Events | Human Rights Consortium

Debate: The Commonwealth and Human Rights, 6 March.

Mar 4, 2018 | Events

By Richard Bourne* A forthcoming debate on human rights and the Commonwealth, at 6.30 pm on Tuesday 6 March at London University Senate House, goes to the heart of the values and effectiveness of the modern Commonwealth, and its 53 member states. The motion reads,...

Event report: “Shrinking Space for Civil Society in Russia: challenges and new strategies”

Jun 23, 2017 | Events, Uncategorized

By Lilija Alijeva* “First, we started with providing legal assistance to those who became victims of human rights abuses of Russian law enforcement officers. Then, in 2011, when mass protests started in Moscow and other regions, many people were arrested. We started...

Keeping the Memory Alive: Guarani Kaiowá fight for ancestral land

Nov 23, 2016 | Events, Projects

Brazilian Indigenous Delegation Visit to London in October 2016 by Genna Naccache* From October 3rd to the 6th I had the privilege to join the Brazilian Guarani Kaiowá Indigenous delegation in their mission in London. My professor Dr Corinne Lennox put me in touch...

Human Rights Day 2013 – Standing firm on the Human Rights Act

Dec 10, 2013 | Events, Publications

On the evening of Human Rights Day 2013, the Human Rights Consortium are supporting the following event on the UK Human Rights Act in Westminster: The Director of the Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, has signed the...

Visit to Migration Museum Project exhibition at Senate House

Nov 6, 2013 | Events, Projects, Uncategorized

By Kai, student at Southfields Academy, London My name is Kai, I am 15 years old, and I was one of the pupils from Southfields Academy that attended the Migration Museum Project’s ‘100 Images of Migration’ exhibition at Senate House in October with others from my...

PhD student view: building the Corporate Power & Human Rights Project

Oct 7, 2013 | Events, Projects, Publications

By Manette Kaisershot In my undergraduate degree at UCLA in English Literature I asked for advice from a teaching assistant (TA) I admired. I was debating if I should go on to study literature at the doctoral level. The TA’s advice was in the realm of: only do a PhD...