The University of Bristol’s Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC), co-directed by Dr Giacomo Biggio, Dr Alice Venn and Dr Harry Rawlinson, attended the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), held in Dakar, Senegal, from 12 to 21 October 2026.
The University of Bristol, through its Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), marking a significant step in strengthening academic and institutional cooperation between the two institutions.
The University of Bristol Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC) is delighted to welcome Mrs Abiola Idowu-Ojo, Executive Secretary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), as a Visiting Fellow.
A workshop examining how international law grapples with state responsibility in times of crisis was recently convened by the University of Bristol Law School Human Rights Implementation Centre and the Centre for International Law, with funding a British Academy and Leverhulme Trust Small Grant.
Human Rights Implementation Centre News
Human Rights Implementation Centre News
Dr Boyd van Dijk delivers talk at the Human Rights Implementation Centre, jointly the Centre for International Law.
Dr Sylvanna Falcón delivers talk about her work with the Human Rights Investigations Lab - how the Lab came to be and how it operates.
Ramy Abdelhady, a PhD candidate and HRIC administrator, attended the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Banjul, The Gambia, which took place from 21 to 30 October 2025.
After 22 years, the University of Bristol has (tearfully) bid Professor Rachel Murray farewell. Professor Murray is leaving Bristol to take up a fantastic position as the Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford.
As we launch into the new year, we look back at some of the national and global issues the Law School's experts were tackling in 2024. The past year saw our academics being appointed to expert advisory positions, presenting at the UK Supreme Court and international courts, creating policy briefs for better health, hosting international conferences and launching new centres of research excellence.
The Law School’s Professor Rachel Murray was invited to speak at the Justice and Human Rights Committee of the Pan-African Parliament on 6 November 2024, presenting on the development of a Model Law on the implementation of African human rights bodies' decisions.
Today on World Mental Health Day, Policy Bristol has published a new Research Briefing, ‘How to improve support for Nearest Relatives under the Mental Health Act’, by the Law School’s Judy Laing, Professor of Mental Health Law, Rights and Policy, together with Dr Jeremy Dixon (Cardiff University) and Dr Kevin Stone (University of Warwick).
A new book co-authored by Professor Devyani Prabhat, published by Edward Elgar Publishing, September 2024, examines issues of nationality rights and statelessness, emphasising the vulnerability of children in situations of war, conflict and radicalisation.
The Law School’s Rachel Murray, Professor of International Human Rights, was awarded the prestigious Economic and Social Research Council Celebrating Impact Prize 2023 at a ceremony held in the Royal Society in London yesterday, 15 November.
On 3rd May Professor Rachel Murray delivered a statement on behalf of the Human Rights Implementation Centre to the 75th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Today the House of Commons and House of Lords Joint Committee, appointed to consider the Government's draft Bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983, published its report. With years of extensive research in the area of mental health law, policy and human rights, the Law School’s Professor Judy Laing has been active in shaping and responding to the Draft Mental Health Bill, which has important implications for the health and wellbeing of thousands of people in England and Wales.
As we launch into the new year, we take a moment to look back at some of the national and global issues the Law School's experts were tackling in 2022 – a year that saw us rank #3 for legal research in the UK (THE analysis of REF 2021). Fighting for reproductive rights, supporting striking workers and responding to an illegal war are just a few examples that illustrate what research in action really looks like. Find out what else our academics were up to in 2022.
