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2022 news

23 December 2022

Two human right defenders (HRD) fellows spent three days in Edinburgh.

23 December 2022

Alice Trotter (PhD student) is looking to speak to local people about their thoughts on York as a human rights city.

23 December 2022

We invite you to read Alice Trotter's (PhD candidate) article about York being a human rights city.

23 December 2022

LLM (Master of Laws) and MA (Master) students started fieldwork for their placements.

23 December 2022

The Centre for Applied Human Rights discusses the changes that have occurred over 2022.

15 December 2022

Centre for Applied Human Rights lecturer worked on a submission to the Special Rapporteur on torture.

15 December 2022

On Friday 9 December, CAHR staff and students commemorated International Human Rights Defender Day by remembering those who continue to suffer and face risks as they promote and protect human rights.

14 December 2022

An event at the House of Commons calling for support for the inclusion of Noma on the World Health Organisation list of neglected tropical diseases.

2 December 2022

Paul Gready attended the international conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chair Programme in Paris, on 3-4 November 2022.

31 October 2022

At the beginning of October, Dr Ioana Cismas, CAHR’s co-director, participated in two expert workshops organised in Collonges and Geneva by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

31 October 2022

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, visited Scotland on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 October.

31 October 2022

On 13 September, a public event was held to launch Art Rights Truth (ART).

31 October 2022

CAHR will be honored to continue to welcome Chevening students on our postgraduate programmes.

28 October 2022

Nabila Okino talks to Alumni Voices about her time at York co-founding Social Change Organisation – The Continental Approach – and how she is trying to change the narrative of the African continent by ​showcasing positive African stories that inspire and innovate.

24 October 2022

Next year Oslo will be welcoming the first human rights defenders to the city.

28 September 2022

We urge the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to resume the support for students from Afghanistan and ensure that the 2023/24 Afghan Chevening cohort will be able to pursue their studies in the UK.

23 September 2022

The Rafto Prize 2022 is awarded to Nodjigoto Charbonnel and his organisation Association Jeunesse pour la Paix et la Non-Violence (AJPNV), for their courageous struggle to abolish torture in Chad.

21 September 2022

Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata will be presenting his latest report, which has been attracting global attention.

5 July 2022

CAHR hosted three human right defenders (HRDs) on its Protective Fellowship Scheme for HRDs at Risk in 2021/22.

5 July 2022

The Sam Pegram Human Rights Placement Award celebrates the life and honours the memory of Sam Pegram, our CAHR alumnus, who died tragically in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash.

4 July 2022

Emily Forbes' dissertation was recently published in the York Law Review. We warmly congratulate Emily for her achievement.

30 June 2022

Have you applied to study with us at the Centre for Applied Human Rights in the academic year 2022/23 and hold a conditional or unconditional offer?

13 May 2022

Every year the people of Aceh, Indonesia come together to celebrate their connection to the seas that surround their land and the fishermen who earn their livelihood fishing those waters.

11 April 2022

The Human Rights Defender (HRD) Hub recently published the first paper in a new series of working papers.

30 March 2022

A new report has highlighted inequality, poverty and inadequate social care as the key challenges facing York as the City recovers from the pandemic.

9 March 2022

The annual human rights indicator report has recently been published by the YHRCN.

1 February 2022

A new human rights film festival launches this week in York, online from Tuesday 1 to Sunday 6 February.

28 January 2022

Read our joint-statement in English and Arabic

25 January 2022

The Centre for Applied Human Rights joins the global health community in marking World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day.