This project explores the nexus between poverty and human rights from an international legal perspective.
Although Human Rights Education (HRE) has taken root in most countries in Asia, there is a wide range of issues that needs to be addressed regarding HRE both in Asia and in Europe.
This year's Ryssdal seminar focuses on UN Treaty bodies on human rights and their implications to Norwegian law. At the seminar we will look at the treaty bodies' activites from various perspectives, including perspectives from the Norwegian courts, public administration and lawyers.
The project addresses constitutional and institutional issues in the political theory of human rights and asks questions like: How could we resolve the value conflict between human rights and democracy, and at what costs? And: Should and could international human rights institutions be reformed in order to achieve a more desirable institutional design?
Developed in partnership with the UNODC, NCHR announces availability of the new Global eLearning course on investigative interviewing.
The 40 th edition of the Jean-Pictet Competition took place between 24 February and 4 March 2023, in Durrës, Albania. The team from the University of Oslo reached the semi-finals for the second time.
Several pertinent human rights isssues were discussed at a seminar in Surabaya, Indonesia on February 26. All speakers were former master students or had been visiting researchers at NCHR.
To commemorate the Oslo Peace Days, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights is hosting a roundtable event to discuss the movement against modern slavery.
As part of the Oslo Peace Days 2022, the NCHR gathered some of the world's foremost experts on labor rights in Domus Bibliotheca, for a discussion on the ever relevant issue of forced labour and modern slavery in global supply chains.
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) is now welcoming applications to the annual intensive course. Deadline 3 April 2023.
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The Indonesian National Police Commission recommends nationwide implementation of investigative interviewing and designated interview rooms
Welcome to this guest lecture by Prof. Andrea Sangiovanni on the nature of human rights. This lecture is the first lecture in the NCHR guest lecture series 'Current Issues in Human Rights Research'.
Over 300 people joined as the book, Dalam Perangkap Sistem Monokultur Industri Perkebunan Sawit by Sri Palupi, Prasetyohadi, Yulia Sri Sukapti og Aksel Tømte, was launched on 31 March ( available in Indonesian).
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Nordic Journal of Human Rights (2023) Volume 41, Issue 1. Special issue "World Heritage and Human Rights"