Human Rights research cluster news and events
Registration open! Human Rights Laws at a Crossroads: What Directions after Brexit?
This one-day event will obtain a panoramic perspective, looking to the pressures and challenges associated with a human rights landscape unsettled by Brexit, facing uncertainty regarding the domestic regime for human rights protection, and a Strasbourg system that has been reshaped, yet which remains under intense pressure
Crimes of the British Empire in Iraq and why no one gets prosecuted
Public seminar led by Clive Baldwin (Senior Advisor, Human Rights Watch), which will look into the international responsibility of Britain for the Bolton Massacre, the genocide in Tanzania, the massacre, Churchill and bombing of civilians in Iraq and Pakistan, and the recent crimes in Iraq. This event will be followed by a career talk about opportunities in human rights and international law.
Leicester PhD researcher invited to deliver a lecture at Leiden Law School
Ms Aristi Volou, PhD researcher at Leicester Law School, has been invited to deliver a lecture at the 2018 Inaugural ILS PhD Workshop of Leiden Law School.
‘Investment Law after Brexit’, 14 June 2017
Dr Kleinheisterkamp (LSE), Ms Malik (20 Essex Street) and Dr Waibel (University of Cambridge) will discuss the legal implication for U.K.’s investment law after Brexit.
2017 Human Rights Festival (22 May, 5 June & 19 June 2017)
We are organising three movie screening on human rights related issues on 22 May, 5 June and 19 June (4pm). The upcoming screening: '14 Days in May' is about the final days of Edward Earl Johnson before his execution. It was directed by Paul Hamann, one of the founders of Reprieve who will also attend the screening in Leicester.
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