2024 news
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MA and LLM CAHR Human Rights Video newsletter
Our latest newsletter covers our 15th anniversary, introduces our Chevening Scholars and our students discuss their placements.
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York Human Rights City publishes 2023 Indicator Report: Moving Forward with Stronger Foundations
The York Human Rights City Network (YHRCN) has today released its 8th Annual Indicator Report since York was declared as the UK’s first Human Rights City in April 2017.
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Work with us on ground-breaking research on armed conflict!
Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Beyond Compliance Consortium (BCC) Research Programme on ‘Building Evidence on Promoting Restraint by Armed Actors’ is a three-years applied research and knowledge exchange initiative.
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CAHR panel presence for webinar on children in armed conflict
CAHR's Generating Respect Hub Coordinator, Samantha Holmes, joined a discussion on children in armed conflict.
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Building evidence for a protective environment in war - the work begins
The University of York and the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office signed an agreement to start a three-year programme aiming to reduce the need for international aid and to prevent civilian harm.
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Watchlist and The Generating Respect Hub at the Centre for Applied Human Rights Announce New Strategic Partnership
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and the Generating Respect Hub at the University of York’s Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) are pleased to announce their strategic partnership for policy and practice-driven research.
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Generating Respect Hub
On 30 January 2024, Professor Ioana Cismas and Samantha Holmes represented CAHR and the Generating Respect Hub at Watchlist’s Annual Policy Workshop on Children and Armed Conflict.
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New Religion and Humanitarian Principles blog
Read the latest publication on the Religion and Humanitarian Principles blog.
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Learning from Human Rights Defenders Spring Talks 2024
Each year, the University’s Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) hosts human rights defenders at risk through its Protective Fellowship schemes.
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New blog launched to mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2024
On World NTD Day, we were pleased to launch ‘The Politics of Neglected Disease: Surviving and Overcoming Neglect’ blog.
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Fellowship Advocacy trip to London
The current CAHR fellows recently spent four days in London on a networking and advocacy trip.
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Victoria Nolasco: Environmental Advocate and Educator of Indigenous Communities
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) Alumni Voices spoke to Victoria Nolasco, an environmental advocate and educator of indigenous communities from the Philippines, who recently graduated from the University of York’s Protective Fellowship Scheme for Human Rights Defenders at Risk.