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Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law
The Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law (CSHRL) launched in 2008 as a focal point for research and teaching in human rights law.
We are a cluster of academic staff with research, teaching, practice, and public engagement expertise in the area of human rights law, based within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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News
Interdisciplinary research featured in report on human rights-based approaches in health and social care in Scotland
Dr Elaine Webster participated as an interviewee and contributed to one of the report’s case studies
Collaborative research report on international human rights law obligations relevant to domestic bills of rights processes
The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law have undertaken a joint research project to identify and examine key duties drawn from international human rights law
Report published on Integrated Implementation of Scotland’s New Human Rights Framework
The Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law launched a series of workshops, entitled: 'Integrated Implementation of Scotland’s New Human Rights Framework', generously funded by a Research Workshops grant from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Spotlights
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.We collaborate with Strathclyde's award winning Law Clinic on Human Rights projects
We have awarded nine prizes for the best LLM dissertations since launching the prize in 2014.