Now Live: New Law School Research Review 'Shaping a Better World'18 October 2021The Law School’s latest research review, ‘Shaping a better world’ is now live and available to view. The review highlights how the School is leading the way in some of the most innovative areas of legal research –and how that research is directly informing our curriculum and courses.
Tribute to Jonathan Cooper OBE28 September 2021It is with immense sadness that we note the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Jonathan Cooper OBE.
Professor Sir Malcolm Evans to give prestigious Annual Grotius Lecture 202124 September 2021Sir Malcolm Evans, Professor of Public International Law and Deputy Director of the Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC) at the University of Bristol Law School, will be speaking at the Annual Grotius Lecture 2021 on 28 September 2021 on the topic ‘What is to become of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body system?’
Presentation by Rachel Murray and Debra Long 9 July 2021Rachel Murray and Debra Long presented at an online conference organised by the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria on 2 July 2021.
New report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants25 June 2021Under the guidance of Professor Diego Acosta, and under the framework of the Bristol Human Rights Implementation Centre, three Bristol students (Ashleigh Guest, Sophia Soares and Ignacio Odriozola) produced the first draft of the new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Professor Felipe González.
The right to silence and the right to fair trial in The Gambia16 April 2021On Wednesday 14 April, a Zoom panel was convened by the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), the Centre for Human Rights in Pretoria, and the Human Rights Implementation Centre in Bristol. The topic of this meeting was ‘The right to silence and the right to fair trial in The Gambia’.