Research interests
- Human rights
- Comparative law
- Law and gender
- Law and culture
Julie Ada has been teaching at the Faculty of Law, English Common Law Section since 2021. She completed her first LLM at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) specialized in International Human Rights Law, followed by a second LLM at McGill University specialized in Comparative law. Julie also holds a PhD from the University of Ottawa. She was the recipient of a handful of scholarships, notably: the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarship and a 3-year Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) PhD scholarship in International Law.
Julie focuses her research on international human rights law, comparative law, law and gender, law and culture and human rights in cross-cultural perspectives. She has a particular interest in policy reforms and projects that seek to develop strategies to address social issues affecting women and girls, with a specific focus on the intersections of gender, culture, equality, and the law. Julie’s published work has touched on such topics like violence against women, human rights, legal pluralism, harmful traditional practices, the moral culpability of women who abuse children, gender-related ideological factors associated with violence against girls at the legal and political level and the feminisation of culture and religion. Besides her scholarly pursuits, Julie practices part-time at a local law firm as a family and immigration lawyer.