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Published three times a year, the Human Rights Law Centre Newsletter highlights current and forthcoming projects and events at the centre including high-profile guest vists, conferences and training courses. If you would like to receive an electronic or hard copy of our newsletter, or receive news of forthcoming activities, please send an email to one of our administrative staff . Please select an issue below to read the electronic copy. 

Issue 8, March 2011

This issue highlights our 2011 Spring Lecture held by Professor Sir Nigel Rodley on Counter-Terrorism:  The Human Rights Deficit and the success of the 2011 Student Human Rights Conference on Contemporary Challenges for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons.

Other highlights include: 

  • Profiles of HRLC Fellows James Rodehaver and Alice Edwards
  • The Importance of Judicial Training in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
  • Report on Bespoke Training course for Judicial Experts from Iran
  • Report on the Progress around Treaty Body Reform

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Issue 1 (March 2008)

The first issue's focus is on the Post-Conflict and Capacity Building Unit which is led by HRLC Co-Chair Professor Michael O'Flaherty.

Other highlights include:

  • Professor Manfred Nowak at the Annual Paragon Human Rights Lecture
  • Judge Sir Adrian Fulford at the International Criminal Court and the State Conference
  • High level guest visits to HRLC, including the Iraqi Minister for Human Rights, Hina Jilani and Bertram Ramcharan

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Issue 2 (September 2008)

This issue highlights the activities of the International Criminal Justice Unit, which led by Dr Olympia Bekou.

Other highlights include:

  • Successful 2008 Student Conference on International Human Rights and the Environment, including visit by keynote speaker Mr MC Mehta;
  • Third Annual Paragon Human Rights Lecture in Malaysia on 'The Role of Women in Society'
  • Summer School on 'Engaging with the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Maximising the Constructive Participation of Governments, National Institutions and Civil Society'.

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Issue 3 (March 2009)

 This issue highlights the work of the Human Rights Short Course Unit which is led by HRLC Co-Chair Professor David Harris, and the publication of the 2nd edition of Law of the European Convention on Human Rights. Other highlights include:

  • Human Rights Diplomacy, Expert Workshop, January 2009
  • Bringing Rights Home, Spring Lecture, January 2009
  • Memorandum of Understanding with Thai Office of the Judiciary, February 2009
  • Beyond Words: Freedom of Expression, 10th Annual Student Conference and Festival, March 2009
  • Human Rights Defender Fellowships, October 2008 - March 2009

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Issue 4 (October 2009)

This issue highlights the success of the 10th Annual Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI), Partnerships and Reform for Human Rights Protection , hosted by the Human Rights Law Centre on 18-19 September 2009.  Other highlights include:

  • National Implementing Legislation Database live on the website of the International Criminal Court, April 2009
  • Presentation of the Guiding Principles for Human Rights Field Officers during a launch event in New York, May 2009
  • Review Meeting of Draft Mental Health Legislation held in Lesotho, September 2009

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 Issue 5 (January 2010)   

This issue highlights the work of the newly established Security and Human Rights Unit, led by Professor Nigel White.  Other highlights include:

  • The Dublin Statement on the Process of Strengthening of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body System, November 2009
  • Interview with Gabriela Carina Knaul de Albuquerque e Silva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers and a HRLC Short Course student
  • Announcement of HRLC Summer School on Protecting Human Rights through UN Mechanisms

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Issue 6 (Summer 2010)

This issue highlights the dissemination of The Dublin Statement on the Process of Strengthening of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body System.  Other highlights include:

  • Dr Bekou, Head of HRLC's International Criminal Justice Unit, participates in the International Criminal Court Review Conference in Kampala, Uganda, where the National Implementing Legislation Database is showcased, June 2010
  • Interview with Professor Surya Subedi, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia and Professor of International Law at the University of Leeds
  • Interview with HRLC Chevening Fellow Mohame Barud Ali
  • Report on HRLC Annual Student Conference New Technologies:  Your Life? Your Health?  Your Privacy?  Our Human Rights and HRLC Spring Lecture - Professor William A Schabas

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Issue 7, November 2010

This issue highlights our most recent capacity building project, the training programme Human Rights Treaties: Maximising the Engagement of Iraqi Civil Society.  Other highlights include:

  • The impact of the Dublin Statement:  Triggering debate on Treaty Body Reform
  • Bridging the Impunity Gap:  a report on about key developments at the International Criminal Court's Review Conference in Kampala, Uganda, where the  National Implementing Legislation Database was showcased, June 2010
  • Interview with HRLC Short Course student Chiara Pallanch, who worked as an electoral observer in Sudan for The Carter Center, monitoring the first competitive elections since 1986
  • Report on HRLC's Summer School 2010 on Protecting Human Rights through United Nations Mechanisms
  • Report on Bespoke Training courses for Judges and Officials from the Office of the Judiciary of Thailand and the Nigerian Kano State

 

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