Helena Kennedy Centre

The Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice is a leading centre for social justice and human rights. It provides a vibrant environment at the cutting edge of legal and criminal justice practice which prepares students for excellence in their chosen professional career.

The centre is home to a range of social justice and human rights activities that include:

research and scholarship work
global engagement
impact on policy
professional training and advocacy

Its central values are those of widening access to justice and education, the promotion of human rights, ethics in legal practice, equality and a respect for human dignity in overcoming social injustice.

The law is the bedrock of a nation; it tells us who we are, what we value, who has power and who hasn't. Helena Kennedy QC

The Helena Kennedy Centre's scope of expertise covers:

human rights
criminology
law
policing
probation

The centre works on the high profile projects in a variety of human rights and social justice areas. Research and projects concern Modern Day Slavery, gender-based violence, hate crime and many more.

Featured projects

Creating Stable Futures: Implementing a Positive Outcomes Framework

Empowering children affected by trafficking through development and operationalisation of the Positive Outcome Framework across the UK

Understanding the distinctions between peer mentor and peer support roles in prison

This series of reports outlines the findings from a peer mentor & peer involvement roles in prison study series. The study was conducted across four differently profiled prison sites by a research team from Sheffield Hallam University led by Dr Katherine Albertson

Students and staff standing outside the Royal Court of Justice

School of Law's Lawyer in London Provides Inspirational Insights

Final year Law and Law & Criminology students completed an unforgettable trip to London for the annual Lawyer in London field trip

News

'Every moment you were terrified': Life as a victim of child trafficking

Professor Patricia Hynes spoke to Metro about trafficking of young asylum seekers in the UK

Netflix's Pamela, A Love Story overturns stereotypes about victims of intimate partner abuse

Sarah Tatton writes for The Conversation on Pamela Anderson's Netflix Documentary

Forced Uyghur labour probably helped build your car

Foreign Policy looks in depth at the policy implications of the Helena Kennedy Centre and NomoGaia report on car parts.

Leading pioneering research in the fields of law, economics, education and more