Human Rights Implementation Centre Events

	Academic year 2024 - 2025
10 October 2024 11am - 12 noon	Roundtable discussion - Impact & Engagement This will be an informal roundtable discussion about what impact and engagement mean to us as researchers and how we might integrate them into our research agendas. There will be brief introductions by Ed Kirton-Darling, Alice Venn, Rachel Murray, Greg Messenger and Josh Paine, who will talk about their own experiences of impact and engagement, followed by questions/discussion. Joint CIL / HRIC event
28 November 2024 11am - 12 noon	'Critical language barriers and uses of AI translation in UK public services' by Dr Lucas Nunes Vieira, Associate Professor in the School of Modern Languages. Joint HRIC / CGLI talk
12 February 2024 5pm - 7pm	An evening with Yassmin Abdel-Magied
6 March 2025 2 pm - 3 pm	A Career in Human Rights Part 1 In collaboration with the Law School’s Employability Adviser, Jo Cooksley, this session explores various career paths in human rights law and the different routes into the profession.
13 March 2025 1 pm - 3 pm	A Career in Human Rights Part 2 Bristol alumni Sarah Carl, Fiona Sheppard, and Luke Oosthuizen, who have been working in various human rights-related roles across the UN, government, and NGOs will provide first-hand insights into job-seeking in the human rights sector, both in the UK and internationally.
13 March 2025 7pm - 9pm	'The Experience of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Current Climate' The Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC) in collaboration with the Bristol & Bath Freedom from Torture (FfT) Local Supporters’ Group, invites you to an engaging discussion on refugee rights, advocacy, and legal challenges. Speakers: Tara Wolfe, Head of Medico-Legal Reports at Freedom from Torture, on The Criminalisation of Refugees. Kolbassia Haoussou, MBE, Director of Survivor Empowerment at FfT, on The Campaigning Work of Survivors. Professor Rachel Murray, Professor of International Human Rights Law, and the Director of the HRIC. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the work of FfT and HRIC, engage in discussions on refugee rights, and explore ways to get involved with the local supporters' group.
30 April 2025 1 pm - 2 pm	Human Rights Education & Schools: Challenges & Opportunities A panel discussion featuring Dr. Suzanne Egan, Dr. Katherine Wade, and Dr. Camilla Morelli, focusing on human rights education and engagement with schools.

Academic year 2024 - 2025

10 October 2024

11am - 12 noon

Roundtable discussion - Impact & Engagement

This will be an informal roundtable discussion about what impact and engagement mean to us as researchers and how we might integrate them into our research agendas. There will be brief introductions by Ed Kirton-Darling, Alice Venn, Rachel Murray, Greg Messenger and Josh Paine, who will talk about their own experiences of impact and engagement, followed by questions/discussion.

Joint CIL / HRIC event

28 November 2024

11am - 12 noon

'Critical language barriers and uses of AI translation in UK public services' by Dr Lucas Nunes Vieira, Associate Professor in the School of Modern Languages.

Joint HRIC / CGLI talk

12 February 2024

5pm - 7pm

An evening with Yassmin Abdel-Magied

6 March 2025

2 pm - 3 pm

A Career in Human Rights Part 1

In collaboration with the Law School’s Employability Adviser, Jo Cooksley, this session explores various career paths in human rights law and the different routes into the profession.

13 March 2025

1 pm - 3 pm

A Career in Human Rights Part 2

Bristol alumni Sarah Carl, Fiona Sheppard, and Luke Oosthuizen, who have been working in various human rights-related roles across the UN, government, and NGOs will provide first-hand insights into job-seeking in the human rights sector, both in the UK and internationally.

13 March 2025

7pm - 9pm

'The Experience of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Current Climate'

The Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC) in collaboration with the Bristol & Bath Freedom from Torture (FfT) Local Supporters’ Group, invites you to an engaging discussion on refugee rights, advocacy, and legal challenges.

Speakers:

Tara Wolfe, Head of Medico-Legal Reports at Freedom from Torture, on The Criminalisation of Refugees.
Kolbassia Haoussou, MBE, Director of Survivor Empowerment at FfT, on The Campaigning Work of Survivors.
Professor Rachel Murray, Professor of International Human Rights Law, and the Director of the HRIC.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about the work of FfT and HRIC, engage in discussions on refugee rights, and explore ways to get involved with the local supporters' group.

30 April 2025

1 pm - 2 pm

Human Rights Education & Schools: Challenges & Opportunities

A panel discussion featuring Dr. Suzanne Egan, Dr. Katherine Wade, and Dr. Camilla Morelli, focusing on human rights education and engagement with schools.