This interview with Dr Graham Denyer Willis marks the first of the GCHR's Researcher Spotlights series. These videos focus on various academics at the University of Cambridge whose research relates to governance and or human rights topics.

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Launch of a report, Citizen Media Research and Verification: An Analytical Framework for Human Rights Practitioners,â by Christoph Koettl, Senior analyst at Amnesty International. The first in a new CGHR Practitioner Paper Series on âHuman Rights in the Digital Age.â

Citizen Media Research and Verification: An Analytical Framework for Human Rights

A brief introduction to CGHR's research themes, by theme leads Dr Ella McPherson (Human Rights in the Digital Age), Dr Thomas Probert (The Right to Life), Dr Devon Curtis (Violence, Conflict and Peacebuilding) and Dr Sharath Srinivasan (Politics, Digital Technologies and the Media).

CGHR's First Five Years: Research Themes

A short talk by CGHR Director Dr Sharath Srinivasan delivered at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate the Centre's first 5 years.

'Valuing Voices in the Digital Age': Dr Sharath Srinivasan, Director, CGHR

Head of Research and Development Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes introduces the work of Africa's Voices Foundation, a non-profit organisation spun out of CGHR research, at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate the Centre's first 5 years .

Africa's Voices Launch: Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes, Head of Research and Development / Dr Sharath Srinivasan, Co-Founder & Director, Africa's Voices

Director Dr Sharath Srinivasan describes CGHR's work under the research theme Politics, Digital Technologies and the Media, at an event in May 2015 to celebrate the Centre's first 5 years in May 2015.

Politics, Digital Technologies and the Media, Dr Sharath Srinivasan, Director, CGHR

CGHR Research Associate Dr Devon Curtis describes the work of the Centre under the theme Violence Conflict and Peacebuilding, at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate the Centre's first five years.

Violence Conflict and Peacebuilding: Dr Devon Curtis, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge

CGHR Research Associate Dr Thomas Probert describes the work of the Centre under the theme The Right to Life, at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate CGHR's first five years.

The Right to Life: Dr Thomas Probert, Special Procedures Branch, OHCHR

CGHR Research Associate Dr Ella McPherson describes the work of the Centre under the research theme Human Rights in the Digital Age, at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate CGHR's first five years.

Human Rights in the Digital Age: Dr Ella McPherson, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge

CGHR Director Dr Sharath Srinivasan gives a brief overview of CGHR's first five years at an event held in May 2015 to celebrate the Centre's 5th anniversary.

CGHR's First Five Years: Dr Sharath Srinivasan, Director, CGHR

Selma James on her latest contribution to Ralph Ibbott’s 'Ujamaa: the hidden story of Tanzania’s socialist villages'. Selma provides a provocative interpretation of Julius Nyerere’s political project and the insight it lends on contemporary global issues. Selma has authored many books across her career, including 'The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community'.

Selma James: 'Ujamaa: from 1960s Tanzania to 21st century Europe'

After a two-day meeting to discuss a report to the UN Human Rights Council, CGHR hosted an international panel of experts for a discussion of the uses of ICTs in the protection of human rights, particularly focusing on the opportunities and challenges associated with their potential for fostering greater accountability for violations. The panel: Christof Heyns – UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christina Ribeiro – Investigation Coordinator, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Christoph Koettl – designer and editor of Amnesty International’s Citizen Evidence Lab Eliot Higgins – creator of the Brown Moses blog, investigating the conflict in Syria Ella McPherson – CGHR Research Associate (chair)

#ICT4HR - Expert panel on the uses of ICTs to foster accountability for human rights violations

CGHR talk by Professor Sir David Edward, 28th January 2015

Professor Sir David Edward: The Future of Human Rights in the UK

Africa’s rapid digital revolution, especially through mobile communications, combined with radio’s popularity, offers a significant opportunity for engaging and analysing citizens’ voice quickly and in hard to reach places. The Africa’s Voices Foundation is a non-profit start-up growing out of interdisciplinary research at Cambridge's Centre of Governance and Human Rights. It combines social science insights with new approaches to data analytics, and is already supporting governance and development actors in a range of contexts. This presentation charts its genesis and its future ambitions.

Africa's Voices Foundation presentation at 2014 Cambridge-Africa Research Day

On 19th June 2014, CGHR published and launched the outcome of its most recent collaboration with the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: a study of the incidence of violations of the right to life across the African continent. This study, Unlawful Killings in Africa is the product of a year-long collaboration between CGHR Research Associate Dr Thomas Probert and the Special Rapporteur.

Unlawful Killings in Africa: Launch of a CGHR Study for the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

The Centre of Governance and Human Rights draws together experts, practitioners and policymakers from Cambridge University and far beyond to think critically and innovatively about pressing governance and human rights issues throughout the world. CGHR organises a range of research seminars and public events throughout the year, tied to our emerging research priorities. Many are recorded and accessible from SMS or our website.

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