Essex Human Rights Alumni Association (EHRAA)

18/07/2025

https://youtu.be/N6c3FCboA_8?si=y_GLHzSq0ItbuXZf

Dr Sabina Garahan shares key moments from the June 2025 Human Rights Centre Clinic Conference, where students, alumni, and staff came together to reflect on ...

19/03/2025

NLG International webinar announcement:

The Role of Lawyers & Legal Workers in BUILDING a UNITED FRONT to CHALLENGE the SYSTEMS of FASCISM A Conversation with People’s Lawyers from Mississippi, Brazil, Turkey and the

20/05/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/world/middleeast/icc-hamas-netanyahu.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

While the request must be approved by the court’s judges, the announcement is a harsh rebuke of the Israeli leader’s war strategy in Gaza.

15/01/2024

"Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself." — Dr. King

And we won’t stop working until we reach liberation without exception.

26/10/2023

HRC Director's statement regarding the terrible events in Israel and Gaza.

By Dr Andrew Fagan I begin this important piece by expressing my shock and horror at the catastrophic events unfolding at this present time in Israel and Gaza. Beginning with Hamas’s incredibly bru…

25/10/2023

Essex HRC and UN Special Rapporteurs!

Taking a stand on combatting torture, improving access to health and standing up to intolerance is at the heart of the work of the United Nations.  When the UN needs expertise to hold Governments to account through Special Rapporteurs – the experts charged with investigating and reporting on huma...

19/09/2023

Nobody should ever be targeted based on their religion, sexual identity, race, ethnicity or ancestry, disability, gender or gender identity, or religion.

Learn more about targeted groups and what you can do to say : https://www.un.org/en/hate-speech/impact-and-prevention/targets-of-hate

18/09/2023

Fascinating HRC 40th Anniversary conference roundtable video!!

26/05/2023

You can now register for our 40th anniversary conference (7th - 8th July). Be great to reconnect with you all again.

Pushing Back and Moving Forwards: What Future for the Global Human Rights Project?

25/04/2023

Latest HRC short course focuses on journalism and human rights!

The Essex Human Rights Centre presents a live online course for Human Rights Journalists.

05/04/2023

Reflecting on the HRC's recent Geneva alumni reunion for our 40th anniversary