Interests
Claire’s research lies in the field of children’s rights, comparative law and international human rights law. She has published on a wide range of issues including parenthood (especially international surrogacy), child trafficking and children and sustainable development.
Her first book, "Children's Rights in Intercountry Adoption" was awarded the Inner Temple Book Prize for New Authors, as well as the Faculty of Law's Yorke Prize, and has been cited by the Court of Appeal. Her second book, "Children and the European Court of Human Rights" will be published by OUP in December 2020.
Claire is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family. She is an Associate Member of Harcourt Chambers, and an Academic Fellow of Inner Temple, and has worked with organisations such as United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Union, Save the Children, and Avocats Sans Frontieres on issues concerning child protection, human rights, and rule of law.
CV / Biography
Claire undertook her undergraduate studies at the University of Adelaide, where she completed a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), Bachelor of International Studies, and Diploma of Languages (Spanish). She obtained her BCL (with distinction) from the University of Oxford, and her PhD at University of Cambridge.
Before joining the Cambridge Law Faculty, she was a lecturer at King's College London.
Publications
Books
Children and the European Court of Human Rights (OUP), forthcoming
Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy (ed) (Intersentia, 2019)

Children’s Rights in Sustainable Development: Implementing the UNCRC for Future Generations (ed) (Cambridge University Press, 2019)

Children's Rights in Intercountry Adoption: A European Perspective (Intersentia, 2014)

Articles
"Children, Parents and the European Court of Human Rights" (2019) 6 European Human Rights Law Review 643
"Protecting children’s rights: why governments must be bold to tackle childhood obesity" (2019) 394 The Lancet 1393
"The end of corporal punishment? " (2018) 48(8) Family Law 954-956
"Male circumcision vs female genital mutilation: Two sides of the same coin?" (2018) 48(6) Family Law 652-654
"International Surrogacy before the European Court of Human Rights" (2017) 13(3) Journal of Private International Law 546-567
"Why sex still matters" (2017) 47(4) Family Law 367-369
"Child Euthanasia: A right too far?" (2016) 46(12) Family Law 1394-1396
"Reviewing the UK’s implementation of human rights obligations" (2016) 46(10) Family Law 656-658
"Adoption Targets: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (2016) 46(2) Family Law 148-150
"Outsourcing Ethical Dilemmas: Regulating International Surrogacy Arrangements" (2016) 24(1) Medical Law Review 59-75
"Cross-Border Public Care and Adoption Proceedings in the European Union" (2016) 38(1) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 94-102
"The Regulation and Recognition of Surrogacy in English Law" (2015) 27(1) Child and Family Law Quarterly 83-95
"Participation and Natural Justice: Children’s Rights and Interests in Hague Abduction Proceedings" (2014) 9(1) Journal of Comparative Law 129-144
"Human Rights and Private International Law: Regulating International Surrogacy" [2014] 10(1) Journal of Private International Law 157-169
"The Child's Voice in Adoption Proceedings: A European Perspective" (2013) 21(4) International Journal of Children's Rights 590-615
Book Chapters
"Surrogacy in a Globalised World: Comparative Analysis and Thoughts on Regulation" (with Jens M Scherpe) in Jens M Scherpe, Claire Fenton-Glynn and Terry Kaan (ed(s)), Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy (Intersentia, 2019)
"The Legal Status of Intersex Persons in Australia" (with Claire Fenton-Glynn) in Jens Scherpe, Anatol Dutta and Tobias Helms (ed(s)), The Legal Status of Intersex Persons (Intersentia, 2018)
"Creating International Families: Private International Law and the Industry of Parenthood" (with Claire Fenton-Glynn) in Victoria Stephens and Gillian Douglas (ed(s)), International and National Perspectives on Child and Family Law: Festschrift for Nigel Lowe (Intersentia, 2018)
"Re C v XYZ County Council" (with Claire Fenton-Glynn) in Kathryn Hollingsworth, Helen Stalford and Stephen Gilmore (ed(s)), Rewriting Children’s Rights Judgments: From Academic Vision to New Practice (Hart, 2017)
"Theory and Practice on Article 8 ECHR in England and Wales" (with Jens M Scherpe and Kirsty Hughes) in Andrea Büchler and Helen Keller (ed(s)), Family Forms and Parenthood: Theory and Practice of Article 8 ECHR in Europe (Intersentia, 2016)
"Adoption in a European Perspective" (with Claire Fenton-Glynn) in Jens M Scherpe (ed(s)), European Family Law (Volume III) (Edward Elgar, 2016)
