Introduction
Ms. Jennie Holck-Clausen is a Senior Advisor at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights International Department. She is working with projects under the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief, with a particular focus on religion and human rights projects in Southeast Asia, and the Legitimate Limitations-projects in Brazil, Georgia and Nigeria.
She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Human Rights Law from Lund University. Before joining NCHR she was working for the European Wergeland Centre, responsible for projects on democratic citizenship and human rights education in the Western Balkans; and projects targeting teachers and school leaders in the Nordic countries focusing on prevention of hate speech, discrimination, violent extremism and radicalization. She also has worked at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law managing human rights capacity building projects in the field of administration of justice, national human rights commissions and civil society in South Caucasus, South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Responsibilities
- Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Religion and Human Rights
- Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Human Rights Education
Background (selected)
- 2016 – 2021, Senior Advisor, European Wergeland Centre, Oslo, Norway
- 2005 – 2015, Project Manager, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Human Rights Law from Lund University, Sweden
Academic Interests
International Human Rights Law, Freedom of Religion or Belief (FORB), Non-Discrimination; Prevention of Hate Speech and Extremism