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The Justice of Visual Art: Creative State-Building in Times of Political Transition

18 January 2021

Eliza’s book, entitled The Justice of Visual Art: Creative State-Building in Times of Political Transition , has recently been published with Cambridge University Press. The book demonstrates that there are aesthetic and creative ways to pursue transitional justice — ways which have the capacity to address identity...

Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan

6 January 2021

CGHR Associate Dr Sarah Nouwen (Deputy Director at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law) and CGHR Co-Director Dr Sharath Srinivasan have collaborated with former CGHR Associate Dr Laura James on finalising an edited book, Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan published by Oxford University Press. Sudan...

CGHR Co-Directors Spoke at the 30th University of Cambridge Alumni Festival

9 November 2020

On 22 September CGHR Co-Directors Sharath Srinivasan and Ella McPherson joined a panel with Beth Singler and Luke church to discuss the state of technology and democracy around the world. If you missed the event, catch up by clicking below. image_09-11-2020_at_11.48.jpeg

UN Human Rights Committee publishes interpretation on the right of peaceful assembly, supported by CGHR research

2 August 2020

The UN Human Rights Committee has recently published its official interpretation on the right of peaceful assembly (Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)) in General Comment 37. Recent developments, including the COVID-19 pandemic and worldwide protests in support of Black Lives...

COVID-19 Response in Africa

8 April 2020

RCCE: Perceptions, Misinformation, and Concerns in African Countries in the time of COVID-19 Sharath Srinivasan, CGHR Co-Director was an expert speaker for the READY weekly webinar on 29 April. This webinar discusses the work CGHR is doing to understand the concerns, perceptions, misinformation and barriers to practising...

Human Rights in the Digital Age: CGHR Practitioner Paper

10 March 2020

The Human Rights Center at the UC Berkeley School of Law launched its Human Rights Investigations Lab in Fall 2016 as a pilot project. The first university-based effort of its kind, the Lab trained a diverse cohort of undergraduate and graduate students in open source investigations.

The Right of Peaceful Assembly Online: Research Pack

10 March 2020

This Research Pack on the right of peaceful assembly online, is the outcome of an interdisciplinary collaboration between staff and students at Cambridge's Centre of Governance and Human Rights and the University of East Anglia Law School.

Book Launch - "Digital Witness: Using Open Source Information for Human Rights Investigation, Documentation and Accountability" (Oxford University Press, 2019)

25 January 2020

Thursday 27 February 2020, 12:30 - 14:00, Old Library, Pembroke College

The Justice of Visual Art: Creative State-Building in Times of Political Transition

Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan

CGHR Co-Directors Spoke at the 30th University of Cambridge Alumni Festival

UN Human Rights Committee publishes interpretation on the right of peaceful assembly, supported by CGHR research

COVID-19 Response in Africa

Human Rights in the Digital Age: CGHR Practitioner Paper

The Right of Peaceful Assembly Online: Research Pack

Book Launch - "Digital Witness: Using Open Source Information for Human Rights Investigation, Documentation and Accountability" (Oxford University Press, 2019)

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