The Human Rights Researcher’s Network provides a unique platform to promote and facilitate interdisciplinary human rights research, including exchange between the academic and practice spheres.  Membership is open to human rights researchers based in academic institutions and also to those in the practitioner world, including those researching for NGOs, governments, the United Nations and civil society organisations.

The Network hosts a range of events on human rights related topics along with an annual conference. The Network welcomes collaborative partnerships with other human rights organisations. The official journal of the Network is the International Journal of Human Rights, a peer-reviewed journal that produces eight issues per year.

 The Human Rights Consortium (HRC) of the University of London hosts the HRRN and was established to facilitate and promote inter-disciplinary research in human rights nationally and internationally. It fulfils this mandate through a range of activities including events, research training, visiting fellowships schemes, network development and publications.