Lacuna is an online Magazine published by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice which challenges indifference to suffering and promotes human rights. Its aim is to fill the gap between the short-term immediacy of daily journalism and long-term academic analysis.

Protest has been a strong theme of the magazine from its first edition.

Lacuna is now revisiting the theme of protest and will be publishing a Special Issue on this theme in February 2016. We are now seeking submissions, with a closing date of December 31st 2015.

All forms of writing and visual art will be considered: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, film, animation and photography. You may wish to investigate a particular instance of protest, to provide commentary, reportage or expert analysis of a protest-related theme. Or you may wish to review a book, a film, a piece of music, art or theatre connected to protest.

We are interested in exploring the diverse spectrum of forms of protest: boycotts; marches; strikes;
sit ins; direct actions; online petitions; songs; stories and many more. What makes protests in all of these forms enticing, legitimate, rewarding, fruitful...? What are the wrongs that provoke our anger and how do we take action in response? We are particularly interested in work that seeks to uncover peoples' motivations forprotesting, what they seek to achieve by protesting, and/or the outcomes of their actions.

Read the full call HERE 

We are running an independent summit to explore the future of peaceful protest at our University. After consulting with student and staff representatives, we are beginning this process with a survey which is open to any member of staff or student at the University of Warwick. The survey will close on Friday 30 January at 6pm. A link to the survey can be found here - http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/research/centres/chrp/protest

To access the survey you will need to log in with a valid university username and password. You have the option to make your comments anonymously, and if you do so, your personal details will remain completely confidential.

The Centre for Human Rights in Practice will publish all submissions, together with a report which summarizes the views expressed. Submissions will also be used to determine the form and content of the Summit on Protest which will be held at Warwick at the end of February.