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Human rights, centre for public engagement

Vlog

Friends and Foes: What Human Rights Do For Businesses

Friends and Foes: What Human Rights Do For Businesses

Dr Tara Van Ho, Professor Jules Pretty

05 April 2023

Podcast

Putting The Ball in a New Court

Join Koldo Casla and Tara Van Ho in conversation with Jules Pretty on the uses and applications of human rights to improve lives and make businesses more sustainable.

Dr Tara Van Ho, Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Koldo Casla

23 March 2023

Blog post

Why freedom of thought is so important and how to protect it

Why freedom of thought is so important and how to protect it

Professor Ahmed Shaheed and Professor Wayne Martin discuss the importance of the freedom of thought

Professor Wayne Martin, Professor Ahmed Shaheed

25 May 2022

Blog post

Indigenous people, nature and land rights: why does it matter?

Indigenous people, nature and land rights: why does it matter?

Professor Colin Samson and Dr Carlos Gigoux Gragmena from the Department of Sociology discuss how understanding the relationships between indigenous peoples and their lands has been at the heart of their research.

Professor Colin Samson, Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramegna

20 January 2022

Podcast

Louder Than Words: Is Big Brother watching you?

Louder Than Words: Is Big Brother watching you?

In the latest episode of the Louder than Words Podcast, Professor Jules Pretty journalist Martha Dixon look at surveillance and the impact on our modern lives. Academics from the University of Essex explain how they are contributing to the debate; helping people understand their rights and also trying to work alongside innovators to explain the implications of their technology.

Professor Jules Pretty

21 October 2021

Podcast

The Louder Than Words Podcast Episode Two: Migration

The Louder Than Words Podcast Episode Two: Migration

In our second episode Professor Jules Pretty and journalist Martha Dixon, take you on a journey to discover why we need to learn from our past in uncovering the global impact of migration on our people and our land. Our speakers have direct experience of migration and the impact it has had on their lives. We discuss why this is such an important issue and why we need to learn from the past to look forward.

Professor Jules Pretty

12 May 2021

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Righting wrongs through reparation

Righting wrongs through reparation

In this blog, Professor Clara Sandoval-Villalba, highlights how engagement is vital for achieving positive results in cases of serious violations of human rights.

Professor Clara Sandoval-Villalba

26 August 2020

Blog post

Colonialism didn’t end, it just evolved

Colonialism didn’t end, it just evolved

Indigenous communities united in struggle over land and colonialism

Professor Colin Samson

04 March 2020

Blog post

Live facial recognition: the impact on human rights and participatory democracy

Live facial recognition: the impact on human rights and participatory democracy

Technology and our rights

Dr Daragh Murray

07 November 2019

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