For over 15 years, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights has invited participants worldwide to attend the Intensive Course in Human Rights. During the first week of September this year, a group of attendees from various countries and professions filled the classroom with vivid and substantive discussions on human rights.
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Climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity are serious threats to humanity. This conference focuses on how these issues affect the realization of human rights.
Time and location: 26 - 27 October 2023 at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law.
From 15-18 August, the Norwegian Center for Human Rights (NCHR) welcomed an expert group from China to discuss new developments in field of business and human rights. The weeklong study tour offered a unique opportunity for Chinese and Norwegian experts to discuss Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) legislation in China, Norway and other countries.
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) receives 100 million kroner from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to continue and renew its international work. The Centre’s projects aim to apply research-based human rights knowledge in practical ways to address human rights challenges.
What are the implications of the new legislations on human rights due diligence in Europe for countries like Vietnam? What are the positive changes and challenges to implement the legislation for companies in Vietnam? Our Vietnamese guest researcher Nguyen Thi Thanh Hai has recently presented her interesting research on the topic at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR).
Together with the UNODC, and representatives of police and the prosecution from across Asia, NCHR contributed to a successful regional meeting resulting in a number of recommendations for effective implementation of investigative interviewing.
For the first time, human rights academics and practitioners from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were part of the annual training on UN Human Rights Mechanisms in Geneva. The workshop, jointly organized by the NCHR and Geneva Academy on 27-31 March 2023, aims to strengthen civil society by equipping selected academics with in-depth knowledge on how to utilize the UN human rights mechanisms in their home countries.
Leading judges from the six largest religious groups of Lebanon has recently endorsed a roadmap for including human rights standards in the work of the courts. This milestone follows a one-year pilot project in Lebanon, where the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights has facilitated workshops and round table meetings for judges and attorneys.
This symposium will bring 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.
A group of selected judges from across Indonesia attended human rights training at the NCHR at the end of February. Cold days in Oslo were filled with intensive lectures and discussions, to ensure a continued strengthening of human rights standards within Indonesia's judiciary.
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) is now welcoming applications to the annual intensive course. Deadline 3 April 2023.
Together with the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, the NCHR was part of the official inauguration ceremony celebrating the establishment of the Center for Law and Religion at Bauch State University in Nigeria.
Do you plan to present a Masters thesis on human rights, the right to free speech, and/or democracy in the spring semester 2023? A maximum of ten student scholarships of NOK 30.000 are available, but only for students at the Faculty of Law, UiO.
2022 marked the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD). In an online essay writing competition, students from Southeast Asia reflected on the impact on the AHRD and how it can be strengthened in the future.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights adopted the resolution as a concrete measure to implement existing provisions for the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the right to a fair trial during its 73rd Ordinary Session.
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) and our partner, the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (GA), will hold the ninth Training Workshop on UN Human Rights Mechanisms on 27—31 March 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. This workshop is for participants from the MENA countries only and will include regional perspectives.
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 NCHR supported the 2nd annual China Forum on Business and Human Rights in November. This Forum contributes to the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) in China and provides a platform for communication and dialogue between the academic community and the industries that have corporate supply chain responsibility.
The ASEAN University Network – Human Rights Education, hosted by the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies in Mahidol University (IHRP), Thailand, has recently organized two teacher trainings on Human Rights and Peace in South East Asia.
Yi Wang, Senior Advisor at the NCHR International Department is attending this week the 11th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva.
Invited by the Office of the Attorney General of Thailand (OAG), NCHR together with the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) and Nitivajra Institute organised the first ever training for prosecutors to strengthen the judiciary's capacity to investigate criminal cases.
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Nordic Journal of Human Rights offers complimentary temporary access to “The Future of Human Rights” issue.
What is the possibility of establishing a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) in Vietnam? Recent NCHR guest researcher Dr. Nguyen Linh Giang led interesting discussions on the subject.
A delegation of ten senior prosecutors from Thailand was welcomed at NCHR in Oslo for a study visit on the Norwegian investigation and prosecutorial system.
How to ensure efficient application of international human rights standards at the national level? The role of the judiciary is vital, and the Indonesian Supreme Court and NCHR are therefore strengthening the cooperation on continued capacity-building of Indonesian judges.