People
Centre Leadership
Dr Rick Lines
Dr Rick Lines is Chair of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, which he co-founded in 2009. Rick is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Human Rights at the School of… Read more
Damon Barrett
Damon Barrett is the Director of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, which he co-founded in 2009. He is recognised internationally for his leading work in the areas of… Read more
Julie Hannah
Julie Hannah is the Director of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Ms. Hannah has a wide range of experience in directing programmes and supporting projects in both… Read more
Prof Noam Lubell
Prof Noam Lubell is the Academic Advisor for the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. He is a Professor in the School of Law, University of Essex, and was appointed Head of the… Read more
Research Associates
Kojo Koram
Kojo Koram is a lecturer in law at the University of Essex. His research interests include questions around international law, empire and race, with a specific focus on the history of the… Read more
Alexandra Cox
Alexandra came to the University of Essex after serving as an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz in their Department of Sociology. She worked in the fields of… Read more
Marie Elske Gispen
Marie Elske Gispen, LL.M. is a Senior Research Associate at the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Ms Gispen obtained her LLM degree in Fundamentals of Law focusing on… Read more
Mary Kapron
Mary Kapron is a Research Associate at the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. She has a range of international human rights experience including working for UNHCR Canada, Asylum… Read more