Conor Hanly is an expert on criminal law, and has published extensively in the area of sexual and domestic violence.

He is the author of a leading textbook, An Introduction to Irish Criminal Law, which is currently in its third edition (2015). He was the Principal Investigator and lead author of the ground-breaking attrition study, Rape and Justice in Ireland (2009).

He was a lead researcher and co-author of the Safe Ireland report, In Search of Justice: Women and the Irish Legal System (2016). The Rape Crisis Network Ireland appointed Conor a member of their Expert Inter-Agency Group on Vulnerable Witnesses in 2017, which contributed to the report, Hearing Every Voice – Towards a New Strategy on Vulnerable Witnesses in Legal Proceedings (2018).

In 2019, the Central Statistics Office appointed him to their Data Expert Group in respect of the follow-up study to the SAVI Report. In 2021, the Department of Justice appointed him Principal Investigator on a funded study on the processing of rape cases. Conor was a national expert on victims of crime for the Fundamental Rights Agency between 2016 and 2022.

He is a Board member of the Galway Rape Crisis Centre, and offers a free legal information service to clients of the Centre. Outside of his interest in sexual and domestic violence, Conor is also a prize-winning legal historian with a particular focus on the jury.

Criminal Justice & Legal Reform Domestic, Intimate Partner & Family Violence