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Human Rights

The Human Rights Implementation Centre, based in the Law School, provides an international focus for developing expertise, advice and scholarship on the role of institutions, whether those are at the national, regional or international levels, in the implementation of human rights.

The Centre include leaders in the international human rights law field such as its Director Professor Rachel Murray and Deputy Director, Professor Malcolm Evans. It has produced major academic monographs and edited collections with leading publishers as well as articles across a broad number of legal journals in the field. Moreover, the Centre works closely with, and its staff continue to act as advisors to, a broad range of key institutional actors at all levels: international institutions (e.g. Council of Europe, European Union, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OSCE, UN Sub Committee for the Prevention of Torture, UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and others) Governments and NGOs (including Interights, the Association for the Prevention of Torture, Amnesty International and others), The Centre is also approached for advice at the national level in the UK and from many countries overseas to comment on draft legislation and other issues.

The Centre has acquired considerable experience on the issues that form the focus of the Centre. It may be approached via the contact page for advice, consultation and expertise and it is open to collaborative work.

Current themes are:

The Centre holds a Visiting staff seminar series. The Centre has created a number of opportunities for students to engage with its work enabling them to gain valuable experience as well as develop some essential skills for human rights related work.

About the staff gives information on how to contact Centre staff involved in the themes mentioned above.

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