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