# Alexandra Xanthaki > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexandra_Xanthaki > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexandra_Xanthaki.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Xanthaki > Source revision: 1319070365 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Legal scholar and UN expert}} {{Infobox academic | name = | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | workplaces = | education = | alma_mater = University of Keele | thesis_title = Indigenous rights in the United Nations system : self-determination, culture, land | thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59477100 | thesis_year = 2001 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | awards = | website = }} '''Alexandra Xanthaki''' is known for her work on the rights of indigenous peoples and international law. She is a professor of law at [Brunel University of London (BUL)](/source/Brunel_University_of_London_(BUL)). She was appointed the [United Nations special rapporteur](/source/United_Nations_special_rapporteur) in the field of cultural rights in 2021. ==Education == Xanthaki completed her LLB at the [National and Kapodistrian University of Athens](/source/National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens) in Greece in 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2853-1236|title=ORCID|website=orcid.org}} She undertook an LLM in human rights and emergency law at [Queen's University Belfast](/source/Queen's_University_Belfast) in Northern Ireland the following year. She moved to [Keele University](/source/Keele_University) in Staffordshire in the United Kingdom to pursue a Ph.D., where she wrote her thesis on the ''Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United Nations''.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/alexandra-xanthaki|title=Alexandra Xanthaki|website=OHCHR}} == Career == Xanthaki took up her first academic post at the University of Keele, where she became a lecturer in law in 2000. She joined the University of Liverpool in 2001. In 2004, she moved to Brunel University London. As of 2024 she is the director of research at the Brunel Law School.{{Cite web |title=Professor Alexandra Xanthaki | Brunel University London |url=http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/alexandra-xanthaki |website=Brunel University London People}} In 2021, Xanthaki was appointed the United Nations special rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.{{cite web |date=October 12, 2021 |title=Professor named UN Special Rapporteur in rare double for Brunel |url=https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Professor-named-UN-Special-Rapporteur-in-rare-double-for-Brunel}} In this role, she advised the International Olympic Committee about whether Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete in the Olympic games in Paris in 2024,{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/27/russian-soldiers-ukraine-olympic-games-united-nations-paris |title = Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete at Olympics, says UN expert| newspaper=The Guardian | date=27 March 2023 | last1=Ingle | first1=Sean }} and discussed the impact of war on cultural identity in Ukraine.{{Cite news |last1=Farago |first1=Jason |last2=Willis |first2=Haley |last3=Kerr |first3=Sarah |last4=Tiefenthäler |first4=Ainara |date=2022-12-20 |title=A Culture in the Cross Hairs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/19/arts/design/ukraine-cultural-heritage-war-impacts.html |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} She has also considered the implications of teaching children in Tibet [Mandarin Chinese](/source/Mandarin_Chinese),{{Cite news |last=Bristow |first=Micky |date=2024-03-10 |title=Tibet boarding schools: China accused of trying to silence language |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-68492043 |access-date=2024-05-24 |language=en-GB}} cultural isolation by young [aboriginal Australians](/source/aboriginal_Australians),{{Cite web |last=Payet |first=Abigail |date=2016-09-22 |title=Australia's Aboriginal youth: Young life in our oldest civilisation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/1e98f892-d352-4aef-9c4e-3b024579d867 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=BBC Three |language=en-GB}} and funding for cultural works in Chile.{{Cite web |last=Araneda |first=Fernanda |date=5 April 2024 |title=Tras visita de 12 días a Chile: relatora ONU llama aumentar el presupuesto del Ministerio de las Culturas « Diario y Radio Universidad Chile |url=https://radio.uchile.cl/2024/04/05/tras-visita-de-12-dias-a-chile-relatora-onu-llama-aumentar-el-presupuesto-del-ministerio-de-las-culturas/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=radio.uchile.cl |language=es-ES}} ==Selected publications== * Ghanea, N. and Xanthaki, A. (eds) (2004) 'Minorities, peoples and self-determination: essays in honour of Patrick Thornberry'. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. {{ISBN|978-90-04-14301-2}} * Xanthaki, A. (2007) 'Indigenous rights and United Nations standards: self-determination, culture, land'. New York: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-521-83574-9}}Reviews of ''Indigenous rights and United Nations standards'' *{{Cite journal |last=Barelli |first=Mauro |date=2008 |title=Review of Indigenous Rights and United Nations Standards: Self-Determination, Culture and Land |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20488242 |journal=The International and Comparative Law Quarterly |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=733–735 |doi=10.1017/S0020589308000493 |jstor=20488242 |issn=0020-5893|url-access=subscription }} *{{Cite journal |last=Allen |first=Stephen |date=2008 |title=Review of Indigenous Rights and United Nations Standards: Self-Determination, Culture and Land |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151202 |journal=The Modern Law Review |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=325–330 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2230.2008.00695_3.x |jstor=25151202 |issn=0026-7961|url-access=subscription }} *{{Cite journal |last=Wiessner |first=Siegfried |date=2009 |title=Review of Indigenous Rights and United Nations Standards |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20456748 |journal=The American Journal of International Law |volume=103 |issue=1 |pages=188–193 |doi=10.2307/20456748 |jstor=20456748 |issn=0002-9300|url-access=subscription }} * Xanthaki, A., Valkonen, S., Heinamaki, L. and Nuogram, PK. (eds) (2017) 'Indigenous peoples' Cultural Heritage: Rights, Debates, Challenges'. Leiden: Brill/Nijhoff. {{ISBN|978-90-04-34218-7}}Review of ''Indigenous peoples' Cultural Heritage: Rights, Debates, Challenges'' *{{Cite journal |last=Kirchner |first=Stefan |date=2018 |editor-last=Xanthaki |editor-first=Alexandra |editor2-last=Valkonen |editor2-first=Sanna |editor3-last=Heinämäki |editor3-first=Leena |editor4-last=Nuorgam |editor4-first=Piia |title=Review of Alexandra Xanthaki, Sanna Valkonen, Leena Heinämäki & Piia Nuorgam (eds.), Indigenous Peoples' Cultural Heritage — Rights, Debates, Challenges |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48710556 |journal=Arctic Review on Law and Politics |volume=9 |pages=97–99 |jstor=48710556 |issn=1891-6252}} == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{United Nations Special Rapporteurs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Xanthaki, Alexandra}} Category:Living people Category:National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Category:Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Category:Alumni of Keele University Category:Academics of Brunel University London Category:United Nations special rapporteurs Category:Year of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexandra Xanthaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Xanthaki) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Xanthaki?action=history)). 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