Our research
Research projects
Our ground-breaking research projects include the Children and Armed Conflict Unit, the Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom, and
the Right to Health Unit, which reflect our world class reputation for human rights research and practice.
Over the last two decades, we have developed an extensive record in the field of academic and
policy research, much of which has been funded by external bodies. We are especially well-known for
our work internationally on civil and political rights, including the prohibition against torture,
as well as international humanitarian law and the protection of human rights in situations of armed
conflict. These remain major areas of research for us.
Centre expertise
Members of our Centre have expertise across a wide range of other human rights issues,
spanning various disciplines. For example, our staff have researched, taught and worked in the fields
of democracy and development; economic, social and cultural rights; refugees and migration; and the
protection of human rights in the UK. The diversity of our interdisciplinary expertise allows us to
conduct research in the most significant areas of human rights and democracy.
We also offer group-specific human rights expertise in addressing such issues as gender
mainstreaming, the human rights of children, discrimination, minority rights, and racism.
Our staff have worked in different regions on issues ranging from democratic and electoral
processes in post-communist countries and Latin America, to human rights in the European Union.