Governance in rebel-held East Ghouta in the Damascus Province, Syria (2014)
This paper will describe the civilian administration in East Ghouta and the mechanisms which have allowed it to withstand chemical attacks by the Syrian regime and others.
Publications
Africa’s Voices: Using mobile phones and radio to foster mediated public discussion and to…
This paper presents the findings from a one-year applied research pilot project, Africa's Voices, run by CGHR. Africa's Voices developed out of CGHR's wider research programme on interactive media in Africa.
Framing Peace, the case of conciliatory radio programming in Burundi and Uganda (2014)
This paper uses research on 'peace radio' in Uganda to discuss 'peace radio' in Burundi. The paper discusses why 'peace journalism' is the appropriate framework.
The Right to be Free from the Harm of Hate Speech in International Human…
Challenges posed by hate speech have prompted the need to understand the right to be free from the harm of hate speech in international human rights Law.
Annual Report 2012-13
The CGHR's profile is rising due to work in the Cambridge-Africa Programme and beyond. Its team have support from the Cambridge-Africa Alborada and the Vice Chancellor’s Discretionary Funds.
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’.
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.