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Find out about the people that make up the UCL Institute for Human Rights
Co-Directors
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)
Institute Administrator
Steering Committee
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 5 times a year.
This is currently composed of:
- Dr Rodwan Abouharb (Political Science)
- Professor Yves Cabannes (Development Planning Unit)
- Dr George Letsas (Laws)
- Dr Virginia Mantouvalou (Laws)
- Dr Saladin Meckled-Garcia (Political Science)
- Professor Neil Mitchell (Political Science)
- Mr Colm O’Cinneide (Laws)
- Dr Lisa Vanhala (Political Science)
- Dr James Wilson (Philosophy)
Advisory Board
The Institute’s strategic governance is through its Advisory Board of senior academic staff. This currently meets once a year.
Current members are:
- Professor David Price (Vice-Provost, Research, and Chair of the Board)
- Professor Dame Hazel Genn (Director: Centre for Access to Justice)
- 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)
Judicial Visitor
Fellows
- Dr Ingrid Boccardi (UCL Laws)
- Dr Silvia Borelli (University of Bedfordshire)
- Professor Alison Diduck (UCL Laws)
- Professor Piet Eeckhout (UCL Laws)
- Dr Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL Laws)
- Dr Jeff King (UCL Laws)
- Dr Ruth Mackenzie (University of Westminster)
- Dr Ronan McCrea (UCL Laws)
- Professor John Tasioulas (King's College London)