by aseifert | Feb 16, 2015 | Events
What are the human rights challenges of the future? This free, one-day event seeks to introduce and expand upon key questions at the cutting edge of several human rights issues. In previous years we have explored the rights of refugees to seek asylum, environmental...
by aseifert | Jan 19, 2015 | Events
In this Seminar, Dr Ziegler will argue that recognised 1951 Geneva Convention refugees should have the right to vote in the political community where they reside, assuming that the political community is a democracy and that its citizens have the right to vote. The...
by guestblogger | Nov 29, 2013 | Research & Resources
By Helle Abelvik-Lawson, Human Rights Project Officer, Human Rights Consortium (HRC) The Human Rights Consortium’s Corporate Power and Human Rights Project started in earnest at the beginning of the 2012–13 academic year. Doctoral researcher at the Institute of...
by guestblogger | May 21, 2013 | Events, Fellowships & Networks
Post by Helle Abelvik-Lawson We’ve had a busy May here at the Extreme Energy Initiative (a project of the Human Rights Consortium). As well as formally launching and developing content for our dedicated project website, www.extremeenergy.org, our preliminary research...