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.
A communications perspective on the history of power in the African continent reveals change and continuity in a digital age.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
National commissions of inquiry are often set up by governments after crises or human rights violations to investigate events and identify those affected. Supporters see them as flexible…
The visibility of human rights advocacy depends on the logics of the social media field, the target audience fields, and the political field(s) across which communication takes place.
We outline the implications of information and communication technologies for the United Nations’ practices to protect and promote human rights.
By building their credibility as sources — through interpersonal relationships with journalists, through authority with human rights leaders, and through associations with NGO networks — human rights NGOs…
