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Funding for Scoping Study of EU Trade Governance
James Harrison, Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, has recently been granted funding for a scoping project analysing the social dimensions of the EU's external trade policy including human rights and labour standards issues.
The project will develop an inter-disciplinary collaboration between Queen Mary's at the University of London and Warwick in economic geography, business management, law and international political economy to investigate a range of social issues in the governance of the European Union’s external economic relations
Earlier in 2012, James Harrison acted as an advisor to the ‘Alternative Trade Mandate’ project - a civil society initiative which envisages, inter alia, what a more human rights-friendly EU trade policy would look like.
Early Career Workshop on Socio-Economic Rights - Call for Abstracts
The Centre for Human Rights in Practice in conjunction with the Institute of Advanced Studies is organising a workshop for early career researchers to discuss how social economic rights could be implemented in practice. We encourage scholars from a wide range of disciplines to participate.
The Workshop will take place on 13 December 2012. The deadline for expressions of interest in presenting a paper is 31 October 2012. Please click here for more details of how to apply.
Centre Co-Director gives evidence to Canadian Parliament
Since 2008 the Centre has provided support and methodological guidance to the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CICC) and the Canadian Parliament's Standing Committee on International Trade with regard to proposals for a HRIA of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
In June 2012, Dr. Harrison was asked to give evidence to the Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada in relation to the first year's human rights report. His written evidence is available here.
Dr Harrison commented: "It is a shame that this first report does not reflect the hard work that has been undertaken by so many people to create a rigorous human rights reporting process. As academics, it is our job to push policy-makers when their efforts do fall short, in the hope that there will be improvement in the future."