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More needs to be done to protect the City’s low-income households and vulnerable residents as the cost of living crisis pushes more people towards poverty, according to a new report published today.

In March, fieldwork took place in Maputo, Mozambique, as part of the TRANSIST research project.

A RPP research team, which included Piergiuseppe Parisi, Ana Deida Secue Rivera, Carolina Baltán Salazar, and Nicolás Braguinsky Cascini , conducted a three-month field research in the Nasa indigenous territory of Huellas Caloto (Colombia).

Piergiuseppe Parisi (CAHR), jointly with Diana Granados (University of Cauca - Colombia), organised a conference to present and discuss the 'Considerations and Guidance for the Humanitarian Engagement with Religious Leaders'.

On Friday 3 March, York MP, Rachael Maskell visited CAHR and joined staff and current human rights defenders for lunch.

The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of York, Councillor David Carr and the Lord Mayor’s Consort, Lynda Carr invited the human rights defenders and members of the Friends of defenders scheme to the Mansion house at the end of February.

From 22 to 24 March, Paul Gready and Pippa Cooper from CAHR attended the ICORN (International Cities of Refuge Network) networking meeting in Brussels.

On 10 April 2023, the York Press published a front-page article and detailed commentary on findings of a report written by postgraduate students at the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) and the York Law School.

On 14 March a panel discussion took place at the Ron Cooke Hub Auditorium to officially open David Kato College.

The University of York has honoured the life of human rights defender and gay rights activist, David Kato, with the official opening of its newest college.

Between 13 and 14 March 2023, CAHR launched the UNESCO Chair in Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Expansion of Political Space (held by Paul Gready), and a working paper titled Universities as Sites of Activism and Protection.

Life is especially difficult for many people just now. The theme of this year's York International Women's Week is Solidarity reflecting the importance of getting together from all walks of life.

In this Arctivism Conversation, artists and activists from the Instituto Fazendinhando of São Paolo speak to Joao Nunes about a project of urban renewal and the transformative potential of art.

CAHR lecturer Mattia Pinto has recently published a new article on the Modern Law Review, entitled ‘Coercive Human Rights and the Forgotten History of the Council of Europe's Report on Decriminalisation’.

The website of the Ritualising Protection Project is now live.

The first exhibits to form part of a new campus art trail will be installed on 8 February in the Spring Lane Building.

On Wednesday 11 January, University of York researchers headed to the Houses of Parliament to raise awareness about the neglected disease, noma, and the ongoing campaign for its formal recognition by the World Health Organisation as a neglected tropical disease.

University of York researchers have raised awareness of the neglected disease, noma, at an event at the Houses of Parliament.

The three current CAHR fellows spent 5 days in London on a networking and advocacy trip.