Dr Rachel Ibreck

Staff details

Position

Senior Lecturer

Department

Politics and International Relations

Email

r.ibreck (@gold.ac.uk)

Rachel’s work explores political struggles for human rights, justice and memory in Africa.

My work explores the politics of human rights, justice and memory in Africa, focusing on sites of atrocity, conflict, and displacement, including in Rwanda, South Sudan, and Egypt. I am interested in non-violent political agency, and in interactions between local activists and authorities and international peacebuilding and human rights interventions.

My research draws on ethnography, collaborative action, and archival approaches, and has received funding from Volkswagen Stiftung/ Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Social Science Research Council, Justice and Security Research Programme (LSE), and Global Challenges Research Fund.

I have published a book, South Sudan’s Injustice System: Law and Activism on the Frontline (Zed Books, 2019), and articles in academic journals, including The Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Memory Studies, Journal of Civil Society and African Affairs. I am a co-editor of the Journal of Genocide Research and an associate editor of Politics.

Teaching and supervision

I teach Global Governance and World Order (second year); Contentious Politics in Africa (third year) and The Politics of Human Rights Activism (MA).

I supervise research on human rights, conflict, genocide, humanitarian response, migration, the politics of law and justice, and African politics.

Publications and research outputs

Book

Ibreck, Rachel. 2019. South Sudan's Injustice System: Law and Activism on the Frontline. London: Zed Books. ISBN 9781786993397

Edited Journal

Ibreck, Rachel; McCorley, Ciara and Lodge, Tom, eds. 2013. Social Movements and Political Change in Africa, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 31(2). 0258-9001

Book Section

Ibreck, Rachel. 2018. Victims and Survivors from Cyangugu, Rwanda: The Politics of Testimony After Genocide. In: Vincent Druliolle and Roddy Brett, eds. The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies, Comparative and Analytical Perspectives. Palgrave, pp. 301-325. ISBN 978-3-319-70202-5

Ibreck, Rachel and de Waal, Alex. 2018. A Human Security Strategy for the European Union in the Horn of Africa. In: Mary Kaldor; Iavor Rangelov and Sabine Selchow, eds. EU Global Strategy and Human Security Rethinking Approaches to Conflict. Routledge. ISBN 9781138098961

Ibreck, Rachel. 2017. Contesting Dispossession: Land rights activism in Gambella, Ethiopia and Pujehun, Sierra Leone. In: Dip Kapoor, ed. Against Colonization and Rural Dispossession. London, Uk: Zed Books, pp. 251-275. ISBN 9781783609444

Article

Ibreck, Rachel. 2024. Protecting Women from Violence in the United Nations Protection of Civilians Sites, South Sudan? Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 18(1), pp. 61-80. ISSN 1750-2977

Ibreck, Rachel and Seeka, Angelina. 2022. Civicness in exile: The solidarities and struggles of South Sudanese refugees in Cairo. Journal of Civil Society, 18(2), pp. 219-238. ISSN 1744-8689

Ibreck, Rachel and de Waal, Alex. 2022. Introduction: Situating Ethiopia in Genocide Debates. Journal of Genocide Research, 24(1), pp. 83-96. ISSN 1462-3528

Report

Ibreck, Rachel and de Waal, Alex. 2021. Foundational justice: a strategy for peace in the Horn of Africa. Other. Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

Ibreck, Rachel; Pendle, Naomi; Robinson, Alice and The Bridge Network. 2021. Bridging divisions in a war-torn state: Reflections on education and civicness in South Sudan. Discussion Paper. Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

Ibreck, Rachel; Logan, Hannah and Pendle, Naomi. 2017. Negotiating Justice: Courts as local civil authority during the conflict in South Sudan. Discussion Paper. Justice and Security Research Programme, LSE, London.