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The NORHED II Project 70921: Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies (NORAD) and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights invite applications for the PhD-level course “Selected trends and developments in international human rights law and practice” to take place in person in Oslo, on 6-8 October 2025.
Practical information
Expenses for the selected participants from the partner institutions will be covered under the NORHED II project. Other participants accepted to the course have to cover their own expenses. The course is open for both PhD-candidates and junior faculty members.
The deadline for sending in your application is 18 May 2025.
When applying for a place in the course, please send the following documents:
- Short CV of two pages maximum; and
- Letter of motivation, demonstrating how this course is relevant to your PhD research project or research interests.
We have three guiding principles regarding the selection process, namely the strength of candidate; the relevance of the course for the candidates’ research; and gender balance within each represented institution and in the PhD course.
Application form
Applications should be sent via the online form. Please note the 18 May 2025 deadline.
Course description
This PhD/professional training course focuses on selected human rights norms, procedures, and institutions, and tracks developments and trends, especially in the last two decades.
With the political developments in several (Western) States and their pronounced negative rhetoric on certain human rights issues and confrontational approaches towards various human rights institutions, alongside the crackdown on human rights in various authoritarian States, it is important to analyze some of the underlying causes for this shift and what might be the overall short-term, mid-term and potential long-term effects on human rights and more broadly on our societies.
Some of the selected topics include:
- international solidarity
- climate change
- indigenous peoples and green transition
- gender
- bioethics
- socio-economic rights
- local authorities
- national human rights institutions
- human rights treaty bodies
These broad themes are covered in two and a half days through mainly in-person lectures and seminars, taught by renowned experts in the field.
Attendance certificate and study points
Participants attending over 70% of the course will receive an attendance certificate. The course is also recommended for 4 (four) ECTS study point, upon assessment of a research paper of 5,000 (five thousand) words maximum (including footnotes), which is evaluated as pass/fail. Relevant instructions concerning the research paper will be provided during the course.