Human rights group EachOther and the Department of Law at Goldsmiths, University of London, have announced a new partnership focused on human rights.

The agreement will see Goldsmiths students contributing to EachOther’s work - which uses storytelling, filmmaking, and independent journalism to put the human into human rights.

Professor Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos, head of law at Goldsmiths said: “By bringing together the best of EachOther and Goldsmiths, we can expand the resources available for EachOther’s vital work, and, at the same time, give our students invaluable hands-on experience of public communications on human rights. Raising awareness about the risks of legal isolationism, the dismantling of fundamental structures of our liberal democracy and, ultimately, the pernicious ‘othering’ of those vulnerable communities most in need of protection, human rights awareness work could not be more urgently needed.”

EachOther brings to the partnership a multimedia archive designed to inform and inspire people about their rights. Half a million people visit its website each year, and with its social media followers at 100,000 and its YouTube videos receiving over a million views, the charity says its work has been an important component in building a rights culture in UK.

Professor Giannoulpoulos continued: “This partnership will further strengthen a charity that is greatly respected for creative approaches that connect with ordinary people and have brought rights down to a human level. And it will prepare future lawyers to communicate their ideas and research more adeptly through digital technologies.”

Adam Wagner, Founder and Chair of EachOther’s Board of Trustees, added: “The funding environment which organisations like ours have had to navigate recently has been extremely difficult. This partnership safeguards the charity’s future. It means EachOther will continue to stand up in creative and compelling ways for our rights, which, once again, are under sustained attack.

As EachOther embarks on this next phase of its evolution, it will strive to find the right mix of continuity and change. Staying on is Emma Guy, who for the past year and a half has been EachOther’s Editor.

Mr Wagner continued: “This partnership safeguards the charity’s future. It means EachOther will continue to stand up in creative and compelling ways for our rights, when, once again, they are under sustained attack, for example the recent high-profile calls for the UK to leave the European Convention of Human Rights.”

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