Book Release: 'Research Handbook on Implementation of Human Rights in Practice'16 December 2022A new publication edited by Professor Rachel Murray, Director of the University of Bristol Law School Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC) and Dr Debra Long, Co-Deputy Director of the HRIC, has been released. Published by Edward Elgar, 'Research Handbook on Implementation of Human Rights in Practice' explores the entire process of human rights law implementation from recommendation to execution to follow up.
COVID-19 and the impact on prisoners8 December 2022During the uncertainty of COVID lockdowns initiated in 2020 and 2021, few, perhaps, considered the impact of the pandemic on those who were already deprived of their liberty - a population for whom lockdown would come at a substantial cost.
The response to COVID-19 in Northern Uganda should be disability-inclusive: policy report2 December 2022A new policy report, published today in honour of International Day of People with Disabilities on 3 December, explores the impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities (PWD) in Gulu, Northern Uganda, as part of a collaborative project between the University of Bristol Law School’s Human Rights Implementation Centre and Ugandan community-based organisation Youth Leaders for Restoration and Development (YOLRED).
An insight into different ways of working with human rights: Q&A with LLM graduate Emma Lennhammer6 October 2022With applications to our Human Rights Law Clinic (HRLC) currently open, we caught up with recent Law graduate Emma Lennhammer (LLM 2022) to hear about her time at the HRLC, what she found most inspiring, how the experience has helped her in terms of preparing for the workplace, and what advice she would give to students starting out in the Human Rights Law Clinic.
HRIC co-hosts programme on strategic litigation for Cameroonian lawyers11 August 2022The University of Bristol Human Rights Implementation Centre has been hosting, in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights in Africa (CHRDA) in Cameroon, a series of webinars on strategic litigation for Cameroonian lawyers.