On 4th and 5th November 2013, co-director of the Centre and Academic Lead on Global Governance, James Harrison, spoke at the Austrian Scientific Foundation for International Developments (ÖFSE) in Vienna. His keynote presentation was on Human Rights Impact Assessment: Potential and Challenges in the Development Context and can be viewed on the ÖFSE’s website. He also delivered a second presentation named Human Rights Impact Assessments of Free Trade Agreements: What is the State of the Art?

These talks drew extensively upon previous published work by James.

The Centre for Human Rights in Practice is jointly hosting a roundtable meeting with Coventry Citizen's Advice Bureau, Coventry Law Centre and Coventry Women's Voices. James Harrison, Co-director of the Centre, and Mary-Ann Stephenson, co-ordinator of the Human Rights, Equality and the Spending Cuts project and CHRP Associate Fellow, will be attending.

The Centre for Human Rights in Practice has worked in partnership with Coventry Women’s Voices, Coventry Ethnic Minority Action Partnership and Foleshill Women’s Training to produce a new report: “Layers of Inequality: A Human Rights and Equality Impact Assessment of the Public Spending Cuts on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women in Coventry”

The report, which has been co-authored by Kalwinder Sandhu (Coventry Women’s Voices), Mary-Ann Stephenson (Coventry Women’s Voices and the Centre for Human Rights in Practice) and James Harrison (Centre Co-Director, Centre for Human Rights in Practice) will be officially launched on Monday 8 July 2013 at an event led by Marcia Jarrett (Coventry Ethnic Minority Action Partnership), report author Kindy Sandhu (Coventry Women’s Voices), Pragna Patel (Southall Black Sisters), Yvonne Mosquito (Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands) and Mary-Ann Stephenson (Coventry Women’s Voices and Centre for Human Rights in Practice)

Event Details

The report launch will take place between 9.30am and 11.30am on Monday 8 July 2013 at:

Herbert Gallery

Jordan Well, Coventry,

CV1 5QP

 All are welcome –but booking essential as places are limited. Please email v.kaur@cemap-coventry.org.uk to book a place.