James Harrison

James Harrison is a British academic who researches into analysing the human rights and environmental impacts of economic laws and regulations. As of 2013 he was employed as Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, School of Law, University of Warwick.

Harrison has worked as a consultant for a range of inter-governmental, non-governmental and other organisations. These include the Scottish Human Rights Commission (2010–2011)and the Canadian Coalition on International Co-operation (2008–2010)on methodologies for conducting human rights impact assessments; Amnesty International (2005–06) developing their policies on the human rights impact of international trade agreements; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2003–2005) with regards to reform of the UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Body System and international trade policy;Council of Europe (2003–2004) as a legal expert on projects to promote fair trade, ethical finance and responsible consumerism initiatives; Article 19 (2003) on transparency guidelines for multinational companies. Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, He also worked as a researcher for the National Council for Civil Liberties.

Harrison holds a BA (Hons) in Literae Humaniores from the University of Oxford, which he completed in 1996. He qualified as a solicitor in 2001. He earned his PhD in human rights and trade law from the European University Institute in 2005.