2023

Special Procedures are a central source of transparency about countries’ human rights practices and of information to the UN Human Rights Council. But how do these procedures gain access to countries, and do they retain independence in the process? Welcome to this seminar with Professor Andrea Liese on the access and independence of the UN Special Procedures. 

In the wake of the 7 October events, where Hamas launched an attack on Israel, and Israel responded with massive bombardment and a ground invasion campaign on the Gaza strip, the discussions on the application of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights to the situation of Palestine have intensified. Terrible atrocities have been unfolding against civilians. What are the legal implications of the recent events?

How can Norway and the international community promote the protection of human rights and legal reforms in Ukraine?

The Department of Public International Law, The Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights invites you to this seminar with Judge Roberto Carlos Vidal López on the case law of JEP and its contribution to promoting a model of restorative justice after armed conflict in Colombia.

As part of the NCHR Guest Lecture Series, Current Issues in Human Rights Research, we welcome you to this lecture by Steven L.B. Jensen on "Social and Economic Human Rights, The United Nations and the Intimacies of International Law: A History".

The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights is hosting a webinar/seminar on global constitutionalism, international adjudicative bodies, and hegemony on the 16th and 17th of November, 2023.

This seminar will address the main historical and legal aspects of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, including the most recent ongoing armed conflict in the Gaza Strip

Welcome to this guest lecture by Prof. Nandini Ramanujam on China's Global Development Initiative. This lecture is the third lecture in the NCHR guest lecture series 'Current Issues in Human Rights Research'.

Join us for the opening session of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) 2023 Conference, where international and national key experts and stakeholders will share perspectives on how climate change, pollution, and loss of biodiversity affect the realization of human rights. 

The NORHED II Project 70921: Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies (NORAD) and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights will organize this PhD-level course to take place in person in Oslo, on 23-25 October 2023.

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'.

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'.

As part of the joint Utforsk project, the NCHR and the Centre for Human Rights organize this seminar to discuss the impact of UN human rights treaties and mechanisms at the domestic level.   

The Nordic Journal of Human Rights invites to a seminar with Dr. Andrew Fagan and Dr. Margaret Anderson Comer in celebration of our Special Issue on World Heritage and Human Rights. 

This workshop is organized as a concluding event to the Erasmus+ Global Mobility project, whereby the NCHR has collaborated with the Faculty of Law, University of Prishtina, to advance human rights teaching in the fields of human rights, transitional justice, democracy, and the rule of law.

Welcome to this guest lecture by Professor Marius Pieterse on the adaptive capacity of socio-economic rights in an urban governance context.  

In this lecture, visiting scholar Visar Morina reflects on the application of the ECHR through the Kosovo Constitutional Court (KCC) and "the challenges of constitutionalization without ratification."

Welcome to this guest seminar by Professor Visar Morina on the implications of the Agreement on the path to normalisation between Kosovo and Serbia.

PhD Candidate Elsabe Boshoff at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights is presenting her PhD project "A right to sustainable development: Recognition, nature and prospects of an emerging human right – global and African perspectives".

In this lecture, Professor Sam Adelman will discuss the right to self-determination and the need for a right to relocation and resettlement for citizens of small island developing states. 

Welcome to this guest lecture by Wen Xiang on the digitalization of Chinese courts and the implications for China’s judicial and diaspora governance.

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".

Join us for a book debate on the legitimacy of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights!

The symposium brings together scholars and researchers from various fields of social sciences, the humanities and law to share and exchange their experiences and research results with respect to the aspects of the limits encountered when striving to promote the right to Freedom of Religion or Belief.