IIR: Producing Diplomats & Leaders for over forty years

The Institute of International Relations at The University of the West Indies is a well-established and regarded interdisciplinary Caribbean regional centre for the analysis & advancement of international relations.

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IIR is

A centre for policy and professional development, publication and debate: from post-graduate programming to think tank networking.

The Institute has a unique set of alumni professionally engaged throughout the Caribbean and Diaspora. They, along with IIR’s network of fellows and friends reinforce IIR programmes and communications.

At IIR, we welcome short and longer-term visitors from universities, diplomatic missions, multilateral agencies, media and NGOs.

Upcoming Events

Dr. Rudy Insanally, Diplomatic Dialogues Distinguished Lecture and book launch on Multilateral Diplomacy for Small States. 18 February at 3:30 p.m. IIR Boardroom.

Workshop for OECS and Barbados on "International Human Rights and Sustainable Development". January 17 – 19 January 2013 in St. Lucia.

Lecture: “The United Nations, Human Rights and Human Rights Defenders” by Ernst Hirsch Ballin. 10 December, 2012. 10.00 a.m. – 12.00 Noon at Hugh Wooding Law School, Auditorium.

Seminar for media practitioners on International Human Rights and Sustainable Development” on December 4th, 2012