We currently have a paid opportunity for students to become involved in social media/publicity for the magazine. To apply, read the following paragraph to find out whether you are suitable for the role, and email your CV and covering letter (150 words) to Alice (a.panepinto@warwick.ac.uk) by Monday 13^th February.

The successful candidate will help to maintain and strengthen Lacuna’s social media profile (Facebook and Twitter). They will need to be able to post/tweet in relation to the magazine’s content on a daily basis, and interact with responses. They will also be asked to put together databases of email contacts to whom we can publicise particular editions of the magazine. The successful candidate should therefore have an excellent understanding of social media, and the media/magazine industry, and should have a passion for issues of human rights and injustice. He or she will also need to be able to work as part of a small team and communicate with them promptly and effectively. We are looking for candidates to start as soon as possible, who will be available outside of term time and (preferably) in 2017/2017. We are also keen to hear from PhD candidates in their first and second year.

Lacuna magazine is back in 2017 with a special issue on business and human rights:

• In our lead article, Taking human rights and business seriously, Kendyl Salcito talks about her work as a pioneer of human rights impact assessment. She tells us about her investigations; from gold mines in Indonesia to oil fields in Uganda. She explains what doing good human rights work entails, and why she is concerned that such work is the exception rather than the rule in the ‘human rights and business’ world.

• In the Purchasing Power of Public Authorities, Marie Pillon talks explains how a symposium in Greenwich made her reflect on the efforts of public bodies who use their purchasing power to tackle corporate abuses in supply chains. From the city of Madison, in Wisconsin to local councils in Sweden there are organisations using their financial clout to make a difference to the lives of workers in industries like clothing and electronics. But she also examines the challenges to making this change more widespread.

• In Smuggled and Exploited: Human Trafficking and Refugees  Gurpreet Dhaliwal looks at the story of Nadia and Adrian, how they were brought to the UK by their employers’ on ‘tied visas’ and how they become victims of human trafficking. She finds inspiration in charities like the Adavu Project, who are working to help the survivors of trafficking and modern slavery, but finds fault with the UK Parliament for failing to close a ‘loophole’ in the Modern Slavery Act that would have ended the practice of tied visas.

• Finally, in Human Rights and Business: Is the United Nations Helping? James Harrison reflects on his time at the Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. He finds inspiration in the work of dedicated individuals fighting bravely and creatively for change, but leaves the Forum concerned about the role being played by the United Nations. And in his editorial for the edition, James asks whether we should be paying more attention to the actions of inspirational individuals who are making change happen in the human rights and business field, and ensure that we build successfully on their efforts.

Lacuna returns after a summer break with a series of articles which give voice to vulnerable and marginalised individuals and communities.

In our lead article, “Hear No Evil See No Evil: The UK and the Iraq Allegations“, Andrew Williams tells the story of widespread allegations of abuses by British soldiers in Iraq. The front pages of the national newspapers have been full of the allegations in recent weeks and months. But they only tell a partial story.

We also tell a less well-known story: photojournalist Ángel López Soto and journalist Eva Mateo Asolas report on the human cost of the drought for women in Ethiopia, in two linked articles which tell the story in pictures and in words.

Finally in this edition, Sharifah Sekalala reflects on a recent UK High Court decision which opened the way to providing preventive treatment for both gay men and sex workers at risk of HIV infection in England.

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