Centre Co-Director, Dr. James Harrison will be speaking at an event in Edinburgh entitled "Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessments: making them work for you" on 1 October in Edinburgh. The event is designed to explore how Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessments (EQHRIA) can be used as tools that can help any organisation, whether public, voluntary or private to improve the lives of the people of Scotland. For more inormation about the event click here.

Dr. Harrison will be talking about the The 10 Good Practice Building Blocks which he designed to assist public authorities and those carrying out public functions in Scotland to undertake equality and human rights impact assessments (EQHRIAs) that will lead to better outcomes for the individuals and communities they serve. You can find out more about those building blocks here.

The Centre for Human Rights in Practice is currently advertising a fully-funded Phd studentship on the human rights and equality impact of welfare reform. The closing date is 15 May.

The project is a collaboration between the Centre and Coventry City Council. The ESRC-Funded Collaborative PhD will investigate the human rights and equality impacts of welfare reform, public spending cuts and cost of living increases on vulnerable groups and individuals in Coventry.

To find out more about this opportunity please see http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/chrp/projects/spendingcuts/welfarereform/