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Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law

The expanding impact of human rights law on society is reflected in the breadth of our research interests

Human Rights Project in collaboration with the Law Clinic

This initiative allowed a team of students to form part of an international research collaboration involving universities from six countries. This was the first initiative in an on-going collaboration with Strathclyde Law Clinic. The four-month project examined the state of Scottish legislation and policies on Violence Against Women and the impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). As a follow-up, we made a consultation submission in response to a call by the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences.

Dissertation Award 2018

The annual prize for the best dissertation by a student on the taught Masters programme in Human Rights Law has this year been awarded to Ms. Conor Hill. The dissertation, entitled ‘The Use of ‘Alternative’ Justice Mechanisms to Secure Women’s Rights in Post-Conflict Societies: Lessons from Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia’, was supervised by Therese O’Donnell. Read more about the dissertation prize here.   

We collaborate with Strathclyde's award winning Law Clinic on Human Rights projects

We have awarded five prizes for the best LLM dissertations since launching the prize in 2014