The Human Rights Investigations Lab: Reflections from our Pilot Year (2020)
Berkeley launched its Human Rights Lab in 2016. The Lab trained students in investigations. In this report, we outline the Lab’s structure and share insights into its model.
Publications
Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and…
Sudan's Peace Agreement of 2005 ended over two decades of civil war and led to South Sudan's independence.
Open Source Investigations and the Technology-Driven Knowledge Controversy in Human Rights Fact-Finding (2020)
Human rights fact-finding, like almost all professions that turn on truth-claims, is in the midst of a technology-driven ‘knowledge controversy’ that is at once unsettling and productive.
Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and…
Edited by CGHR's Sarah M.H. Nouwen, Laura M. James and Sharath Srinivasan, this Proceedings of the British Academy volume brings together economic, legal, anthropological and political science perspectives…
Rethinking Publics in Africa in a Digital Age (2019)
The diverse and vibrant uses of new digital technologies across eastern Africa provide fresh impetus to rethink the concept of ‘publics’ from a distinctly African vantage point.
Public Participation and Social Accountability in Kenyan Counties: A Pilot Study Using Interactive Radio…
A study on civic technology innovations .This report covers findings from an intervention using the Africa’s Voices radio methodology, deployed to enhance public participation in accountable local governance.
Communication Technology and African Politics (2019)
A communications perspective on the history of power in the African continent reveals change and continuity in a digital age.
The Right of Peaceful Assembly Online: Research Pack
This Research Pack is the outcome of an interdisciplinary collaboration between staff and students at Cambridge’s CGHR and the University of East Anglia Law School.
Biennial Report 2016-18
2016-2018 saw changes at CGHR that affirmed its multi-disciplinary credentials in Cambridge. Ella and Sharath's initiative to start a podcast 'Declarations' is proving to be a success.
The Power of the “Audience-Public”: Interactive Radio in Africa (2018).
This text explores how interactive broadcast media, particularly in Africa, reshapes political communication by involving audiences in radio and TV shows. It examines how the uncertain nature of…
Risk and the Pluralism of Digital Human Rights Fact-Finding and Advocacy (2018)
While the rise of ICTs has certainly created new opportunities for human rights practitioners, it has also created new risks – which are silencing, and unequally so.
Capital, Politics and Pedagogy: The Case of Education Inside the United Nations (2017)
The UN is often questioned about its ongoing relevance and involvement in peace and security, but its involvement in higher education for peace is rarely examined.