Irish Centre for Human Rights

The Irish Centre for Human Rights is one of the world’s premier university-based institutions for the study and promotion of human rights and humanitarian law. Since its establishment in January 2000, the Centre has developed a global reputation for excellence in the field of human rights teaching, research and advocacy, which has enabled the institution to attract high quality students to its acclaimed masters programmes and to build a thriving community of doctoral researchers.

The Centre currently has six permanent full-time faculty, comprised of a director and five lecturers, four additional lecturers who serve in an adjunct or visiting capacity, three doctoral fellows, two post-doctoral fellows and three administrative assistants. Whilst the Centre is autonomous in both its physical location and day-to-day operations, its academic staff are members of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, with whom the Centre is linked and maintains a close and cooperative working relationship.