IPSC Research Programs/

International Human Rights

The IPSC Human Rights Research Program is the largest IPSC program and covers a broad range of international human rights including: child rights, disability rights, education, health, gender rights, non-discrimination, women’s rights, labour rights, refugees and asylum seekers, human trafficking, freedom of speech and assembly, indigenous peoples’ rights, sex and gender rights, and ethnic minority rights. International human rights norms intrinsically have a quality and force that convey power to influence normative compliance by states even when they are being coerced to violate or ignore international human rights.

Our focus areas include:

• Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association

• Refugees’ Rights

• Child Rights

• Protracted Refugee Situations

• Womens’ and Girls’ Rights, including GBV and SGBV

• LGBTIQ Rights

• Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

• Crimes Against Humanity

• Torture

The IPSC Human Rights Research Program investigates how and why states decide whether to engage in normative compliance with human rights norms, what mechanisms exist or need to be developed to expand normative compliance with international norms. This program also explores the intersection between international human rights and international relations using a cross-disciplinary, and multi-method approach.

If you would like to engage or in some way contribute to this research program you can contact the program leader here.