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24 May 2012: HRC Members advise EHRC in Human Rights Review

23 May 2012: New position - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Human Rights

16 May 2012: HRC Member participates in the Euro-Med Human Rights Network

15 May 2012: HRC Fellow to be Honorary Graduate

15 May 2012: HRC Partner produces News Digest

14 May 2012: Human Rights projects with international focus

14 May 2012: Honours for top teaching

14 May 2012: Kid's Uni plan at firstsite

09 May 2012: Art History Pioneer Retires

05 April 2012: Professor Colin Samson spoke at United Nations Expert Seminar

05 April 2012: New appointment for HRC member, Dr David Marrani

05 April 2012: First candidates selected from agreement with Japan Federation Bar Association

26 March 2012: External Lecture - The Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and the Human Rights Situation in Iran

22 March 2012: External Lecture - The Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and the Human Rights Situation in Iran

01 March 2012: HRC member, Sanae Fujita's article on her revisiting of Japan after the tsunami.

01 March 2012: Talk by Dr DeFrancesco Soto, ‘The Roller Coaster Ride to the White House: The 2012 Presidential Election’

23 February 2012: 23 February 2012: HRC Speaker Series: Roma and Traveller in Europe and the Human Rights Challenges they are facing today

22 February 2012: Postgraduate Open Days Coming Up

22 February 2012: HRC Director of Academic Studies Addresses Staff & Students of the University of Paris

09 February 2012: New Vice-Chancellor appointed

09 February 2012: Human Rights Centre Partner, ICPS, publishes Guidance Note on Foreign Prisoners

09 February 2012: Human Rights centre member, Colin Sampson, gave Conference Keynote

31 January 2012: Metropolitan Police succeed in G20 “kettling” appeal

25 January 2012: Presentation by the 'Book Bus People'

19 January 2012: HRC Member Publishes Article “Ignoring Reality: Children and Civil Partnership in Ireland”

22 December 2011: NEW BA IN HUMAN RIGHTS - starting October 2012

14 December 2011: Article by Stuart Weir, (fellow of the HRC)

07 December 2011: HRC Member Guardian Article on Deputy Prime Minister plan for shareholders to tackle fat-cat pay.

07 December 2011: HRC Chair to attend conference on Bahrain’s future

07 December 2011: Human Rights and Art Project: Local Schools pupils’ artwork on show at the University of Essex

07 December 2011: HRC Fellow Stuart Weir’s article on the N30 strike and Cameron’s Propaganda.

02 December 2011: PhD Triangle

25 November 2011: HRC Speaker Series: “Seeking the truth and pursuing justice: ‘an open wound from Mexico’s dirty war’ – The situation for human rights defenders in Mexico

18 November 2011: The Human Rights Centre Scores 100% for Quality of Teaching and Learning in National Student Survey and Student Satisfaction Survey

08 November 2011: HRC New Local Initiative: Arts and Human Rights in Education Colchester Schools Project 2011

05 November 2011: HRC Director Professor Rainer Schulze attended Critical Refugees Studies Conference

03 November 2011: International Centre for Prison Studies Joint Lecture: ‘Creating Criminals: Crime and Justice in a Market Society’ by Professor Andrew Coyle CMG and Baroness Vivien Stern

24 October 2011: HRC graduate Mutuma Ruteere appointed as the UN Rapporteur on contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

21 October 2011: 3rd Annual Symposium on Human Rights – Economic, Social and Cultural (“ESC”) Rights in the UK

19 October 2011: HRC Member Visiting University of Manitoba to talk about Human Rights

19 October 2011: HRC Member participates in Panel Session on human rights in the UNDP's Governance Forum

18 October 2011: ICPS appoints new Director

27 September 2011: HRC Member Prof. Lydia Morris' work on rights, recognition and welfare published

07 September 2011: HRC Member appointed as expert by the Equality and Human Rights Commission

24 August 2011: The University of Essex Human Rights Centre and the Department of History have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Co-Operation with Yerevan State University, Armenia.

01 August 2011: HRC Members News

01 August 2011: Graduation 2011

13 July 2011: Human Rights Clinic launches Facebook Page

13 July 2011: New scholarships unveiled at Essex

27 June 2011: International three-way video conference honoured Kevin Boyle

26 June 2011: HRC Students head to Europe

05 May 2011: The Essex Human Rights Review is pleased to announce the online publication of EHRR Volume 7, number 2.

03 May 2011: Japanese Translation of Andrew Fagan’s Human Rights Atlas

03 May 2011: Two New Modules for the New Academic Year

10 February 2011: Human Rights Centre Director Professor John Packer moderated a videoconference discussion about the events that led to the uprising in Egypt in 2011

20 October 2010: HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UNDERGRADUATE FORUM TRIP TO LONDON 20 OCTOBER 2010

13 October 2010: 'No Human Way to Kill' Panel Discussion from New York

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