Staff
Working Groups
Caitriona Heinl
Researcher
caitriona.heinl@iiea.com
Areas:
Lawyers Group
Bio:
Caitríona Heinl is a core researcher at the Institute of International and European Affairs on the Justice, Lawyers, European Parliament and Foreign Policy groups. The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) policy area requires research and policy analysis on a wide variety of European and international issues, and regular liaising with external experts on relevant issues. It includes European and international criminal justice, fundamental rights, data privacy and data protection, police and judicial cooperation, crime prevention and the fight against organised crime, counterterrorism, security and cyber issues. Caitríona is also responsible for the IIEA Justice Steering Committee, which holds briefings on a monthly basis.
She is currently co-editing an IIEA publication on European Criminal Justice with Eugene Regan SC (former Senator April 2007-August 2011).
Caitríona was the legal researcher and IIEA-based project manager for an 18-month study on behalf of the European Commission Directorate General Justice Liberty and Security. The team produced a confidential report on non-legislative measures to prevent the distribution of violent radical content on the Internet including a transferability analysis of methods applied in the 27 EU Member States to prevent the dissemination of illegal content through the Internet.
Caitríona was also a key member of a European Parliament funded project, providing key information to Irish citizens on the work of the European Parliament and legislative procedures.
Caitríona has been admitted as a Solicitor to the roll in the Supreme Court of England & Wales having trained in criminal litigation, civil litigation, commercial & residential property and commercial law. She is also a registered New York State Bar Attorney at Law.
She earned her MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge specialising in security studies, international law, international economics, international trade and European integration. She studied commerce and law at University College Dublin and the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck graduating from BBLS (European) with First Class Honours.
Publications:
Making Sense of European Justice and Home Affairs Policy: Ireland and the Lisbon Treaty
Blogs:
The Swedish Presidency & The Stockholm Programme - 16 July 2009