The Norhed II project where the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) partners with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and five leading institutions to strengthen higher education institutions ability to produce high-quality research and teaching has been granted. Norad received 199 applications to this call, of which 60 will be funded.
Just before the start of the Oslo Peace Days 2020 last week, NCHR and the Norwegian Human Rights Fund held a digital event on the role of Norwegian and international support to human rights defenders during an after the pandemic, which represents a time with an increased of risks for human rights defenders. Close to 200 participants from government, different public organizations, academics and civil society took part in the event.
Currently edited by Professor Dr. Gentian Zyberi, the International Law Observer blog has brought together reports, commentary and discussions of topical issues in international law since 2007 when established by Dr Dominik Zimmermann.
Each year, the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition brings together university students from all over the world to argue a hypothetical human rights case. In 2020, the University of Oslo (UiO), through the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), participated in the Competition for the first time.
Recently the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights and the NCHR Alumni arranged a Webinar Series on Human Rights in the New Normal. The topic collected many participants to both webinars.
On Friday, 26 June, we submitted a Norhed 2 project where we partner with PRIO and five leading institutions to strengthen higher education institutions ability to produce high-quality research and teaching.
The NCHR is delighted to announce that Dr Cathryn Costello, Andrew W Mellon Associate Professor in International Human Rights and Refugee Law at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, has been appointed to a Professor II position at the NCHR.
A course for all, on Master’s level, a course that’s absolutely free, web based and available for completion on your own PC, a course that takes max two hours of your time weekly, for four weeks, highly relevant topic: Mass Migration and Human Rights – Legal and ethical dilemmas, world class scholars, short lectures, 40 different steps, videos and texts, all in English
What are the main social, cultural and legal challenges facing Muslim women in the Muslim world and Europe today? This was the overarching question of the two-day conference held by the NCHR in cooperation with the Institute for Cultural and Oriental Studies and the Faculty of Theology/Plurel in October.
Nino Tsereteli, phd candidate at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR)/ PluriCourts - Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order - is due for her midterm evaluation. Her thesis will closely examine the legality and legitimacy of the pilot judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
Comparative Analysis in Human Rights Research was the title of the Human Rights Training Course that took place in Florence, Italy, in June.
17,5 mill. Norwegian kroner yearly – over ten years. The Norwegian Research Council grant enables professors Andreas Føllesdal and Geir Ulfstein to establish and run a research Centre of Excellence – with roots in the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights.(NCHR)
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) 25th anniversary this year has produced a string of seminars of major international significance.
Is human rights research methodologically sloppy? If so, what can we do about it? These are some of the questions behind the new incarnation of the NordForsk-financed Nordic Network in Human Rights Research, where methodological challenges is the main research topic.