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The HRC facilitates & disseminates academic & policy work on human rights. Current projects include: Disseminating research on human rights.
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The Human Rights Consortium’s mission focuses on enhancing the dissemination of the research and related activities of scholars nationally and internationally. It aims to build upon the existing successes, networks and expertise of the School Members’ Institutes and develop a particular forum of discipline-focused human-rights-led activities that benefit the School and beyond. The Human Rights Consortium hosted by the School of Advanced Study was established to facilitate and promote research in human rights in the UK and internationally by:
1. Organising and supporting academic, policy and practice-oriented events on human rights.
2. Fostering national and international networks of human rights academics.
4. Hosting visiting fellows working in human rights.
5. Contributing to the training of research students working on human rights.
6. Enhancing the teaching and learning environment for graduate students.
7. Raising funds in support of human rights research and research support.
18/09/2026
Masculinity and Vulnerability: Sexual Violence Against Men During Genocide and Conflict - Anna Gopsill - Center for Advanced Genocide Research USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research
17/09/2026
FORTHCOMING EVENT IN 2 WEEKS👇 👇 👇
International Law and the Art of the Possible with Luis Franceschi, Special Envoy on Mediation at The Republic of Kenya
30 September 2026, 6pm-8pm, The Senate Room, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
In a moment when multilateralism is tested by conflict and fragmentation, this lecture asks what international law can still realistically deliver, and what the Commonwealth’s distinct model of “friendship with a purpose” offers that other multilateral frameworks do not. More than treaties signed overnight or the formal architecture of law, what helps is trust patiently built, relationships sustained across generations, and a habit of speaking honestly among friends, even about those uncomfortable truths diplomats usually shun.
Drawing on years of practice in peacebuilding, Commonwealth diplomacy, and Constitutional Law, Prof. Franceschi will explore how this relational fabric opens space for legal and political possibilities that adversarial diplomacy forecloses. Grounded in real-life situations, the lecture will address the art of the possible: not the abandonment of principle, but its patient, relational pursuit.
Register here: https://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/international-law-art-possible
School of Advanced Study - University of London
Human Rights Consortium
16/09/2026
Academic Freedom and Human Rights in Focus at Utrecht Summer School
From 17–21 August 2026, Institute of Commonwealth Studies PhD researcher Joe Ruzvidzo attended the Utrecht Summer School course “Advocacy for Academic Freedom and Human Rights” at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The intensive programme brought together Master’s and PhD researchers and higher education professionals to examine academic freedom, democracy and related human rights from an international perspective.
Read more here: https://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/news/academic-freedom-human-rights-focus-utrecht-summer-school
School of Advanced Study - University of London
University of London
04/09/2026
Forthcoming event 👇 👇 👇
International Law and the Art of the Possible with Professor Luis Franceschi, Special Envoy on Mediation at The Republic of Kenya
30 September 2026, 6pm-8pm, The Senate Room, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
In a moment when multilateralism is tested by conflict and fragmentation, this lecture asks what international law can still realistically deliver, and what the Commonwealth’s distinct model of “friendship with a purpose” offers that other multilateral frameworks do not. More than treaties signed overnight or the formal architecture of law, what helps is trust patiently built, relationships sustained across generations, and a habit of speaking honestly among friends, even about those uncomfortable truths diplomats usually shun.
Drawing on years of practice in peacebuilding, Commonwealth diplomacy, and Constitutional Law, Prof. Franceschi will explore how this relational fabric opens space for legal and political possibilities that adversarial diplomacy forecloses. Grounded in real-life situations, the lecture will address the art of the possible: not the abandonment of principle, but its patient, relational pursuit.
Register here: https://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/international-law-art-possible
School of Advanced Study - University of London
University of London
27/08/2026
Conference on Reparatory Justice In and Through Sport On 31 July 2026, Professor Kingsley Abbott represented the Institute at the international conference “Reparatory Justice in and Through Sport” in Glasgow.
28/07/2026
08/07/2026
⭐ Save the Date ⭐
An evening with the CARICOM Reparations Commission and other Guests
NEXT WEEK 13 July 2026, 6pm-8pm, Chancellor's Hall, Senate House
On Monday 13 July 2026, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies will host a public event at Senate House: An evening with the CARICOM Reparations Commission and other Guests.
The second official visit of the CARICOM Reparations Commission to the United Kingdom, comes amid a series of historic developments that are helping shape international engagement with the issue of reparations.
In March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the landmark Ghana-led resolution declaring the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans and chattel enslavement as the “gravest crime against humanity”.
The visit follows the landmark High-Level Consultative Conference on Reparations, described as a “historic turning point for Africans and People of African descent” hosted by Ghana in Accra in June 2026, where governments, international organisations, legal experts and civil society leaders developed a shared framework for advancing reparatory justice globally.
At the same time, last month, the CARICOM Reparations Commission has announced a new, strengthened, Manifesto on reparatory justice updating its Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EwzuVWkTD - which frames reparations as a “global human rights imperative.”
Looking ahead, the discussions will also help inform momentum towards the forthcoming 2026 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda in November 2026.
The delegation includes:
- Prof Sir Hilary Beckles - Chairman, CRC
- Mr Dorbrene O'Marde - Chairman, Antigua & Barbuda Reparations Support Commission & Vice Chair, CRC
- Mr Eric Phillips - Chairman, Guyana Reparations Committee & Vice Chair, CRC
- Prof Verene Shepherd - Vice Chair CRC & Vice Chair UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Ambassador David Comissong - Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM
- Dr Ron Daniels - Convenor, National African American Reparations Commission
Further details, including speakers will be announced shortly.
REGISTER HERE: https://sas.sym-online.com/registrationforms/caricom-in-conversation/done/
School of Advanced Study - University of London
University of London
23/06/2026
On 22 June 2026, Professor Kingsley Abbott, the Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, delivered one of the keynote speeches at the launch of "The Future of Warfare Report” at the House of Lords.
The report was the outcome of the 2025 Canada-UK Colloquium (CUKC) held between 12 and 14 September 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, of which the Institute of Commonwealth Studies was a pillar sponsor.
In his remarks, Professor Abbott structured his talk around three themes: the need to strengthen multilateralism and consider the Commonwealth as a model; rebalance defence spending with investment in human rights and development; and defend the international criminal justice framework.
Read more here: https://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/news/strengthen-multilateralism-rebalance-defence-spending-investment-human-rights-development
School of Advanced Study - University of London
University of London
Human Rights Consortium
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