Human Rights, Global Justice and Public Law

Human Rights, Global Justice and Public Law explores how law promotes or undermines accountability, dignity, and equality across borders and institutions.

Research focuses on human rights, global justice, international and constitutional law, religion, minority rights, and responses to authoritarianism. It draws on doctrinal, theoretical, and socio-legal approaches to examine both legal frameworks and lived experience.

Project spotlights

Human Rights, Global Justice and Public Law centres around Human rights theory and practice, international law, humanitarian law, public law, religion, and accountability across borders and institutions, including minority rights and modern slavery.

Below are some of our projects and outputs.

Beyond Compliance Consortium
Generating Respect Project
Human Rights Defender Hub
EU Rights and Brexit Hub

Researchers

Professor Ioana Cismas
Professor Martin Jones
Professor Charlotte O'Brien
Professor Tomoya Obokata
Dr Piergiuseppe Parisi
Dr Jane Richards
Dr Dimitrios Tsarapatsanis
Dr Sue Westwood

Research degrees

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Masters degrees

Learn how to make voices heard with our MA in Applied Human Rights.

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