Dr Rhona K M Smith has taught Human Rights for a number of years at the University of Strathclyde whilst completing her doctoral thesis on International Human Rights. On moving to Robert Gordon University she maintained an active interest in the subject writing regularly on Human Rights issues. This has culminated in her work here, which she has carried out whilst embracing the English legal jurisdiction, teaching undergraduates and postgraduates on Civil Liberties as well as Human Rights courses at University of Northumbria. She has also guest lectured on human rights in Australia at the