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Call for Proposals: Digital Health Apps Hackathon, Kenya

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:29:00 GMT

Did you know that many health app developers knowingly or unknowingly sign away the rights to the data collected by health apps? Together with the University of Warwick, The Open Institute is running a project exploring how we can change this to protect personal data from falling into the wrong hands during the development and use of digital health apps. We welcome your innovative proposals and ideas!

New research to explore the impact of Covid-19 on the informal economy

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:03:48 GMT

Warwick Law School academics, Dr Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Dr Celine Tan are collaborating on a new international research project focused on exploring the impact of COVID-19 on informal workers in Colombia.

How can we trace and name each refugee who has drowned in the Mediterranean?

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:13:40 GMT

The latest post from Lacuna Magazine, produced by our Centre for Human Rights in Practice.

In Italy forensic pathologist Cristina Cattaneo is working to identify some of the 20,000 refugees who have died or gone missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean.

IEL Collective Call for Papers

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 09:12:00 GMT

The IEL Collective will be hosting its first Inaugural Conference from 6-7 November 2019 at the University of Warwick and is calling for papers.

Law School launches IEL Collective

Fri, 24 May 2019 11:36:19 GMT

The IEL Collective was launched on Thursday 23 May 2019. It is an initiative started by research centres based at seven law schools around the UK to provide a space for critical reflection on the complex interactions in the growing field of international economic law.

An interview with genocide prosecutor & alumnus Charles Adeogun-Phillips

Fri, 11 May 2018 07:03:05 GMT

After the Rwandan genocide saw the murder of up to one million people, prosecutor Charles Adeogun-Phillips was tasked with delivering justice to the victims. In an article by Lacuna Magazine, he talks to Warwick Law School's Sanjeeb Hossain about his 12 years leading genocide prosecutions at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, how he coped with the crimes he tried and what he learnt about humanity.

Former LLM student supports African Entrepreneurs

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:26:41 GMT

Former Warwick LLM student, Anna Celuch, who recently graduated with a distinction will soon be packing her bags to help local African entrepreneurs build successful businesses.

Anna travelled from Poland to study International Economic Law at Warwick University, and went on to be awarded Top Postgraduate Performer in IEL 2016/17.

Students Lead the Way to National Success

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:51:03 GMT

While studying a module on Human Rights in Practice, four Warwick Law students embarked on a human rights project which led to an incredibly successful petition- gaining nearly 60,000 signatures.

In an article published in Lacuna, Warwick Law student, Helen Bates describes how her team began researching into sexism in the workplace to discover the scale and seriousness of pregnancy and maternity discrimination. Joining forces with Joeli Brearley, the founder of ‘Pregnant then Screwed’, they set up a petition that would extend pregnant mother’s legal rights to bring a discrimination claim to tribunal from 3 months to 6 months.

Warwick Law student featured in University of Pennsylvania Law Journal

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 09:13:35 GMT

During a placement last summer (2016) in California for the Death Penalty Internship Programme, third year Warwick Law undergraduate, Natasha Darlington, penned an article analysing the consequences of a real Ohio case whereby a federal judge ruled the current State-prescribed procedure of lethal injection as unconstitutional.

The article, titled 'Federal Judge rejects Ohio’s Lethal Injection Procedure: An Ongoing Constitutional Question', was consequently published by the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Law Journal.

Transformative Potential of Human Rights Education

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:35:48 GMT

Dr Alison Struthers' article 'The Underdeveloped Transformative Potential of Human Rights Education: English primary education as a case study' has been published by the Journal of Human Rights Practice (DOI:10.1093/jhuman/huw023).

The article argues that in order for learners to become empowered human rights activitists, they must be equipped with relevant knowledge, skills and attitudes. It draws upon empirical research conducted with teachers from primary schools across England to argue that whilst empowerment-related concepts may be encouraged to a certain extent, learners are unlikely to be emerging from formal schooling with the means to contribute significantly to transformation of the broader human rights culture.