Human Rights Law Centre - University of Nottingham

04/02/2025

🌈 It's LGBT+ History Month and to celebrate this year's theme of Activism & Social Change the HRLC will be hosting on online event on: Trans Human Rights Advocacy: Strategies from around the World.

This event brings together a range of expert speakers to explore key challenges, opportunities, and strategies in terms of advancing the human rights of trans people around the world, including:

➡️ Erika Castellanos (Executive Director of GATE - Global Action for Trans Equality);
➡️ Mauro Cabral Grinspan (Lead Project Coordinator at InterAction for Health and Human Rights);
➡️ Donnchadh Greene (Public Law Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers);
➡️ CHITSANUPONG NITHIWANA (Executive Director of Young Pride Club)

📆 12 February, 15:00-16:30 GMT
🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eY86Rgbg

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10/01/2025

We are delighted to announce that for our 2025 Annual Lecture we will be joined by Professor Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights and Professor of Global Environmental Law at the University of Strathclyde.

Join us for her talk on 'Intersectionality & the Human Rights Implications of Climate Change'.

🗓️ 30 January, 17:30 (GMT)
📌 In-Person (LASS B63) & Online
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/3WqNhtt

20/09/2024

The latest edition of the HRLC Newsletter is available now, in which we highlight the events and activities that our members, students, and staff have engaged in over the past year.

Read it here ⬇

Welcome to the 2024 edition of the Human Rights Law Centre Newsletter - a round-up of the events and activities that our members, students, and staff have engaged in over the past year.

08/08/2024

It is with huge sadness that we share the news of the sudden death on Monday of our dear friend and colleague, Agnes Flues.

We send our deepest sympathies to her partner and family.

She is irreplaceable and we will miss her enormously.

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/newsholding/news-2024/Agnes-Flues.aspx

16/05/2024

Join us for our upcoming event - 'Children's Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel: Voices from the UN Human Rights System'.

🗓️ 23 May, 17:15 - 18:15
📌 Online via MS Teams
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/3UBrXzy

We are delighted to be joined by two leading UN experts to address this urgent and evolving child rights crisis: Ann Skelton (Chairperson, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child) and Farida Shaheed (UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education).

Both the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education have engaged extensively with the child rights issues raised by the Israel-Palestine conflict. This seminar is a unique opportunity to get their perspectives on the challenges and potential solutions in terms of children’s rights.

The discussion will be moderated by Aoife Nolan (Professor of International Human Rights Law / Director of the Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham).

02/05/2024

Join us for the final screening of the 2024 Human Rights Film Series!

We will be screening Annemarie Jacir’s award-winning film 'When I Saw You', a poignant drama set in the 1960s exploring the intertwined trauma of a child refugee experiencing the loss of their father and the uncertainty of statelessness.

🗓️ 16 May, 17:00
📌 Hallward Library Screening Room
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/4a1xrJA

This screening will be followed by a discussion on the child rights issues that are depicted in the film, led by Ralph Sandland, Professor of Law and Difference at the University of Nottingham.

24/04/2024

Join us for the next screening of the Human Rights Film Series!

We will be screening Rex Bloomstein's 'Lifer: Living with Murder', a documentary which explores the long-term impact of life sentences on prisoners in the UK.

🗓️ Wednesday, 1st of May, 17:00 (BST)
📌 Hallward Library Screening Room (LG40)
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/44ljbtV

The screening will be followed by an open discussion to promote an understanding of the issues depicted in the film. We are delighted to be joined by Dr Jason Warr, co-director of the Criminal Justice Research Unit, to facilitate and share his research experience!

15/04/2024

'Behind the Scenes: Writing more diverse textbooks on international law and human rights'

🗓️ Friday, 26 April at 13:00 (BST)
📌 Online via MS Teams
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/441xiEx

In light of the recent publication of the new textbook Public International Law: A Multi-Perspective Approach edited by Sué González-Hauck, Raffaela Kunz and Max Milas (Taylor and Francis, 2024), the HRLC is hosting a workshop to discuss the potential and difficulties in writing more diverse textbooks on international law and human rights law.

The online workshop will take place on 26 April 2024, 13.00-15.00 (UK time) (14.00-16.00 CET)

13/03/2024

The HRLC and International Law Association are delighted to invite you to our upcoming event with Ivana Jelić, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Montenegro.

'Judging Human Rights: A Fireside Chat on a Career in Human Rights Law'

🗓️ 22 March, 14:00 (GMT)
📌 Nottingham, A19 Trent Building
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/3PFQ8eH

Judge Jelić will be joining us to discuss her experiences working in the field of human rights law. She served as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee from 2015-18, latterly as its Vice-President, and was appointed as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights on 12 July 2018.

This in-person event will take place on Friday, 22nd of March, 14:00-15:00 (GMT) in Room A19 Trent Building (Committee Room).

04/03/2024

Join the HRLC and Amicus ALJ for our upcoming event:

‘Death in TX: An overview of the constitutional, legal, human rights & practical challenges for Death Penalty Defense Attorneys in Texas’

🗓️ 13 March, 15:15 (GMT)
📌 LASS B63 & Online via MS Teams
🔗 Free registration here: https://buytickets.at/humanrightslawcentre/1176612

AMICUS is a due process, fair trials not-for-profit organisation that fights for individuals facing death sentences in the US. AMICUS also facilitates the training and placement of lawyers and postgraduate students to support capital defence offices across the US, including hosting UoN law students as part of the undergraduate year abroad programme with The University of Texas at Austin.

The event will feature a panel of speakers discussing AMICUS’s work, providing insights into the current legal challenges and issues in the US, with a focus on Texas, and highlighting the contributions of UoN students over the years. Presentations will be followed by a Q/A discussion session.

14/02/2024

We are re-launching our Human Rights Film Series!

Join us on the 26th of February to learn about the legacy of noted gay liberation activist Marsha P. Johnson. The screening will be followed by an expert-led discussion on LGBTQ+ issues to promote a greater understanding of the significance of Marsha's advocacy.

📆 26/02, 17:30
📌 Clive Granger A40, University of Nottingham
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/3OHuTsa

12/02/2024

'Ukraine Beyond Aggression: Legal Responses to Russia’s Invasion in 2022 and its Consequences'

As we approach the two-year mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this event presents an opportune moment for critical reflection on the role and efficacy of international law in addressing this conflict, and armed conflicts more broadly.

📅 21 February, 14:00 (GMT)
📌 Nottingham & Online

🔗 Register here: http://bit.ly/3Uzzb8H
📄 Event programme: http://bit.ly/3OG1vCH

Join the HRLC and NILSC for our upcoming event examining the legal responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and its consequences.