People

Centre Leadership

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

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 Jur. Dr.  is the co-Director of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, which he co-founded in 2009. He is an Associate Senior Lecturer at the School of Public… 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

Jane Stanbury

Jane Stanbury is the Project Administrator for the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy since June 2018. Jane has a wide range of experience in event planning, budget management… 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

Yingxi Bi

Yingxi Bi  is a Senior Research Associate at the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. She has regularly presented and published on the development of a human rights-based… 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

Eric Gutierrez

Eric Gutierrez is a Research Associate at the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Eric broke the ice in getting some major UK development NGOs to address drug policy issues, and to… Read more