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Human Rights Clinic Research Project

Making ILO Convention 189 Real for Domestic Workers in the Caribbean

Principal Investigator
Professor Paul Hunt

In partnership with Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) and the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), this project will support two domestic worker organisations in Grenada and Guyana carry out research in relation to the Convention 189 on Domestic Workers of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

This is a joint initiative between WIEGO and IDWF. The research will be used to support the organisations' advocacy, including by contributing to the workers' reports to the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) in 2026. The project will strengthen accountability for the commitments made by the Governments of Grenada and Guyana by ratifying the ILO Convention 189.

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About WEIGO and IDWF

Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a global network focused on empowering the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy to secure their livelihoods. The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) is a global member-based organization serving over 670,000 domestic and household workers through its affiliates in 68 countries.

Working within the Human Rights Centre Clinic is an option for undergraduate and postgraduate students to gain experience in real world issues. Through the Clinic, you will learn substantive human rights law, develop professional techniques and explore different models/theories for the effective promotion of human rights.

Who can apply?

The module-based projects are open to postgraduate students on the Human Rights Master’s programme (LLM/MA). 

If you are selected to work on a module-based project then you will be automatically enrolled on the Human Rights Centre Clinic module (course code: HU902). When applying for a multi-year project, you do not need to take HU902, but can opt to do so.

When can I apply?

Applications for 2024-25 will open on 4 October 2024, after the Introduction to the Human Rights Centre Clinic session.

Applications to join all Clinic projects in 2024-25 will open on 4 October 2024. Please submit your application by Monday 7 October at 5pm to humanrightscentreclinic@essex.ac.uk. Please send your application documents in PDF format with the file name [SURNAME]_[First name]_HRCC application.


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Supervisor

Professor Paul Hunt

Professor Paul Hunt

Professor

Essex Law School, University of Essex

Professor Paul Hunt, a New Zealand and British national, practised as a litigation solicitor in London before specialising in international and domestic human rights law. He has lived, and undertaken human rights work, in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the South Pacific.
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