The logic of consistency and the rise of human rights institutions: CIS Book Manuscript Workshop

The aim of the workshop is to discuss Gjovalin Macaj’s book manuscript ‘The logic of consistency and the rise of human rights institutions’, which explores why states have created institutions to hold themselves accountable for human rights obligations they cannot comply with. The book identifies and connects traces of political action in support of and opposition to international scrutiny of human rights over the last hundred years, building on in-depth cases studies and primary sources.

The IR thought of Claudia Jones: Prof Patricia Owens

Claudia Jones was a Trinidad-born journalist and activist. A prominent feminist and communist, her best-known writing is "An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman!", which reflects what would come to be known as intersectional analysis. She was deported from the United States, where she had living since she was a child, in 1955 for her political activities. She moved to Britain, where she started the UK's first major black newspaper, West Indian Gazette, in 1958. This was a major contributor to the rise of consciousness within the

Is forecasting political violence feasible? Experiences from the ViEWS project.

The ViEWS project has developed, tested, and iteratively improved a pilot Violence Early-Warning System since January 2017, providing early warnings for the three forms of political violence recorded by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program. ViEWS is rigorous, data-based, open-source, and publicly available to researchers and the international community. The talk will present the most recent version of the ViEWS pilot, explaining the methodology, and detail the recent forecasts.
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