On this installment of the Minnesota Journal of International Law's Scholar Interview Series, Mackenzie Gearin, an MJIL Staffer, interviews Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin on her time visiting prison camps in Syria as part of her Special Rapporteur mandate, the intersection between counter-terrorism practices and gender, and her forthcoming book.
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**Please note that this interview was conducted before the killings of Renée Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. Operation Metro Surge, and the ensuing detention of thousands of residents in and around Minneapolis, only underscores the importance of practicing human rights at home and fighting against arbitrary detention in all its forms, as discussed by Professor Ni Aoláin in this interview.**