Elisabeth Perioli Bjørnstøl

Introduction
Elisabeth Bjørnstøl is senior adviser and Head of Inclusive Societies: Equality and Non-discrimination at the International Department, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights.
Bjørnstøl has a Masters degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London with specialisation in human rights. She has a cand.mag degree in political science, anthropology and mandarin from the University of Oslo. She also studied mandarin Chinese at Fudan University for 2 years. She worked at the Irish Centre for Human Rights after her studies. At the NCHR she has been responsible for projects on human rights education, criminal justice, non-discrimination, women’s rights, domestic violence and disability rights. Bjørnstøl has worked on human rights projects in China for a number of years, and ran the NCHR Beijing office from 2010-2015.
Responsibilities
Equality and non-discrimination
Member of
- Local Union Representative at the Faculty of Law for the Norwegian Association of Researchers
- Member of the Faculty of Law Board of Appointments
- Member of the election committee to the UIO Board of the Norwegian Association of Researchers
- Deputy representative for technical-administrative employees to the board of the Faculty of Law
Academic interests
Human rights education, equality and non-discrimination, gender and human rights, sustainable development
Publications
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2009). Human Rights Law Education in China. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues. ISSN 1360-1326. 1.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2017). Nordmenn lærer kinesere om alternativer til tortur. [Internet]. NRK.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2017). Human Rights Protection of Norwegian People with Disabilities. Presentation at conference on Human Rights Protection of People with Disabilities at Vreijie University.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2017). Menneskerettigheter i Kina. Presentasjon for Amnesty Norge.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2017). NCHR International Cooperation with the Oslo Police on Investigative Interviewing. Presentation at Symposium on Investigative Interviewing and technology.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2010). Kina og menneskerettigheter (Human Rights and China), presentation for Landinfo.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2010). Menneskerettighetssituasjonen i Kina (The Human Rights Situation in China), Presentation for the parliamentary group of the Norwegian Christian Democratic Party.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2010). Kina og menneskerettigheter (China and Human Rights), Presentation to Folk og Forsvar.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2010). Menneskerettigheter i Kina (Human Rights in China). Presentation at seminar on China at the Norwegian Ministry of Finance.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2009). Utdanning i menneskerettigheter i Kina. Kina og vi. ISSN 0806-9573. 2.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2009). Norwegian Human Rights Programmes in China, the CCPL Rights Talk, The University of Hong Kong.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2009). Menneskerettigheter i Kina (2 timer). Forelesning for Foreningen Norge-Kina.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2008). Søkelys på Kinas funksjonshemmede. [Internet]. Forskning.no.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2008). Å arbeide med menneskerettigheter i Kina.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2006). Menneskerettigheter i Kina.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2006). Human Rights in China: Academic approaches.
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Bjørnstøl, Elisabeth Perioli (2005). Human Rights Based Development Policies for Minorities. Autonomiprogrammet.