Two human right defenders (HRD) fellows spent three days in Edinburgh.

Alice Trotter (PhD student) is looking to speak to local people about their thoughts on York as a human rights city.

We invite you to read Alice Trotter's (PhD candidate) article about York being a human rights city.

LLM (Master of Laws) and MA (Master) students started fieldwork for their placements.

The Centre for Applied Human Rights discusses the changes that have occurred over 2022.

Centre for Applied Human Rights lecturer worked on a submission to the Special Rapporteur on torture.

On Friday 9 December, CAHR staff and students commemorated International Human Rights Defender Day by remembering those who continue to suffer and face risks as they promote and protect human rights.

An event at the House of Commons calling for support for the inclusion of Noma on the World Health Organisation list of neglected tropical diseases.

Paul Gready attended the international conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chair Programme in Paris, on 3-4 November 2022.

At the beginning of October, Dr Ioana Cismas, CAHR’s co-director, participated in two expert workshops organised in Collonges and Geneva by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, visited Scotland on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 October.

On 13 September, a public event was held to launch Art Rights Truth (ART).

CAHR will be honored to continue to welcome Chevening students on our postgraduate programmes.

Nabila Okino talks to Alumni Voices about her time at York co-founding Social Change Organisation – The Continental Approach – and how she is trying to change the narrative of the African continent by ​showcasing positive African stories that inspire and innovate.

Next year Oslo will be welcoming the first human rights defenders to the city.

We urge the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to resume the support for students from Afghanistan and ensure that the 2023/24 Afghan Chevening cohort will be able to pursue their studies in the UK.

The Rafto Prize 2022 is awarded to Nodjigoto Charbonnel and his organisation Association Jeunesse pour la Paix et la Non-Violence (AJPNV), for their courageous struggle to abolish torture in Chad.

Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata will be presenting his latest report, which has been attracting global attention.

CAHR hosted three human right defenders (HRDs) on its Protective Fellowship Scheme for HRDs at Risk in 2021/22.

The Sam Pegram Human Rights Placement Award celebrates the life and honours the memory of Sam Pegram, our CAHR alumnus, who died tragically in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash.

Emily Forbes' dissertation was recently published in the York Law Review. We warmly congratulate Emily for her achievement.

Have you applied to study with us at the Centre for Applied Human Rights in the academic year 2022/23 and hold a conditional or unconditional offer?

Every year the people of Aceh, Indonesia come together to celebrate their connection to the seas that surround their land and the fishermen who earn their livelihood fishing those waters.

The Human Rights Defender (HRD) Hub recently published the first paper in a new series of working papers.

A new report has highlighted inequality, poverty and inadequate social care as the key challenges facing York as the City recovers from the pandemic.

The annual human rights indicator report has recently been published by the YHRCN.

A new human rights film festival launches this week in York, online from Tuesday 1 to Sunday 6 February.

Read our joint-statement in English and Arabic

The Centre for Applied Human Rights joins the global health community in marking World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day.