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Lacuna Magazine is recruiting

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:31:41 GMT

Lacuna is an online magazine, run by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, that exposes injustice and promotes human rights.

Each year we advertise paid support positions, offering opportunities to students with skills in social media, video production, editing, content marketing, art and graphic design.

Find new opportunities for 2022 advertised here.

Free tickets for event: Post-truth: explore the art of getting to the truth (25th March, London)

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:06:21 GMT

We have 10 free tickets for Warwick students (law and non-law) for the following event (a collaboration between The Word Factory, The Orwell Prize and Lacuna magazine):

Post-truth: explore the art of getting to the truth

with Paul McVeigh, Alison MacLeod, Andrew Williams and Christina Lamb

Saturday, 25 March 2017 from 18:00 to 20:00 (Waterstones, 203-206 Piccadilly, London)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/word-factory-52-post-truth-explore-the-art-of-getting-to-the-truth-tickets-30920335556?platform=hootsuite

To book your free ticket, email cathy@thewordfactory.tv with your name, mentioning Warwick University.

Lacuna magazine sponsored event: Citizen: The New Story (The Word Factory) - 25th March (London)

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 19:14:33 GMT

Lacuna Magazine is delighted to participate in this exciting event organised by The Word Factory on Sat 25 March 2017 at 6pm, at Waterstones, 203-206 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HD.

Citizen: The New Story

Salon #52 – Post-truth and the art of the story

What responsibilities does a writer have to the words he or she writes?

An evening of reading and debate with award-winning writers. Paul McVeigh | Andrew Williams | Christina Lamb | Alison MacLeod | Cathy Galvin

Salon limited to 80 places. Click here for further details and booking instructions.

Lacuna recruiting student to join publicity team!

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:21:51 GMT

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: Business and Human Rights

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:51:37 GMT

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.

New Lacuna edition: Telling stories of the vulnerable and marginalised

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:11:48 GMT

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.

REMINDER: Call for submissions on Environmental migration - deadline 30th November 2016

Politics of Papua Project - Policy Brief

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:52:38 GMT

The University of Warwick Politics of Papua Project has published a Policy Brief in conjunction with the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society. It provides a summary of the 14 key recommendations and highlights the unique position of the United Kingdom to take effective leadership to resolve the conflict in West Papua. The brief draws from a full-length report published by the University of Warwick Politics of Papua Project, presented in Parliament earlier this year.

For a shorter read on West Papuan independence movement, read Silencing West Papuan independence supporters overseas written by one of the Politics of Papua Project team members for Lacuna magazine.

Centre for Human Rights in Practice Student Activities 2016-2017

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:22:00 GMT

The Centre for Human Rights in Practice provides many opportunities for students to get involved in paid work with the Centre and volunteering placements with external organisations. We are currently advertising a number of opportunities, listed below. For further information about all of the opportunities listed below including deadlines, and application instructions, please visit the Student Activities section of our website.

Volunteer (unpaid) opportunities for which we are now recruiting are:

· Coventry Law Centre

CLC is a charity employing solicitors and advice workers providing free legal advice and representation to people whose rights have been breached in our area. Warwick students can get involved in:

Volunteering with the Asylum and Immigration Team

Volunteering with the Astraea and RIPPLE Projects (health and social care)

· Death Penalty Project - Attorney Support Programme

This project assists US attorneys and charities with their on-going work on capital cases in a number of different ways, from case summarisation, to research. The project is student run, and all the work is performed by our dedicated volunteers coordinated by group leaders.

Paid opportunities for which we are now recruiting are:

· Lacuna magazine

Lacuna is an online magazine published by the Centre that challenges indifference to suffering and promotes human rights. We are currently recruiting for two student roles:

Social Media / Publicity assistant

Online Content Management assistant (with some work in Social Media/Publicity)

· Equality, Human Rights and Public Spending Cuts Work

The project is seeking a research assistant to research issues related to the public spending cuts, the extension and development of our electronic database, and communicating with civil society organisations and public authorities who we are working with.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Lacuna Magazine - Call for Submissions on Environmental Migration

Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:07:53 GMT

Submissions are now open on the theme of environmental migration.

Migration is increasingly being driven by environmental issues, and climate change is set to create mass migration of hundreds of millions in the decades to come. We must tell the stories of ‘environmental migrants’ so that their need to move is better understood in the countries receiving them, and so that we increase our resolve to reduce greenhouse emissions so more people can remain in their own communities.

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 issue, to provide commentary, reportage or expert analysis. Or you may wish to review a book, a film, a piece of music, art or theatre connected to migration. For more information, read our guidelines for submissions.

Interested? Get in touch with Lacuna magazine to discuss your pitch at hello@lacuna.org.uk. Final deadline for submissions on this theme: 30th November 2016.

Lacuna magazine: Call for Submissions on the Western Balkans and its diaspora

Sun, 24 Jul 2016 11:33:05 GMT

Lacuna magazine is now inviting submissions on all issues that relate to human rights and social justice in the Western Balkans and its diaspora, to be published in late 2016. To discuss your pitch and submit your draft, get in touch with the Lacuna editors at hello@lacuna.org.uk (first deadline: 31st August 2016).

Click here for the full call and help us disseminate widely!