Dr Andrew Forde

Dr Andrew Forde is Deputy Director of the Dublin European Law Institute at Dublin City University (DCU) and Commissioner on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC). He is Chairperson of the Irish Refugee Council and member of the Royal Irish Academy's Standing Committee for International Affairs. Andrew worked for the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for more than a decade focussed on human rights in conflict-affected regions. He led CoE operations in Kosovo for 5 years as well as confidence-building measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He spent six years as a Principal Officer in the Irish civil service. 

His first book European Human Rights Grey Zones - The Council of Europe and Areas of Conflict (Cambridge University Press, 2024) was awarded the Kevin Boyle Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship in 2025 and his co-authored book Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights - A Troubled Membership and Its Legacy (Bristol University Press, 2025) was awarded the European Society of International Law Collaborative Book Prize 2026. 

He co-founded the AGORA Group, an independent, pan-European platform committed to open dialogue and balanced, evidence-based debate on key issues concerning the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).