Professor Simon Hoffman

• Using the Measure for Measure – How the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 and the NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008 can Improve the Rights of the Mentally Ill. (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Caroline Jones

  Other supervisor: Dr Caroline Jones

• ‘Falling through the gaps: Evaluating, through the lens of human dignity, how the law, policies and practice of the devolved Welsh government, impacts the ability of learning-disabled and/or autistic children and young people and their parent-carers, to realise their human rights.’ (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Anthony Charles

• An Analysis of Children’s Rights to Benefit from Clinical Research (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Hayley Hutchings

• To what extent does the existing Welsh devolution settlement enable youth offending teams to develop bespoke and innovative approaches to youth justice in Wales? (awarded 2023)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Rick Lines

  Other supervisor: Dr Anthony Charles

• LAA228 Human Rights & Social Justice

  Are you interested in human rights and how human rights relate to the problems of poverty and inequality? Do you want to know more about the relevance of human rights for law and public policy in areas such as housing, health or food security? This module will focus on international and European human rights law protections for economic and social rights. It will examine how social and economic rights, such as the right to an adequate standard of living, education or social security, are given effect and enforced through the system of international human rights law and treaty monitoring, as well as in the European system of human rights. The emphasis in this module is on enhancing and strengthening students' understanding of human rights, and to help students appreciate how human rights can make a difference.

• LAA329 Human Rights & Social Justice

  Are you interested in human rights and how human rights relate to the problems of poverty and inequality? Do you want to know more about the relevance of human rights for law and public policy in areas such as housing, health or food security? This module will focus on international and European human rights law protections for economic and social rights. It will examine how social and economic rights, such as the right to an adequate standard of living, education or social security, are given effect and enforced through the system of international human rights law and treaty monitoring, as well as in the European system of human rights. The emphasis in this module is on enhancing and strengthening students' understanding of human rights, and to help students appreciate how human rights can make a difference.

• LAAM00 International Human Rights Law

  This module examines the current international system for protecting human rights and the challenges it faces. It analyses the key international instruments for the protection of human rights, the mechanisms for monitoring and improving State compliance with these instruments and the UN reform agenda in this particular area. Several key areas of substantive law are examined from a thematic perspective, namely, the prohibition on torture, the right to life, the right to respect for identity, the right to food and the right to self-determination. Within these areas, issues that are relevant to the protection of all human rights are examined such as how one can reconcile conflicts between the rights of different individuals or groups as well as the conflicts between these rights and the wider interests of society, for example, in the development sphere or in dealing with terrorist threats. Throughout the course, the political, economic and other non-legal considerations that influence the application and development of international human rights law are examined.

• LAAM11 Research Project

  This compulsory module provides students with the opportunity to undertake an in-depth and critical examination of an area of law in which they are particularly interested. Supervision will be provided in accordance with the procedures set out in the LLM Human Rights Handbook. Students should refer to the Handbook for information on supervision.

• Strengthening and Advancing Equality and Human Rights in Wales 2020

  Welsh Government, £90,000 (circa)

• Examining Compliance with the UNCRC in Jersey, Legislative Gap Analysis 2019 - 2020

  , £90,000 (circa)

• The Impact of Legal Integration of the UNCRC in Wales 2018

  EHRC Wales, £20,000 (circa)

• Children’s Rights Approach Statement, Children’s Commissioner for Wales 2016 - 2016

• An Older People’s Rights Approach. Older People’s Commissioner for Wales 2016 - 2016

• Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Times of Austerity, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (Council of Europe) 2015

• Evaluation of Welsh Government’s Child Rights Impact Assessment, Welsh Government 2015

  , £10,650

• An Evaluation of the Welsh Government’s Budget Equality Impact Assessment 2012 Equalities and Human Rights Commission 2012

  , £11,000

• Swansea’s Tiered Approach to Youth Anti-Social Behaviour Welsh Government New Ideas Fund, with Stuart Macdonald 2009 - 2010

  , £9625

• Wales Monitoring Group on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Welsh Government (Secretariat), Children’s Rights Advisory Group
• Welsh Government (Secretariat), Budget Advisory Group on Equality
• Welsh Government (Secretariat), Human Rights Stakeholder group
• Wales Monitoring Group on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Wales Human Rights Stakeholder Group
• Office of the Jersey Children's Commissioner, Adult Advisory Panel

In addition to the activities listed under ‘Innovation and Engagement’ Simon acts in an advisory capacity on a number of research projects, for research centres based at other institutions, and for children and young people's commissioners as well as NGOs.