UCL Institute for Human Rights

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UCL's Institute for Human Rights (IHR) is a multidisciplinary centre promoting cutting edge research, teaching and public engagement

With its wide range of activities the Institute leads academic impact and engagement on global human rights issues. The Institute's focus is on human rights standard-setting, interpretation and application, in both the international and domestic context. Its mission is to contribute to UCL's role as a global university.

The institute was established to bring the university's multidisciplinary expertise (eg in law, the humanities, social sciences and medical sciences) to bear on human rights. The institute will play a prominent role as facilitator to bring together stakeholders and researchers and to develop new working partnerships in the advancement of human rights.

The aims are:

• to advance and disseminate knowledge regarding issues of moral justification, legal interpretation and practical implementation of human rights both domestic and international
• to develop models of accountability for different types human rights, equality and social justice claims
• to provide innovative, workable solutions to domestic and international human-rights problems by bringing together UCL's immense multidisciplinary wealth of intellectual capital, international collaborations and commitment to advancements in human rights
• to equip students studying human rights with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to contribute to the human-rights movement, be it through civil society, government institution or legal practice

The UCL Institute for Human Rights (IHR) coordinates research undertaken in the field of human rights across UCL. Research work is organised around seven themes:

• Human-Rights Theory
• Political Science and Human Rights
• Human-Rights Law: UK, European and International
• Health and Human Rights
• Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Human Rights
• Information, Security, Migration and Human Rights
• Built Environment, Business and Human Rights

As a leading multidisciplinary university, UCL is committed to academic research that transcends boundaries between disciplines and offers novel and practicable solutions to global problems.

The institute also aims to equip students studying human rights with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to contribute to the human rights movement, be it through civil society, governmental institutions or legal practice.

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University College London (UCL)
London