At the conclusion of each Clinic, the memoranda prepared by Clinic students are provided to each client and, when consented to by the client, uploaded for open access on this site.

The memoranda are research papers prepared on a pro bono basis by students in the Human Rights Law Clinic. They are produced as a pedagogical exercise to train students in the practice and application of international human rights law. They do not involve the giving of professional advice and cannot in any way bind, or lead to any form of liability or responsibility for their authors, the convenor of the Clinic, the Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research or the University of Sussex.

Human Rights Law Clinic Papers 2022

‘Children’s Civil and Political Rights: A Case for Standard Setting’ by Bethany Fieldhouse and Meg Middleton (for Child Rights Connect) 

‘In the name of “climate change”: Human rights violations in carbon offsetting projects’ by Henry Bonsor and Tom Chesley (for Survival International)

‘Current Trends in Development and Cultural Rights’ by Rebecca Gleig and Raquel Fernandes (for Prof Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights). Confidential memorandum.

Juxtaposing the issue of segregation against the right to education and the right to work for the youth in Mitrovica by Igor Lowczyk and Harri James-Standen (for International Communities Organisation)

Human Rights Law Clinic Papers 2021

Enhancing Social Protection to Guarantee Human Rights and Equality by Lauren Stewart, Dikchya Raut and Hawau Abikan (for Amnesty International)

Permissible Restrictions on Children's Civil and Political Rights by Jacob Charnick and Skye Derrington (for Child Rights Connect)

Financial Complicity in International Human Rights Violations by Katie Wootton and Zoe Corderoy (for Minority Rights Group International)

Human Rights Law Clinic Papers 2020

'The Links Between Tax Policies and Human Rights' by Jade Dos Santos and Ric Stewart (for Amnesty International)

'Children Human Rights Defenders’ Petition on Climate Change to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child' by Jessica Raby, Hope Pycroft, Maria Canar (for Child Rights Connect)

'The Minority and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Implications of Carbon Trading Schemes' by Swiri Anyangwe and Jessica Gibbs (for Minority Rights Group International) 

'Is advancing the right to freedom of religion or belief for all beneficial to ensuring overall security?' by Enia Valentina Dellepiane and Lewis Njabulo Sibanda (for OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) 

'Indigenous Education and International Law' by Nel Hywel and Suyashi Prrasad (for Survival International)

Human Rights Law Clinic Papers 2019

'The Impact of Austerity Policies on the Right to Health in Greece: The Role of the European Union Institutions' by Louise Plumstead and Tamara Castañer Coll (for Amnesty International)

'How has the right to food in times of armed conflict been interpreted by the Human Rights Bodies' by Ana Ivanova and Alexander Smith (for Global Rights Compliance LLP)

'Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children in the United Kingdom' by Donia Elmaghrabi and Emily Uwizerwa (for Human Rights Watch)

'Would it be desirable for article 3 (4) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography to be transposed into a Business and Human Rights Treaty?' by Ciaran King and Zachary Vallely (for International Commission of Jurists)

'Exploring the Boundaries Between Conflict Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Settings: State Responsibility, Access to Justice, and Legal Remedies for Victims at the Intersections of IHL, ICL & IHRL' by Abigail Field and Iremsah Turkan (for OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)

'A Right to Remain Uncontacted: Strategies and Sources of Law for the Protection of Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples' by Celina Luzi Stoutland and Katie Lynn Pimenta (for Survival International)

Human Rights Law Clinic Papers 2018

'Understanding multiple and intersectional discrimination' by India Kearsley (for Minority Rights Group International)

'The Rohingya Crisis: Accountability for Human Rights violations' by Thomas Thrower (for Global Rights Compliance LLP)

'Sexual and Gender based violence as a form of torture or ill-treatment: grey areas, case law, legal perspectives' by Lindsay Redfern (for OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights (ODIHR), Human Rights, Gender and Security programme of the Human Rights Department)

'The abusive use of pretrial detention as a form of torture or ill-treatment' by Laurence Carroll (for OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights (ODIHR), Antitorture programme of the Human Rights Department)

Human Rights Law Clinic Papers 2017

'Eritrea country profile on the prevention and perpetration of torture and access to redress and accountability', by Selam Biru (for Freedom From Torture)

'Syria country profile on the prevention and perpetration of torture and access to redress and accountability', by Chikondi Chijozi (for Freedom From Torture)

'Fair trial rights during states of conflict and emergency', by Paul Chiotcha (for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)

'Exploring the boundaries of 'civil disobedience' as a legitimate form of dissent', by Nora Göhler (for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)

'The detention of persons with psychological disabilities', by Elliot Hatt (for Human Rights Watch)

'Assessing the UK Conservative Party proposal to establish a standing derogation concerning british armed forces', by Daniel Hicklin (for Human Rights Watch)

'The human rights implications of mass surveillance and data collection', by Bradley Kershaw (for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)

'Reform of the Common European Asylum System under the 'Dublin IV' proposal', by Nicola Logan (for the International Commission of Jurists)

'Human rights implication of the mass burial of unidentified bodies in Mexico', by Andres Enrique Pacheco Pacheco (for the Open Society Justice Initiative)

'The impact of the death penalty on children of parents sentenced to death', by Angela Yeboah-Appiah (for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)

'Human rights assessment of electronic monitoring as an alternative to pre-trial detention', by Maija Zalpetere (for Fair Trials)

Human Rights Law Clinic Papers 2016

'The protection and safety of persons with disabilities in armed conflict', by Poppy Ni Bhroithe-Barnett (for the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights)

'The enjoyment by women of their right to peaceful assembly', by Bea Webster (for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)

'The enjoyment by human rights defenders of their right to freedom of association', by Esnatt Gondwe (for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)

'Criminal and administrative measures against foreign terrorist fighters', by Ryan Dowding and Charles McKeon  (for the International Commission of Jurists and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)

'The death penalty and the prohibition of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment', by Johanne Arnoldi Zilmer (for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)

'Imposition of the death penalty in Pakistan: Assessing compliance with international law and standards', by Suleman Zeb (for the International Commission of Jurists)