Dr Ioana Cismas, Co-Director of the Centre for Applied Human Rights, will participate in the event ‘From Noma to Health for All: Addressing the imperative of the most neglected communities’.

York has been a Human Rights City for just six years but others have been operating for up to 25 years. What have been their successes and setbacks? What can York learn from the European and global networks of human rights cities?

This workshop will showcase the progressive potential of university-civil society collaborations: at the frontline of protests; integrating activists into teaching and research; and providing various forms of protection.

Talk discussing the repression of press freedoms in Central America, and why journalists are targeted by authoritarian governments.

Monica will discuss her role as a founding member of the Movimento Feminista Mexicano, her remarkable global piece, ‘El Tendedero/The Clothesline Project (1978)’ and her founding of ‘Polvo de Gallina Negra’ in 1983, the first feminist art collective.

Join us for this talk which explores the guidelines surrounding the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred.

We have the great pleasure to invite you to the public conference Engaging Religious Leaders to Generate Respect for Humanitarian Norms in Armed Conflict.

At this event, the York Human Rights City Network will present provisional findings for our sixth annual human rights indicator report.

The Centre for Applied Human Rights is deeply honoured to welcome three Afghan University of York students – Nazia Esmat Qani, Fawzia Ehsani, and Mamoon Khawar – to talk about the current human rights and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan

In 2021, Mexican feminist art collective Las Iluministas and UK-based Pink Collar Gallery teamed up to launch the RE:Imagine project, inviting artists to create art which changed the narrative on gender-based violence and femicide.

In this engaging talk, Carolina Baltan Salazar will reflect on the role of researchers in (re-)constructing the truth while working for the Colombian Truth Commission.

In this talk, Ron Dudai argues that the teleological outlook is misplaced, and that though the use of the death penalty has been gradually diminishing, its full global demise may not be so easily achieved.

Showcasing interdisciplinary contributions on a range of topics within global health justice.

CAHR is pleased to announce the launch event of a 3-year project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), titled: "Can the Arts Save Human Rights: Human Rights Truth-Claims in a Post Truth Era".

Join us for a hybrid event organised by the Huma Rights Defenders Hub to explore how human rights communities can foster self- and collective care amongst human rights defenders at risk while resisting oppression and calling for justice.

The Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) is soliciting proposals from PhD students enrolled in the University of York for participation in an in-person poster workshop on Tuesday 28 June.

Join Protection International, ProtectDefenders.eu, and the University of York's Human Rights Defender Hub in celebrating the winners of our HRDs Poetry Challenge.

Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtersett explores key concepts around poverty, in particular making links between poverty and human rights, agency and citizenship.

A discussion and film screening focusing on women's resistance to the construction of the Grand Interoceanic Canal in Nicaragua.

Yorktivist Human Rights Film Festival takes place from 1 - 6 February 2022

The Generating Respect Project, hosted at the University's Centre for Applied Human Rights and York Law School, is delighted to invite you to the conference held online between 8-10 December 2021.

Human rights defender and researcher Abdul Kalam Azad will discuss the impact of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on the Miya Muslim minority in Assam, northeast India.

Human rights & environmental lawyer Monica Lopez will share the experience of engaging social movements in the protection of their rights.

This panel discussion examines judicial politics in five South Asian states: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

An online session that will present the first findings of a Geneva Health Forum workshop initiated in the framework of the Noma Project.

Brazil Forum UK is an annual event that aims to create a bridge between Brazil and the United Kingdom from 7 June until 12 June 2021.

Internationally renowned human rights defender and lawyer Azza Soliman will discuss the current state of civil society in Egypt.

Writers at York is delighted to welcome acclaimed authors Kit Fan and Ellen Wiles in conversation with Alice Nah about their debut novels.

Watch the documentary ‘Restoring Dignity’ free of charge and join a panel discussion led by noma survivors and academics including York's Ioana Cismas.

This lecture offers living examples from Scotland of combining human rights leadership at local, national and international levels.

Join us for the launch of the report and discussion of practical opportunities to establish National Focal Point delegations with the potential to effectively enhance the protection of human rights defenders.

This event aims to highlight the activities of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in the Asia region and the challenges they face.

Amnesty International Moscow Office Director Natalia Zviagina discusses the affect of recent protests in Russia on human rights.

We'll be screening a selection of filmed interviews from a range of women about the impact of Covid on their lives.

Ugandan youth leader and human rights defender Johncation Muhindo discusses the implications of Uganda's recent presidential elections.

To celebrate LGBT+ history month, CAHR has invited three of its former visiting human rights defender fellows to reflect on what defending LGBT+ rights looks like in the time of a global pandemic.

The event seeks to raise awareness about noma, a disease affecting children living in extreme poverty. Whilst easily treatable if diagnosed early on, in later stages noma destroys the facial tissue and leads to death in 90% of cases.