ms. Patricia Brazil
Averil Deverell Assistant Professor, Law
Biography
Patricia Brazil LL.B., M.Litt, Ph.D., Barrister-at-Law is the Averil Deverell Lecturer in Law at Trinity College Dublin where she lectures in refugee and immigration law, family law and child law. She has also practised as a barrister since 2004, specialising in the areas of asylum and immigration, family and child law. She regularly delivers conference papers at both domestic and international conferences pertaining to refugee, immigration and child law and has extensive publications in these areas.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Brazil, Patricia, Irish Supreme Court Review, 1, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2019, 1 - 241pp
Gender and migration in Irish law in, editor(s)Peter Dunne and Lynsey Black , Law and Gender in Modern Ireland, Hart, 2019, pp249 - 262, [Patricia Brazil]
Children and Young People's Experiences of Migration in Ireland in, editor(s)Fanning and Michaels , Immigrants as Outsiders in the Two Irelands, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2019, pp145 - 163, [Brazil, Cosgrave and Mannion]
LGBTI asylum applications in Ireland: status determination and barriers to protection in, editor(s)Guler, Shevtsova and Venturi , LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective, Springer, 2019, pp141 - 163, [P Brazil and S Arnold]
Brazil and Cosgrave, The Implications of Brexit for British Citizens in Ireland Navigating the Irish Immigration System, Journal of Immigration and Asylum Law, 32, (1), 2018, p10 - 27
Brazil, Patricia, The Citizens Directive in Irish Law - A Cautionary Tale, IJEL, 19, (1), 2016, p11 - 26
Brazil, Patricia, Recent developments concerning transfer of child care proceedings under Brussels II Revised, The Irish Jurist, 51, 2014, p181 - 189
Patricia Brazil, The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010: Radical New Departure in Irish Law?, Dublin University Law Journal, 34, 2011, p234-
Patricia Brazil, Book review: Fitzgibbon, Wardle and Loveless (eds) The Jurisprudence of Marriage and Other Intimate Relationships , by Fitzgibbon, Wardle and Loveless (eds) , Dublin University Law Journal, 2010
"Delay in the Prosecution of Sexual Offences" in, editor(s)Liz Heffernan and Ivana Bacik , Criminal Law and Procedure: Current Issues and Emerging Trends, Ireland, First Law, 2009, pp52 - 64, [Patricia Brazil]
Patricia Brazil, "Recent issues in Refugee Family Reunification under Irish Law", Dublin University Law Journal, 2009, (1), 2009, p412 - 420
The Influence of the ECHR on Irish Asylum Law in, editor(s)Ursula Kilkelly , ECHR and Irish Law, Jordans, 2008, [S. Egan and P.Brazil]
Patricia Brazil, Review of Criminal Procedure, by Dermot Walsh , Dublin University Law Journal, 25, 2003
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
William Binchy and Raymond Byrne, Asylum and Immigration Law, Annual Review of Irish Law 2015, 2016, p14 - 60
Asylum and Immigration Law in, editor(s)William Binchy and Raymond Byrne , Annual Review of Irish Law 2013, Dublin, Round Hall, 2014, pp17 - 34, [Patricia Brazil]
Asylum and Immigration in, editor(s)William Binchy and Raymond Byrne , Annual Review of Irish Law 2012, Ireland, Thomson Round Hall, 2013, pp8 - 36, [Patricia Brazil and Nuala Egan]
Asylum and Immigration Law in, editor(s)William Binchy and Raymond Byrne , Annual Review of Irish Law 2011, Ireland, Thomson Round Hall, 2012, [Patricia Brazil and Nuala Egan ]
Asylum and Immigration Law in, editor(s)William Binchy and Raymond Byrne , Annual Review of Irish Law 2010, Ireland, Thomson Round Hall, 2011, [Patricia Brazil and Nuala Egan]
Asylum and Immigration Law in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2009, Ireland, Thomson Round Hall, 2010, [Patricia Brazil and Nuala Egan]
"Asylum & Immigration Law" in, editor(s)Raymond Byrne and William Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2008, Ireland, Thomson Round Hall, 2009, pp1 - 28, [Patricia Brazil and Nuala Egan]
Asylum and Immigration Law in, editor(s)Byrne & Binchy , Annual Review of Irish Law 2006, Ireland, Round Hall , 2007, pp7 - 76, [Brazil & Egan]
Asylum & Immigration Law in, editor(s)William Binchy & Raymond Byrne , Annual Review of Irish Law 2005, Dublin, Round Hall, 2006, pp11 - 71, [Patricia Brazil & Nuala Egan]
Asylum and Immigration Law in, editor(s)William Binchy and Raymond Byrne , Annual Review of Irish Law, Dublin, Round Hall, 2005, pp27 - 64, [Patricia Brazil & Nuala Egan]
Patricia Brazil, Who is a qualified cohabitant for the purposes of the 2010 Act, Conference on the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 , Dublin, 2 April 2011
Patricia Brazil, Applications for asylum by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, Refugee and Immigration Practitioners Network, Dublin, 25 January 2011
Patricia Brazil, Recent Developments in Asylum and Immigration Judicial Review, Conference on Recent Developments in Judicial Review, Trinity College Dublin, 10 February 2012
Brazil, "Bail, Electronic Tagging and Crime Prevention Orders" delivered at "The Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Implications for Law and Practice" , Criminal Justice Bill 2007 , Trinity College Dublin, May 9, 2007
Patricia Brazil, Report on Services and Legislation for Victims of Crime, Accommodating Victims in the Criminal Justice System: An Inclusionary or Punitive Logic, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights at University College Cork, 11 June 2010
Patricia Brazil, Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on the Court Poor Box, Dublin, Law Reform Commission, 2004
Patricia Brazil, Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Trust Law: General Proposals, Dublin, Law Reform Commission, 2005
Patricia Brazil, Proceedings to which the best interests test does and does not apply: practical implications, Conference on the Children's Rights Referendum, Trinity College Dublin, 1 November 2012
Patricia Brazil, Trafficking and Refugee Law in Ireland", , Irish Refugee Law Masterclass, Dublin, 9 February 2012
Patricia Brazil, The Protection Needs of Children in the Asylum and Immigration Systems: An Irish practitioner's perspective", Irish Refugee Council Masterclass, Dublin, 31 March 2011
Brazil. Patricia, The Rights of Irish Children Born to Non-National Parents, The Constitution at 70, Trinity College Dublin, 8-9 June 2009
Patricia Brazil, Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Judicial Review Procedure, Dublin, Law Reform Commission, 2003
Patricia Brazil, The International Protection Act 2015: An overview, at Irish Refugee Council/ECRE seminar on the Single Protection Procedure: Meeting International Obligations, Dublin, 3 March 2016
Research Expertise
Description
Family Law, Refugee & Immigration Law, Child LawProjects
- Title
- "Report on Services and Legislation Providing Support for Victims of Crime"
- Summary
- To provide a research report to the Commission on the Support of Victims of Crime on the services currently provided in Ireland by non-governmental organisations and others to victims of crime; Irish/European legislation in relation to support for victims of crime; and a literature review on the systems for the support of victims of crime pertaining in EU and non EU common law countries.
- Funding Agency
- Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime/Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Date From
- April 2007
- Date To
- December 2007
Recognition
Representations
Legal Expert Member of ELENA [European legal network on asylum]
Member of ChildWatch International Research Project
National Contributor to University of Michigan Refugee Law project
Awards and Honours
Scholar, Trinity College Dublin
Visiting Professor, University of San Francisco
Memberships
Vice-Chairperson Irish Penal Reform Trust