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Read more at: Practitioner Series: Lawfare- Human Rights Litigation with Jason McCue

Practitioner Series: Lawfare- Human Rights Litigation with Jason McCue

20 February 2023

On Wednesday, 25 January 2023, CGHR had its first Practitioner Series of the year with Jason McCue. Jason is an esteemed human rights lawyer, voted U.K. Law Society’s lawyer of the year in 2010, who specialises in state, private, hybrid and civil society lawfare (the use of law to gain strategic advantages). Hosted by...


Read more at: The CGHR Student Group

The CGHR Student Group

20 February 2023

CGHR Student Group 2023 This year, the Student Group has focused on its resurgence after the Covid-19 pandemic’s detrimental impacts on student participation. Our efforts have zeroed in on outreach, sustaining existing events, and proposing new projects for CGHR’s evolution. Anusha, Abii-Tah, and Marcus from the Student...


Read more at: Latest from the Digital Verification Corps (DVC)

Latest from the Digital Verification Corps (DVC)

20 February 2023

The DVC Last term, the Digital Verification Corps contributed to a new research project led by Amnesty International's Evidence Lab. The team verified hundreds of videos of police brutality from across Europe and the Middle East as part of wider research focussed on the 'militarisation of protest'. This follows on from the...


Read more at: Updates from our Postdoctoral Scholar!

Updates from our Postdoctoral Scholar!

20 February 2023

CGHR Postdoctoral Scholar Last term was a very productive one for our Postdoctoral Scholar Sebastián Lehuedé! In November, he attended the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference in Dublin, where he received the Best Dissertation Award (photo) for his doctoral thesis on decolonial approaches to data...


Read more at: Big Tech’s New Headache: Data Centre Activism Flourishes Across the World

Big Tech’s New Headache: Data Centre Activism Flourishes Across the World

4 November 2022

Groups opposing the construction of polluting and water-intensive data centres are emerging in different regions. These local activists are laying bare Big Tech’s profoundly problematic community and environmental record, argues CGHR's postdoctoral scholar Sebastián Lehuedé. This post is inspired by a meeting in September...


Read more at: CGHR is recruiting for its Student Group 2022-23

CGHR is recruiting for its Student Group 2022-23

12 October 2022

"As CGHR’s Student Group Coordinator I helped manage the publicity, outreach and events of a research centre at the cutting edge of its field. I honed a range of competencies, from editing and writing skills to organising content for social media, as well as gaining experience in leading an enthusiastic and engaged team...


Read more at: Easter Term Newsletter

Easter Term Newsletter

16 May 2022

The CGHR Easter Newsletter is available here. To get our newsletters directly in your inbox and stay up to date on all the latest CGHR news subscribe here .


Read more at: Technology & Human Rights Fellowships for CGHR Team

Technology & Human Rights Fellowships for CGHR Team

4 May 2022

CGHR Co-Directors, Ella McPherson and Sharath Srinivasan, and CGHR Postdoctoral Scholar, Sebastian Lehuede, have been selected as 2022-23 Technology & Human Rights Fellows at the Carr Center, Harvard University, to jointly undertake a project, ' Provocations for Human Rights Practitioners: Technology, Power and Voice...


Read more at: Cambridge DVC contributes to Webby Award-winning multimedia project on the misuse of tear gas

Cambridge DVC contributes to Webby Award-winning multimedia project on the misuse of tear gas

10 February 2022

Amnesty International’s online multimedia project, Tear Gas: An Investigation , won a prestigious 2021 Webby Award for the best activism website worldwide. Described by The New York Times as ‘the internet’s highest honour’, this award represents the culmination of a year-long project built upon research conducted by six...


Read more at: Declarations Podcast Series 6 is here!
Declarations Podcast

Declarations Podcast Series 6 is here!

8 February 2022

CGHR’s Declarations Podcast launched its sixth season. The season will feature eight episodes focusing on human rights in an age of new technologies, exploring how human rights are threatened, protected and transformed by our rapidly shifting technological landscape. More information here.