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...
Dec 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Stephanie Vélez* Following the 6th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights that took place in Geneva last week, you may be forgiven for wondering whether these high-level get-togethers ever change anything for people on the ground – for workers in garment factories...
Nov 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Roslynn Beighton* Introduction Mayan women represent significant actors in resistance movements and social development organizations calling for basic human rights in Guatemala. During a research trip earlier in the year, I was fortunate enough to meet and stay...
