Dr Tara Van Ho

Email
tara.vanho@essex.ac.ukTelephone
+44 (0) 1206 876323
Location
Colchester Campus
Academic support hours
From week 17, my academic support hour will be Thursday, 9.30-10.30. If you need my room number, or if you'd like to meet at another time, please email me.
Biography
Tara joined the Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre in January 2018. Her research focuses on business and human rights and international economic law in conflict-affected areas and situations of transitional justice. She was co-President of the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association from 2019-2023 and sits on the Editorial Board of the Business and Human Rights Journal. One of the leaders of our Essex Business and Human Rights Project, her research has been relied on by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, government and intergovernmental organisations, and non-governmental organisations. Tara has taught business and human rights on summer schools in India, Italy, France, and at the prestigious Abo Akademi in Finland. She routinely presents at conferences and has served on several panels at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, addressing the impact of investment law and the corporate veil on human rights, and on particular issues stemming from the application of business and human rights in situations of armed conflict. She studied law at the University of Cincinnati and was a licensed attorney in the US State of Ohio until January 2019. She holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law and PhD in Law from the University of Essex. Before returning to the University, she was an Assistant Professor and a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Law and INTRAlaw Centre at Aarhus University in Denmark.
Qualifications
PhD Law University of Essex, (2014)
LLM International Human Rights Law University of Essex, (2009)
Juris Doctorate Law University of Cincinnati, (2005)
B.A. Marietta College,
Appointments
University of Essex
Lecturer, School of Law and Human Rights Centre, University of Essex (3/1/2018 - present)
Director, Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex (1/6/2011 - 31/8/2011)
Other academic
Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Aarhus University (1/5/2017 - 31/12/2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Law, Aarhus University (1/2/2015 - 30/4/2017)