Local and National
At local and national levels our research is helping us to:
- Shape social security discourse in Northern Ireland and Scotland so as to better protect dignity and rights
- Understand the difficulties litigants in person face when they represent themselves in legal proceedings rather than rely on a lawyer, and what support they need
- Address the problems of domestic and intimate partner violence through research and outreach
- Integrate gender principles into legacy discussions around dealing with the conflict in Northern Ireland
- Capture LGBTQ visions of peace in post-Agreement Northern Ireland
- Consider the role of masculinities in ending paramilitarism in Northern Ireland
- Provide evidence-based research to inform debates on human rights protection in Northern Ireland and across these islands
- Consider the legal, constitutional and human rights implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland.
International
Internationally our research is helping us to:
- Assist Latin American countries to search for the remains of the disappeared
- Assist with accountability efforts in relation to human rights violations in Haiti, Brazil and elsewhere
- Address how international and national institutions can ensure accountability for UK armed forces in Iraq
- Develop substantive definitions of reconciliation for post-conflict societies
- Support UN work on gender and conflict
