Articles

Forthcoming: Chapter by Dr Sharath Srinivasan

In this chapter, Sharath theorises the central role of assembly in politics beyond the right.

Forthcoming: Chapter by Dr Thomas Probert

Thomas explores how the right of peaceful assembly impinges on how assemblies are policed.

Expert Meeting and Collaborations with UEA and ECNL

Practitioner Series: Víctor Sibaja on Working at the International Criminal Court

On 21st February 2024, CGHR welcomed Víctor Sibaja back to Cambridge for our second Practitioner Series. Víctor Sibaja is an Associate Legal Officer at the International Criminal Court.

Practitioner Series: Albert Fox Cahn on Activism in Surveillance and Technology

On Wednesday, 7 February 2024, CGHR had its first Practitioner Series of the year with Albert Fox Cahn, hosted online by CGHR Co-Directors, Dr Srinivasan and Dr McPherson.

UDHR: Looking Back on 75 Years

Dr Sharath Srinivasan contributed to the Carr Center’s publication in recognition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' 75th anniversary:  Making a Movement: The History and Future of Human Rights. 

Declarations— The Human Rights Podcast

Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast is launching its eighth season! This season, we want to ask: Who are human rights for? Where is the ‘human’ in human rights? 

Open Source Investigation Course for Academics

This course foregrounds a critical and reflexive approach to open source investigation (OSI). You will learn practical skills whilst integrating considerations of ethics and power.

CGHR’s New Postdoctoral Scholar

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Ashwin Varghese as CGHR's next Postdoctoral Scholar! Ashwin impressed us greatly with his work on AI and policing in India.

[DEADLINE EXTENDED] Call for Applicants: Research Volunteers for ‘Solidarity Platforms’ Project

CGHR Co-Directors Dr Sharath Srinivasan and Dr Ella McPherson, along with Postdoctoral Scholar Dr Sebastián Lehuedé, are looking for a small team of research volunteers. 

Elemental Ethics for AI: Mobilising Water in Data Centres and Lithium Activism in Chile

Dr Sebastián Lehuedé shared about how research and activism have increasingly denounced the problematic environmental record of the infrastructure and value chain underpinning Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Seminar: The Right of Peaceful Assembly Today: Technology, Policing, Politics

The panel spoke about the digital mediation of assemblies, how the right impinges on how assemblies are policed, and theorising the central role of assembly in politics.