The Centre of Governance and Human Rights draws together experts, practitioners and policymakers from Cambridge University and far beyond to think critically and innovatively about pressing governance and human rights issues throughout the world. CGHR organises a range of research seminars and public events throughout the year, tied to our emerging research priorities. Many are recorded and accessible from SMS or our website.
Latest episodes
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Researcher Spotlights
This interview with Dr Graham Denyer Willis marks the first of the GCHR's Researcher Spotlights series. These videos focus on various academics at the University of Cambridge…
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Citizen Media Research and Verification: An Analytical Framework for Human Rights
Launch of a report, Citizen Media Research and Verification: An Analytical Framework for Human Rights Practitioners,’ by Christoph Koettl, Senior analyst at Amnest…
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CGHR's First Five Years: Research Themes
A brief introduction to CGHR's research themes, by theme leads Dr Ella McPherson (Human Rights in the Digital Age), Dr Thomas Probert (The Right to Life), Dr Devon Curtis (Vio…
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'Valuing Voices in the Digital Age': Dr Sharath Srinivasan, Director, CGHR
A short talk by CGHR Director Dr Sharath Srinivasan delivered at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate the Centre's first 5 years.
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Africa's Voices Launch: Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes, Head of Research and Development / Dr Sharath Srinivasan,…
Head of Research and Development Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes introduces the work of Africa's Voices Foundation, a non-profit organisation spun out of CGHR research, at an event hel…
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Politics, Digital Technologies and the Media, Dr Sharath Srinivasan, Director, CGHR
Director Dr Sharath Srinivasan describes CGHR's work under the research theme Politics, Digital Technologies and the Media, at an event in May 2015 to celebrate the Centre&apo…
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Violence Conflict and Peacebuilding: Dr Devon Curtis, Department of Politics and International Studies, Univer…
CGHR Research Associate Dr Devon Curtis describes the work of the Centre under the theme Violence Conflict and Peacebuilding, at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate the Centre&a…
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The Right to Life: Dr Thomas Probert, Special Procedures Branch, OHCHR
CGHR Research Associate Dr Thomas Probert describes the work of the Centre under the theme The Right to Life, at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate CGHR's first five years…
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Human Rights in the Digital Age: Dr Ella McPherson, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
CGHR Research Associate Dr Ella McPherson describes the work of the Centre under the research theme Human Rights in the Digital Age, at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate CGHR&…
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CGHR's First Five Years: Dr Sharath Srinivasan, Director, CGHR
CGHR Director Dr Sharath Srinivasan gives a brief overview of CGHR's first five years at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate the Centre's 5th anniversary.
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Selma James: 'Ujamaa: from 1960s Tanzania to 21st century Europe'
Selma James on her latest contribution to Ralph Ibbott’s 'Ujamaa: the hidden story of Tanzania’s socialist villages'. Selma provides a provocative interpretat…
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#ICT4HR - Expert panel on the uses of ICTs to foster accountability for human rights violations
After a two-day meeting to discuss a report to the UN Human Rights Council, CGHR hosted an international panel of experts for a discussion of the uses of ICTs in the protection of…
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Professor Sir David Edward: The Future of Human Rights in the UK
CGHR talk by Professor Sir David Edward, 28th January 2015
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Africa's Voices Foundation presentation at 2014 Cambridge-Africa Research Day
Africa’s rapid digital revolution, especially through mobile communications, combined with radio’s popularity, offers a significant opportunity for engaging and analysi…
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Unlawful Killings in Africa: Launch of a CGHR Study for the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or…
On 19th June 2014, CGHR published and launched the outcome of its most recent collaboration with the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary exe…
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"Autonomous Weapons Systems: The Future?" | A Public Lecture by the UN Special Rapporteur on extraju…
Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, delivers a public lecture at the University of Cambridge on the challenges for th…
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20 years after the genocide in Rwanda: Presentation and reflections on the judicial process
To mark the 20th anniversary of the genocide committed in Rwanda in 1994, in May 2014 the Centre of Governance and Human Rights and RCN Justice & Démocratie hosted a discu…
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Conflict and Crisis in South Sudan: Roundtable
In light of the outbreak of violence in South Sudan, CGHR organized a roundtable discussion to give a snapshot of the conflict and its consequences to date, exploring its underlyin…
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The ‘Africa’s Voices’ Project: Fostering Public Debate and Public Opinion Gathering in Afric…
A presentation on the insights and challenges of the first year of the applied research pilot 'Africa's Voices' by CGHR Research Associate Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes, gi…
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Professor Francois Burgat : When Authoritarianism fails in the Arab World: understanding the recourse to the M…
The French Embassy has generously sponsored a cycle of lectures and workshops which bring to Cambridge leading scholars from France to interact and foster research collaborations w…