A Right to Enjoy Culture in Face of Climate Change: Implications for “Climate Migrants”…
This paper considers the extent to which international human rights law offers protection to ‘climate migrants’.
Publications
From visible to invisible: Tunisia’s gendered democracy paradox (2013)
This paper will argue that secular Tunisian women have faced challenges to accessing political power, indicating a disconnect between the image of Tunisia and the reality.
UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Journalists’ Right to Life (2012)
A report prepared by the CGHR research team for the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
How Editors Choose Which Human Rights News to Cover: A Case Study of Mexican…
How journalists at Mexican newspapers determine human rights newsworthiness interacts with overt influences on journalism, such as economic considerations and political pressures, to produce human rights news.
Spot News Versus Reportage: Newspaper Models, the Distribution of Newsroom Credibility, and Implications for…
Mexican newspapers developed two models in response to competition from electronic media, the spot news model, which prioritises efficiency, and the reportage model, which prioritises expertise and autonomy.
Annual Report 2011-12
2016-2018 saw new directions and exciting changes at CGHR. As the new Co-Directors of the centre, we have broadened the leadership from our home in POLIS, Sharath’s department,…
Beyond “Asian Values”: Rethinking rights (2012)
This paper assesses the supposed dichotomies between Western and Asian perspectives on human rights and shows how such tensions are often false.
Threats to the Right to Life of Journalists (2012)
This material was presented at a Meeting of Experts with the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and seeks to study the Safety of Journalists.
New communication technologies and citizen-led governance in Africa (2012)
The CGHR has run a pilot project on the impact that ICTs have had on governance in Africa. This paper presents background that the project aims to address.
CGHR Safety of Journalists ‘Research Pack’ (2012)
A report prepared by the CGHR research team for the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
Annual Report 2010-11
The CGHR has become a forum for work on human rights in Africa. CGHR welcomes Dr Gagliardone and Dr Brisset-Foucault researching technology and political change in Africa.
Rule By law in Ethiopia: Rendering constitutional limits on government power nonsensical (2011)
The Ethiopian Constitution aims to build ‘a political community founded on the rule of law’. This paper will assess the basis of the rule of law in Ethiopia.