Join us to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Centre for Applied Human Rights!

Join us for this meeting where the York Human Rights City Network (YHRCN) will present and discuss draft findings for their 2023 indicator report.

Our speaker shares the work she has been doing to bring about democratic change in Myanmar.

In this talk, anti-mining advocate, Marilou Verano, will discuss the impacts of mining and climate change, and the human rights violations of the vulnerable populations near potential mining sites.

In this presentation, we will examine the cases of Brazil and Colombia and analyse university reactions when staff and students are being attacked or in a situation of risk.

Join us to hear from a current CAHR Fellow and Video Activist, Nadiya Shafi, who will speak about the human rights situation in Kashmir.

Join this session to learn more about the Protecting Universities, Protecting Democracy: Universities as Sites of Protection and Activism.workshop, and the development of an African Human Rights Hub.

Bodies on the Line is a mini-exhibition, a conversation, and a dance intervention organised by the Art Rights Truth team at the University of York in collaboration with UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts, the Guild for Media Arts, and XR Stories.

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.