About Us

The Generating Respect Hub at the Centre for Applied Human Rights is anchored in, and seeks to transform, the dire empirical reality of armed conflict.

Humanitarian norms aim to 'humanise' war by requiring parties to armed conflict to protect civilians from attacks, detainees from abuse, and to facilitate humanitarian assistance. Yet, across the globe, and far too often, civilians are killed, detainees are ill-treated, and hospitals are bombed. 

The Generating Respect Hub is both anchored in, and seeks to transform, this dire empirical reality of armed conflict. 

We work across disciplines and bridge theory, practice and policy. Our research is developed co-productively with humanitarian, human rights and transitional justice actors, as well as with civilian groups engaged in self-protection to devise creative strategies for respect-generation in war.

The Generating Respect Hub continues CAHR’s tradition of co-productive work, and builds on empirical and conceptual findings from past research, such as the Generating Respect Project, the Ritualising Protection Project, and Transformative Justice.

The Generating Respect Hub is funded through a grant by the Economic Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account.