Asylum vs. Sanctuary

Monday 11 March 2013

The Centre for Applied Human Rights hosts Dr. Linda Rabben for a public talk on the past, present and future of refugee protection.

CAHR visiting fellows speak on the human rights situation in Honduras and Liberia

Tuesday 5 March 2013

Next up in the Learning from Human Rights Defenders Lecture Series are Honduran journalist Dina Meza and Liberian radio presenter Varnetta Johnson.

Women on the front line

Saturday 2 March 2013

Women human rights defenders from Africa, Asia and Latin America share their experiences and discuss challenges they face in their human rights work.

Gypsy Garbage / Romany Romance: 1000 years inspiring dreams and hatred

Monday 25 February 2013

Romany artist, writer and film maker Damian James Le Bas speaks about his work in relation to the larger social context and historical backdrop of experiences of the Roma.

CAHR hosts speakers from Sudan and Zimbabwe

Tuesday 19 February 2013

CAHR hosts Nagi Musa Khairelseed and Nolwandle Simunyu as speakers in the Learning from Human Rights Defenders Lecture series.

The Land Grabbers: the New Fight over Who Owns the Earth - talk by Fred Pearce

Wednesday 13 February 2013

Fred Pearce, environmental author and journalist, will be discussing his latest book, focusing on the phenomenon of 'land-grabbing', at a public talk at CAHR.

CAHR visiting human rights defender gives a talk on LGBT rights in Iran

Tuesday 5 February 2013

The Centre's Learning from Human Rights Defenders series continues with an insight into the challenges of defending LGBT rights in Iran.

CAHR hosts speakers from Sri Lanka and Somaliland

Tuesday 22 January 2013

Next up in the "Learning from Human Rights Defenders" series are a human rights activist from Sri Lanka and a women human rights defender from Somaliland, talking about the challenges they face in their work.

Tweets and trolls: should the UK prosecute offensive comments on social media?

Wednesday 12 December 2012

John Kampfner and Stephen Bowen will discuss offensive comments on Facebook and Twitter from a human rights angle.

The 2012 BIHR Human Rights Tour, Civil Society Strikes Back

Wednesday 12 December 2012

Human rights are under attack. Too many of our political leaders and some sections of the media want to go backwards, not forwards. Join the fight back at the BIHR 2012 Human Rights Tour. Human rights go to the heart of the kind of society we want to be.