Chicago International Human Rights Clinic
In May 2015, the CPP submitted a research memorandum to the Chicago International Human Rights Clinic, for their project 'Developing a Rights-Based Approach to Tuberculosis'. The memorandum examined the treatment of human rights issues relating to tuberculosis in the case law of the European and Inter-American human rights systems and in two domestic jurisdictions, and included research on comparative human rights approaches to the treatment of prisoners, detention for quarantine, worker's compensation, employment discrimination, migrants' rights, and indigenous peoples' rights. The research will feed into materials for a judicial training workshop held by the Clinic in New Delhi in December 2015.
The research team was supervised by two members of the CPP Executive Committee, Suzanne Zhou (LLM student) and Jennifer Klinck (LLM student). The researchers were three LLM students, Audrey Augusto, Clay Hackett, and Emily Vale.
The team was advised by Dr Stephanie Palmer.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In March of 2015 the CPP completed the fourth research memorandum for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on an active case before the court. A team of graduate students tackled a research question spanning national, regional, and international jurisdictions and produced a rigorous and substantial analysis of existing and developing law of human rights.
The Inter-American Court, established in 1969 and brought into existence to protect human rights in the Americas, serves as a safeguard of Convention rights in twenty-five American Nations. The Court decides contentious proceedings against American States and gives advisory opinions on the interpretation of the American Convention on Human Rights.
The research team was supervised by two members of the CPP Executive Committee, Darragh Coffey (a PhD student) and Stevie Martin (an LLM student). The researchers were seven LLM students, Reginald Aziza, Maria Clara Cardoso, Jesse Coleman, Jochem de Kok, Luíza Leão Soares Pereira, J. Shi, and C. Y Wan. The team was advised by Dr Simon De Smet.
Centre for Law and Policy Research (Bangalore)
In March 2015, the CPP submitted a research memorandum to the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR), in Bangalore, examining the use of specialised sexual violence courts in South Africa, Spain, and Liberia, as well as specific jurisdiction fast-track criminal courts in Australia and South Africa. The memorandum analysed the procedures adopted in these jurisdictions with a view to achieving context-sensitive, fast, and fair justice, and summarised documented evaluations of their effectiveness. The CPP’s comparative study contributed to a report being prepared by the CLPR assessing fast-track courts set up in Karnataka to hear cases of sexual assault against women, and special courts set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act to hear cases of sexual assault against children.
The research team was supervised by two members of the CPP Executive Committee, Jennifer Klinck (LLM student) and Suzanne Zhou (LLM student). The researchers were three LLM students: Audrey Augusto, Genevieve Burley, and Alfred Yu.
The team's Faculty Adviser was Nicola Padfield.
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
In February 2015, the Cambridge Pro Bono Project submitted a report to the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, an independent research organisation based in New Delhi, India. The report dealt with questions regarding the privacy issues that arise as a consequence of disclosure of bank account details in the context of black money investigations. The report focused on the legal mechanisms that address such concerns in International law and in the jurisdictions of India, the UK, USA, Indonesia.
The research team was supervised by two members of the CPP Executive Committee: Diana Tang (LLM) and Rohan Kothari (LLM). The research team comprised of four LLM students: James Fenelon, Anupama Sharma, Abhishikta Mallick and Astrid Kohar, and one PhD candidate, Ann Kristin Glenster.
The team was advised by Professor David Feldman.
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