UCL Institute for Human Rights

The Institute was founded by Dr George Letsas and Dr Saladin Meckled-Garcia. It is now led by three Directors

• Dr George Letsas (UCL Laws)
  
• Dr Virginia Mantouvalou (UCL Laws)
• Dr Saladin Meckled-Garcia (UCL Political Science)

• Liz Milner
  

Projects and collaborations are organised through the Institute’s Steering Group—on which we currently have representation from six departments from four different faculties (Laws, Social Historical Sciences, Engineering, Biomedical Sciences). This group currently meets 3 times a year, moving to 5 times a year from September 2011.

This is currently composed of:

• Dr Saladin Meckled-Garcia (Political Science)
• Dr George Letsas (Laws)
• Dr James Wilson (Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre)
• Professor Yves Cabannes (Development Planning Unit)
• Dr Rodwan Abouharb (Political Science)
• Colm O’Cinneide (Laws)
• Dr. Nina Seppala (Management Science and Innovation—Faculty of Engineering)
• Dr. Sarah Snyder (History)
• Dr. Virginia Mantouvalou (Laws) 

The Institute’s strategic governance is through its Advisory Board of senior academic staff. This currently meets once a year.

Current members are:

• David Price (Vice-Provost, Research, and Chair of the Board)
• Professor Dame Hazel Genn (Dean: Laws)
• Professor Stephen Smith (Dean: Social and Historical Sciences)
• Professor Anthony Finkelstein (Dean: Engineering)
• Professor Philippe Sands (Laws)
• Professor Sir Michael Marmot (Epidemiology and Public Health)
• Professor Jonathan Wolff (Philosophy)
• Professor Cecile Laborde (Political Science)  

• The Rt. Hon. Dean Spielmann
  

• Mr Rodney Austin (UCL Laws)
• Dr Ingrid Boccardi (UCL Laws)
• Dr Silvia Borelli (UCL Laws)
• Professor Alison Diduck (UCL Laws)
• Professor Piet Eeckhout (UCL Laws)
  
• Dr Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL Laws)
• Dr Jeff King (UCL Laws)
  
• Dr Ruth Mackenzie (Unversity of Westminster)
• Dr Ronan McCrea (UCL Laws)
• Professor John Tasioulas (UCL Laws)
  

• UCL Centre for Applied Global Citizenship
• UCL Centre for Justice, Philosophy & Health
• UCL Centre for International Courts & Tribunals
• UCL Colloquium in Legal & Social Philosophy
• UCL School of Public Policy Human-Rights Research
  
• UCL Grand Challenges