Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Concordia University
Nicole De Silva is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She holds a DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford. Her research broadly explores how states, international organizations, and civil society organizations influence the promotion of human rights and legal accountability, especially in Africa. She is particularly interested in the politics surrounding the development of international law and the organizations, such as international courts, that aim to uphold it. Her research has been published in various outlets, such as the European Journal of International Relations, Law & Society Review, Canadian Journal of Political Science, and Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.