A new publication edited by Professor Rachel Murray, Director of the University of Bristol Law School Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC) and Dr Debra Long, Co-Deputy Director of the HRIC, has been released. Published by Edward Elgar, 'Research Handbook on Implementation of Human Rights in Practice' explores the entire process of human rights law implementation from recommendation to execution to follow up.
During the uncertainty of COVID lockdowns initiated in 2020 and 2021, few, perhaps, considered the impact of the pandemic on those who were already deprived of their liberty - a population for whom lockdown would come at a substantial cost.
A new policy report, published today in honour of International Day of People with Disabilities on 3 December, explores the impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities (PWD) in Gulu, Northern Uganda, as part of a collaborative project between the University of Bristol Law School’s Human Rights Implementation Centre and Ugandan community-based organisation Youth Leaders for Restoration and Development (YOLRED).
With applications to our Human Rights Law Clinic (HRLC) currently open, we caught up with recent Law graduate Emma Lennhammer (LLM 2022) to hear about her time at the HRLC, what she found most inspiring, how the experience has helped her in terms of preparing for the workplace, and what advice she would give to students starting out in the Human Rights Law Clinic.
Leading UK human rights and torture prevention experts, including members of the University of Bristol Law School’s Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC), have led a call expressing concerns about the UK government’s plans to deport refugees under the UK-Rwanda Asylum Partnership Arrangement.
The University of Bristol Human Rights Implementation Centre has been hosting, in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights in Africa (CHRDA) in Cameroon, a series of webinars on strategic litigation for Cameroonian lawyers.
On 23 June 2022, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered its ruling on reparations in the case of African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) v. Republic of Kenya (App.006/2012).
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20 years after Guantánamo Bay opened, the Law School’s Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC) hosted a discussion with Mohamedou Ould Slahi who was tortured and detained there without charge for over 14 years.
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