HRDs and students at the Hub

Our visiting human rights defenders actively engage with students both inside and out of the classroom

Students and HRDs chatting outside the Hub

The CAHR is a friendly community of scholars, practitioners and students

LMB in Winter

The Centre for Applied Human Rights is located on the new Heslington East Campus

Students walking on Helsington East Campus

At CAHR we have a truly international cohort of students

Three girls walking on campus

Small class sizes enhance the learning environment

Centre for Applied Human Rights

Study with us

  • Postgraduate degrees in international human rights law and applied human rights
  • Undergraduate modules open to students in other disciplines
  • Short courses and distance-learning
  • MPhil / PhD research degrees

Human Rights Defenders

"I have been greatly motivated by CAHR in a way that has influenced me to continue helping people in need not only in Sierra Leone but the world as a whole."
- Rhoda, 2011 (pictured)

Our Protective Fellowship Scheme makes a unique contribution in enhancing the sustainability of social activism. Read the stories of our Defenders and find out more about the Scheme.

Current research

CAHR draws on the University of York's rich tradition of engaged scholarship. Current and funded research includes:

  • human rights defenders at risk
  • from transitional to transformative justice
  • legal empowerment
  • translating freedom

News

CAHR launches online PGCert in Defending Human Rights

Posted on Monday 22 April 2013

The Centre for Applied Human Rights is launching an online distance learning Postgraduate Certificate in Defending Human Rights in October 2013.


Postgraduate human rights scholarship available at CAHR

Posted on Wednesday 6 March 2013

CAHR is offering one scholarship for the MA or the LLM in 2013-14.



 

 

CAHR brochure

CAHR brochure

For more information about the MA, LLM and PhD programmes taught at CAHR, download the CAHR brochure (PDF  , 449kb).

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