Consultancy and Litigation

Litigation work

Our members are also extensively involved in litigation, particularly before the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and actively engage with the major UN human rights institutions.

Past activities undertaken by our members include litigating the case of Garcia Lucero and others v Chile before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, submitting comments to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to the draft general comment on Article 12 of the Covenant, and submitting an amicus curae brief to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Hassan v United Kingdom and Georgia v Russia cases.

Human Rights Centre consultancy

As the leading centre for the interdisciplinary study of human rights, we have extensive experience providing advice and consultancy services to national and international governmental agencies including:

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for International Development
• Ministry of Defence
• Council of Europe
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• United Nations (including the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and field operations)
• British Council

We have also provided similar consultancy services to numerous non-governmental organisations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Article 19, Minority Rights Group, the Consortium for Street Children, and Interights.