Webpages tagged with «sustainability»

Panel discussion during the NCHR conference opening session. From left Nina Reiners, Associate Professor, UiO, Inga Marie Nymo Riseth, the Sami Parliaments, Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan, Professor, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Abuja/Lagos
Published Nov. 2, 2023 12:01 PM

Academics and experts from around the world met for two days at the Faculty of Law to discuss ongoing research, possible solutions, and strategies to protect individuals' and communities' human rights from the planetary challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

Portrait of Daria Davitti.
Published Sep. 25, 2023 1:13 PM

Welcome to this guest lecture by Dr Daria Davitti on the EU Taxonomy/European Green Deal from a human rights perspective. This lecture is part of the NCHR guest lecture series 'Current Issues in Human Rights Research'.

Published Mar. 6, 2023 2:42 PM

PhD Candidate Bjørn Leif Brautheseth presents his project "The Political-Legal concept of Ecological Civilization in Chinese International Investments and their impact on African Conservation: A view from China, Kenya and Zimbabwe".

Group photo of the conference participants.
Published June 16, 2022 2:42 PM

What are the intersections of human rights and sustainability, and how do the two agendas meet? This three-day conference invited close to a hundred participants to examine the topic from a variety of angles.

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Published June 2, 2022 9:44 AM

Human rights defenders are often on the front line of conflicts involving land and resource use and in protecting the environment. Join us for a conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, about how the concept of sustainability might impact human rights defenders.

Painting by Lorenzetti Ambrogio titled "Allegory of Good Government".
Published Mar. 23, 2022 12:29 PM

In this seminar, organized by GOODPOL, Jonathan Kuyper questions the effectiveness of communication and deliberation for solving asymmetric commons dilemmas.  

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Published Mar. 8, 2022 3:53 PM

By Jaakko Salminen — 8 March 2022

Schematic display of the UN Sustainable Development Goals also called the SDGs. SDG number 5 and SDG number 10 are highlighted in red color and in pink color.
Published Mar. 8, 2022 7:15 AM

The theme for the International Women’s Day this year is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. In 2022 the NCHR is developing a pilot project on gender equality, human rights and climate change to raise awareness about these issues.

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Published Jan. 11, 2022 3:16 PM

By Wendy Wuyts — 11 January, 2022

Published Jan. 11, 2022 8:52 AM

By Alan Palmiter — 11 January, 2022