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.
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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.
