Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR), University of York

The Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching centre. We champion research, teaching and practice that is interdisciplinary, collaborative, comparative, and both local and international. CAHR is an activist centre situated in a university. Our work places people, notably human rights defenders, at the core of human rights work and anchors all of our activities in real-world human rights challenges and opportunities