Aug 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
by Danielle Crowley The right to culture has been linked to various legal instruments, ensuring our right to culture; cultural property and cultural heritage (and all sub-sets of culture in between) are protected. Over 70 years ago the right to enjoy the cultural life...
Nov 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Kate Garner Continuing his investigation into the impact of austerity in the UK, Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights, heard moving testimonies from local people and organisations in Newham as they described their experiences of...
Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Being Human Festival is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities and is dedicated to sharing the riches of humanities research with the general public. It is organised by our colleagues in the School of Advanced Study’s public engagement team and is...
Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Sonya Rahaman* As the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg faces two days of US Congressional Hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. in the light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we at the Human Rights Consortium, are forced to ask, what are the implications...
Dec 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dr Corinne Lennox Yezidis, Ahwazis, Copts, Kurds, Rohingya, Dalits, southern Cameroonians, Afro-Colombians. These are just a few of the minority groups that brought their concerns to the UN Forum on Minority Issues at its 10th session, 30 November–1 December, 2017....
Dec 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dr Damien Short On the 10th December 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session. The Declaration consists of 30 articles affirming an individual’s fundamental rights and freedoms...
