Public events are a key part of the Centres activities, providing a critical and scholarly forum for discussion and debate. Through public lectures, seminars and conferences, the Centre enables scholars, practitioners, journalists and policy makers from the public, private, commercial and non-governmental sectors to examine critical issues in the field of human rights. Our events are open to all with no ticket or reservation required, unless otherwise stated.
Anniversary: An act of memory - part of the LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival Recitations from individual and collective memory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Saturday 13 February 2010
2009
Broke: Voices from the Edge - performance by Ice and Fire UN International human rights day event, in partnership with iceandfire Thursday 10 December 2009
Human Rights Day Event: The Right of Rights 1948-2008 Shami Chakrabarti, Jonathan Cooper, Professor Conor Gearty, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC Professor Francesca Klug, Professor Peter Townsend and Professor Laurie Taylor (chair) 4 December 2008
Field Notes: human rights defenders speak (In conjunction with Human Rights Watch UK) Sunila Abeysekera, Fred Abrahams, Sarah Leah Whitson and Margo Picken (chair) 10 November 2008
Documenting Disappearance: Algeria, state terrorism and the photographic image - in partnership with Autograph ABP Dr Anthony Downey, Nassera Dutour and Tom O Mara 15 May 2008
Religious faith and human rights - Centre for the Study of Human Rights Alumni Event with the Forum on Religion Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury 1 May 2008
Human Rights and Empire - in partnership with Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities Professor Costas Douzinas, Professor Paul Gilroy and Professor Anne Phillips FBA (chair) 5 March 2008
Negotiating Justice: Human rights and peace agreements - with the Transitional Justice Institute and International Council on Human Rights Policy Professor Christine Bell, Professor Colm Campbell, Professor Conor Gearty, Susan McCrory (chair) March 2007
Can Human Rights Survive? Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Kim Economides (chair) Professor Conor Gearty, Gavin Phillipson, Professor William Twining 16 November 2006
The Return of the Native: A Critique of the Indigenous Rights Movement Speaker: Professor Adam Kuper, Brunel University Chair: Professor Stan Cohen, LSE June 2002
11 September: Human Rights Dimensions Human Rights symposium Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor Roger Silverstone, Dr Kate Malleson, Professor Fred Halliday November 2001
Human rights monitors: field notes In conjunction with Human Rights Watch UK Chair: Professor Fred Halliday, Centre for the Study of Human Rights October 2001
Hate speech and Xenophobia In conjunction with Index on Censorship Professor Kevin Boyle; Nick Fraser; Yasmin Alibhai-Brown June 2001
Asylum and Refugee Rights: 50 years on Download text (Microsoft Word) Speaker: Rachael Reilly, Human Rights Watch June 2001
Human Rights: Cause of, or cure for, the 'moral crisis' in liberal democracies? Download text (PDF) Francesca Klug, Human Rights Research Unit, Kings College, London May 2001
Preventing deadly conflict: The role and responsibility of governments and NGOs Download full text (PDF) Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, President, International Crisis Group February 2001
2000
2000 International criminal justice: Is it really so needed in the present world community? Download full text (Word) Antonio Cassese, Professor of International Law at the European University Institute November 2000
1999
Human rights, the prevention of conflict and the international protection of minorities: a contemporary paradigm for contemporary challenges Download full text (PDF) Max van der Stoel, High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE October 1999