Imogen Canavan, LL.M.
Legal Consultant
Project Activities
Sri Lanka
Other Activities and Research Interests
International Human Rights Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Law of the Sea, Transitional Justice, International Refugee Law
Since 1/2022 Legal Consultant, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law
1/2021–12/2021 Programme Manager, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law
4/2018–12/2020 Country Manager Sri Lanka, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law
Since 5/2016 Research Fellow, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law
9/2015–5/2016 Consultant, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva (Switzerland)
7/2015–9/2015 Human Rights Intern, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, London (United Kingdom)
1/2015–5/2015 Intern, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva (Switzerland)
9/2014–12/2014 UN Programme Intern, International Commission of Jurists, Geneva (Switzerland)
3/2014–8/2014 Casework Researcher, Amicus ALJ, London (United Kingdom)
10/2012–4/2014 Student Law Panelist, Oxford University Press, Oxford (United Kingdom)
7/2013–9/2013 Student Placement, International Association of Prosecutors, The Hague (The Netherlands)
9/2012–6/2013 Caseworker, Kent Law Clinic, Kent (United Kingdom)
9/2012–4/2013 Campus Representative, University of Law, Guildford (United Kingdom)
9/2010–6/2011 Westlaw and Lawtel Representative, Thomson Reuters, London (United Kingdom)
2013–2014 Master of Laws in International Law (LLM) University College London (United Kingdom)
2009–2013 Law with a year in Hong Kong (LLB) University of Kent (United Kingdom)
- International Action Team
- Law Society of England and Wales