Areas of Work

The Essex HR Clinic adopts a multi-faceted approach to its work, in view of the multi-disciplinary nature of the field of human rights and the diversity of expertise held by professors and students of the University of Essex.

The Essex HR Clinic seeks to enhance students' capacities to think strategically and advocate effectively using analytical methods of problem-solving and conflict-resolution.

As participants in the Essex HR Clinic, students work in a professional setting and develop professional skills, learning to manage multiple demands under time pressure and resource constraints.

Since we began in 2009, we have developed several areas of expertise, including:

• Torture/Police/Detention
  • Torture in Asia
  • Pre-trial Detention in Nigeria
  • Radilla

 

• Business, Labour and Human Rights
  • Corporate Veil
  • Migrant Labour

 

• Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Dale Farm
  • Education in Germany
  • Endorois
  • EU Roma Database

 

• Equality and Non-Discrimination is a cross-cutting theme throughout all our projects

 

• Litigation/Advocacy
  • Torture in Asia
  • Dale Farm
  • Corporate Veil
  • Radilla
  • Education in Germany

 

• Social Sciences/Government
  • Migrant Labour
  • EU Roma Database
  • Corporate Veil
  • Dale Farm
  • Education in Germany

 

• Media
  • Torture in Asia
  • Corporate Veil
  • Dale Farm

 

We are always looking at new initiatives that will expand our areas of expertise, subject to our project selection criteria.