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"The Spectra of Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia" is a collection of analytical essays on the many facets of authoritarianism in the region.

This weekend Dr. River Hustad from the NCHR International Department contributed to an international webinar about human rights protection of vulnerable groups during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic NCHR's Intensive Course in Human Rights will be conducted digitally in 2020. Extended application deadline: May 14.

The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), International Department recently concluded a report of our main work and activities during 2017-2019.

In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic NCHR International Department has postponed all travels abroad and visits from foreign nationals to Norway for the unforeseeable future.

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) highlights Investigative Interviewing as a paradigm shift in its report on "Preventing police torture and other forms of ill-treatment – reflections on good practices and emerging approaches". 

A recently published book puts attention on the links between corruption and human rights. 

On International Women’s Day the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) would like to highlight our Chinese partners work to achieve greater gender equality in China.  A first Chinese textbook on gender and human rights, contributing to an increase in courses on women’s rights and gender equality in Chinese universities and raising the awareness about domestic violence against women in China are among the achievements partners have made, with the support of the NCHR.

Thailand Department of Special Investigations (DSI) is conducting a one week training in interviewing and psychology with a view to develop academy level training courses.

On 15 January, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) had the honor to receive this year’s first Chinese academic delegation from China University of Foreign Affairs (CFAU) at our brand new Law Faculty building Domus Juridica.

A new NCHR supported Chinese book about Business and Human Rights in the UN System was launched in Beijing on 16 December.  

Members of the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief visiting Buddhist Universities in Myanmar to lecture and engage in dialogue on Buddhism and human rights.

Ms. Ingebjørg Hansen from the Oslo Police shared Norwegian experiences with non-coercive Interviewing during a high-level panel at the UN Headquarters in New York.

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.

NCHR becomes secretariat for drafting a manual providing advice for UN police peacekeepers on advanced methods of investigative interviewing. 

The Official Launch of the book "Remapping and Analysis of Human Rights and Peace Education in ASEAN/Southeast Asia" and a subsequent regional workshop took place at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta 17-18 October. 

This weekend NCHR held a guest lecture at Bhayangkara University, Indonesia, on human rights and the internet. The lecture was attended by master students studying cyber laws.

This weekend, the NCHR and the Constitutional Research Institute at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) held a workshop on gender equality and human rights for Chinese university teachers in Chengdu, Western China.

Last week, the NCHR organised a seminar about the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) and equal recognition before the law for people with intellectual disabilities.

The ECOSOC Institute and the NCHR have conducted research in three Indonesian provinces on oil palm cultivation and economic rights in rural areas. The research found a high level of land conflicts and that access to food, water and health was better in villages not (primarily) cultivating this crop.

Course number two in Thailand this year in investigative interviewing took place in Bangkok in September. Forty officers from police, military and intelligence (of which 16 were women) attended the course.

NCHR offers stipends for visiting scholars for their research related to international human rights law. In 2019, four scholars from Indonesia, China and Vietnam were awarded stipends to carry out their research at the NCHR. One of the experts came from the Party School of the Central Committee of the C.P.C in Beijing for his research project on economic development and human rights.

The seminar titled "Academic Freedom and Challenges in the Era of Neoconservatism and Developmentalism" was held in Malang, Indonesia on September 4 and attanded by more than 100 univsersity lecturers, journalists, students and NGO representatives. 

23 participants from 13 different countries participated in a one-week intensive, multi-disciplinary course in human rights at NCHR in the second week of September.

NCHR hosted an “Interfaith and intermedia dialogue” involving a large delegation from Indonesia, and representatives of Norwegian ministries and Norwegian faith and life-stance communities on Sept 30 - 1 October.