Rate My Professor Yvonne McDermott-Rees

Professor McDermott Rees specializes in international criminal law and procedure, evidence and proof, human rights, and fair trial rights. She is Principal Investigator on the TRUE project, funded by the European Research Council and UKRI since 2022, which examines the impact of deepfakes on trust in user-generated evidence of human rights violations. Previously, she led the ESRC-funded OSR4Rights project (2018-2021) on open source evidence in human rights accountability. Her recent monograph, Proving International Crimes (Oxford University Press, 2024), advances methodologies for evidence evaluation in international trials. Other key works include chapters such as 'Digital Evidence' in The Routledge Handbook of International Criminal Law (2027) and 'Judge and Jury Perceptions of Open Source Evidence' in Digital Witness (Oxford University Press), and articles like 'Mapping the Use of Open Source Research in UN Human Rights Investigations' (Journal of Human Rights Practice, 2022). She co-chairs the Editorial Committee of the Journal of International Criminal Justice, serves on the Editorial Board of Criminal Law Forum, and co-edits the University of Wales series on International Law. Her expertise has informed media discussions on BBC Radio 4, The Guardian, and Washington Post, contributing to advancements in human rights investigations and international criminal procedure.