- About the Centre
About The Centre
History
For many years members of Warwick Law School were engaged in human rights work around the world. Students also participated in research and practical efforts. The Centre for Human Rights in Practice was created in 2006 to enhance these activities, to introduce projects where students can get involved and to provide a focal point for research and a wide range of human rights enterprises.
Purposes
Its specific purposes are to:
- Encourage, co-ordinate and support identified human rights prjects
- Facilitate the participation of postgraduate and undergraduate students in human rights research and experiential learning opportunities
- Encourage the publication and wider dissemination of scholarly work on human rights in practice
- Form links with human rights organisations and practitioners with a view to sharing experiences and knowledge
- Act as a depository of information and reflection accumulated from students, practitioners, and academics involved in the projects undertaken by the Centre
Projects
Capacity Building
The Centre for Human Rights in Practice provides research and capacity building support to a number of human rights organisations and practitioners. We harness the Centre's academic expertise and utilise that to inform the policy and practice of human rights organisations and practitioners in a number of fields.
Student Activites
The Centre is engaged in a number of projects in which students at all levels are able to participate. In the past these have included an anti-discrimination project and a community justice project. Current projects include:
- Death penalty summer internships in the USA
- Death penalty attorney support project
- YOU*Th Inspire
- Pro Bono projects with the Law Society
For more information concerning these initiatives please contact Andrew Williams on
