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...
May 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
In her podcast ‘Hidden Among the Maple Trees’, Jennifer Rooney, an MA student in Understanding and Securing Human Rights at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, looks at some of the ‘hidden’ issues of immigrant and refugee rights in Canada,...
May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Estefania Monaco* It should be an obvious statement: biodiversity is essential for the enjoyment of human rights. After all, if the Earth cannot sustain plant or animal life, how could it sustain human life? It is a sad sign of our times that our leaders and many...
May 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Peter Sioen* “There are currently 1 billion people living under British or British inspired anti-gay laws”, the Kaleidoscope Trust’s new executive director, Paul Dillane, said in his opening statement in a workshop at the 18th Annual Student Human Rights conference...
May 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Anastasia Denisova, an alumna of the MA in ‘Understanding and Securing Human Rights’ (2015-2016), School of Advanced Study, University of London interviewed Svetlana Gannushkina, the Director of ‘Civic Assistance’ NGO (Moscow) and a 2016 laureate of the prestigious...
Apr 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Dilys Hartley* Being stateless ultimately means having no nationality and having no nationality usually means having no documents to prove your identity. People can become stateless for many reasons, two of which are conflict and forced displacement. Conflict not...
