Co-designing Research to Provide Access to Justice and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions
Rethinking the transformative potential of human rights in a transnational context at a time when the human rights system is under significant threat.
The workshop brings together partners from the Middle East, Asia and Africa to consider how human rights can be recentred as having transformative potential, at a time in which both the international human rights system and the global human rights movement are under threat.
Human rights redefine dignity, equality, and power in society. They limit state abuse by setting universal standards and holding governments accountable. They empower marginalized groups to challenge injustice and demand inclusion. By shaping laws and social norms, human rights can shift attitudes and make discrimination unacceptable. They also foster global solidarity through shared values. However, their impact depends on enforcement, political will, and public support.
This workshop seeks to consider new approaches to the field of human rights in addition to concrete outcomes that may yet respond to this predicament. It incorporates deep-dive panels on Palestine, Sudan and Kenya, as well as drawing broader links across cases to look at transformative human rights in a transnational context. What are the transversal alliances and coalitions that can challenge state-corporate impunity and large scale harms?
This workshop is conducted by the centres for Human Rights Law, Palestine Studies, and International Studies and Diplomacy SOAS University of London, and Centre for Social Justice Research, University of Westminster.
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This workshop is by invitation only. For further information, please contact Emma McCluskey at [email protected]
