Daniel Cullen

Daniel Cullen is Project Manager in the Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU), where he was lead researcher on the project 'Abolitionist in practice: Challenging the death penalty in countries which do not execute' (2023-25). A second project building on this work, 'A death penalty without executions: Engaging with international policymakers towards abolition in 'abolitionist de facto' states' (2026), is now underway.

He previously worked in the Strategic Litigation team at Amnesty International, supporting the organisation’s programme of international human rights litigation, and as a Programme Assistant at the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva, with a focus on the death penalty and children’s rights.

He has also worked with the Geneva-based organisation HURIDOCS, which specialises in human rights information management, and completed the graduate research attaché scheme at the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) in Nairobi. Since 2023, he has been an Associate Member and College Advisor at St Antony's College.

He holds an LLM Qualifying Law Degree (with Distinction) from Birkbeck, University of London, a Certificate in Creative Non-Fiction Writing from the University of Cambridge and a BA in History and Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is completing the Bar training course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) as a Major Scholar of Inner Temple.