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Wednesday 15 June 2011

• Equality and Human Rights workshop will be the first jointly-partnered collaborative venture between the Human Rights Consortium and the AHRC

  

  The ‘Equality and Human Rights Commission of Great Britain: challenges and opportunities’ one-day roundtable workshop is conceived as a forum for practitioners, policymakers and academics from across disciplines and sectors to engage in a constructive sharing of perspectives and... read more

• Human Rights Consortium welcomes Thomas Pegram as the 2011 Visiting Fellow in Human Rights

  

  Dr Thomas Pegram holds a DPhil in Politics from Nuffield College, University of Oxford.  His doctorate research was on National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in democratizing political systems, with a particular interest in their human rights and political accountability function.  He... read more

Friday 27 May 2011

• HRC now on Linkedin.com

  

  HRC now on Linkedin.com - so get connected. read more

Wednesday 25 May 2011

• First international conference to bring together high-level representatives to discuss Colombia and the International Criminal Court will also have relevance to Libya and the Middle East. 26-27 May 2011

  

  On 26-27 May 2011, the University of London will host the first major international conference on Colombia, the only Western Hemisphere country to have attracted the attention of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo. The two-day conference In the Shadow of the ICC... read more

Thursday 28 April 2011

• Refugee Law Initiative Research Co-ordinator (0.50 FTE)

  

  We are seeking a well-qualified candidate with excellent knowledge of Refugee Law and relevant academic and policy networks for the position of Research Co-ordinator for the Refugee Law Initiative within the Human Rights Consortium (HRC) in the School of Advanced Study, University of London. The... read more

Monday 11 April 2011

• Final Reminders

  

  Support for Events in the Human Rights - Reminder Call for applications - Support for Human Rights events The HRC offers funding or other support for human rights-related events. The next application deadline has been extended to 20th April 2011 for events proposed for the autumn of the same year.... read more

• Venice Academy of Human Rights - call for applications

  

  Target: intensive one week programme for academics, practitioners and Ph.D./J.S.D. students; Theme: “Human Rights and the Cosmopolitan Idea(L)”; Lectures by Professors: David Held; Boaventura de Sousa Santos; Yasuaki Onuma; Abdullahi A. An‑Na'im and Mary Robinson (former United... read more

• Reminder - tomorrow last day of CAWN's speaker tour 2011

  

  Evelyn Cuellar and Mercedes Lainez are women's rights activists from our partner organisation in Honduras, CEM-H; they will be touring the U.K. and meeting CAWN supporters, NGOs, the media, students, academics and other women's organisations to raise awareness and discuss the situation of... read more

Thursday 24 March 2011

• Graduate Fellowship Scheme - Call for applications

  

  The Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, is inviting applications for Graduate Fellowship Awards of up to £2,000 each for a maximum of two Doctoral students undertaking research in the human rights subject field. The Award is for a 4-month period.... read more

• Internship Programme - Call for applications

  

  The Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, provides opportunities for students enrolled in a graduate programme to undertake an internship at the School. The recipients of the internship will receive an honorarium of £1,000 each. The Award is for a 4-... read more