About Us
The Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute (HRSJ) was created in 2003 to facilitate multidisciplinary research, policy analysis, training, teaching and consultancy. The Institute supports a focused network of academics, students and practitioners, seeking to explore and substantiate connections between human rights and social justice, both within and outside the UK.
It has generated collaboration between academics and practitioners from a range of disciplines including law, social policy, health policy, sociology, politics and philosophy. HRSJ is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at London Metropolitan University and a member of the Association of Human Rights Institutes.
The Institute carries out research, training and consultancy and organises public lectures, seminars and conferences in the following four areas:
- Civil and political rights: Europe in transition and conflict
- Human rights defenders at risk
- Human rights and social justice in the UK
- Human rights, poverty and inequality
In each of these areas, HRSJ seeks directly to influence the development of policy and practice and actively to support the work of human rights defenders. In addition, the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) works within the Institute to strengthen the capacity of lawyers and non-governmental organisations in Russia and Georgia to take cases to the European Court of Human Rights.
