Eight scholars from Southeast Asian countries recently participated in the 14th Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS). They convened a dual panel titled "Safeguarding Scholarship: Autocratization, Institutional Autonomy, and Academic Freedom in Southeast Asia", as part of an NCHR-supported project.
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights is excited to welcome Professor Beate Sjåfjell to the Centre! Sjåfjell is a law professor and a sustainability scholar, whose academic goal in life is to do her part in ensuring the contribution of business to a safer and more just world. We look forward to working with her!
Representatives from the NCHR visited Lviv and King Danylo University in Ivano-Frankivsk to support ongoing justice reform efforts and strengthen partnerships with the university sector.
Eko Riyadi has been a long-term partner of NCHR. He recently completed his doctoral degree at the University of Indonesia. His thesis pengujian proporsionalitas (testing proportionality) examined how the Constitutional Court applies the concepts of human rights limitation and derogation, and their methodology for balancing one right against another.
Investigators, prosecutors, and academics from Ukraine met in Budapest to strengthen their competence in investigative interviewing of suspects, with a particular emphasis on Russian prisoners of war. Participants received structured feedback on their interviewing practice, guided by trainers from the Norwegian Police University College and Kripos.
30 experts from China, Southeast Asia and Norway met in Bangkok to discuss how academic cooperation can strengthen education and research on business and human rights. Participants attended the United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum Asia-Pacific before meeting for separate academic discussions and exchange
ABU DHABI / OSLO: Five years after the adoption of the landmark Kyoto Declaration, international experts, policymakers, and law enforcement leaders gathered at the 15th UN Crime Congress ancillary event in Abu Dhabi to evaluate global progress in non-coercive, science-based interviewing.
A delegation from the CASS Institute of Law visited Oslo for a full-day programme, including a meeting with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR). Discussions at NCHR focused on equality and women’s rights, business and human rights, and opportunities for future academic cooperation. The visit concluded with an official reception at the Faculty of Law
The NCHR recently hosted a delegation from Indonesia’s Ministry of Law for a two-day roundtable on beneficial ownership, business entities and corporate criminal liability.
From 19–21 August, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) hosted the Second Euro-Sino Forum on Human Rights Education. The event brought together an expert group from China and several European academics, fostering new partnerships and exchanging experiences on curriculum development and teaching methods in human rights education and human rights programs in China and Norway.
For the past five years, a small team of researchers and police instructors across Brazil have been trying to get law enforcement to listen more, and the results, they said, have surprised even them.
With support from the NCHR, the ASEAN University Network-Human Rights Education (AUN-HRE) hosted by the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University successfully organized the 10th Annual Regional Lecturer Workshop on Teaching Peace and Human Rights in July 2026 in Bangkok. The topic was peace and transformative peacebuilding.
In July 2026, the Human Rights Research Institute at Guangzhou University hosted a seminar on “Barrier-Free Employment in the AI Era.” Supported by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), the seminar was held under the theme “Skills, Intelligence and Empowerment.”
This summer, Bodø became a testbed for the future of police interviewing: 45 participants from 14 countries gathered to share practical knowledge and experiences. The event focused on implementing human rights-based investigative interviewing methodology — a promising step forward for the field, though one that still leaves plenty of room for improvement globally.
Farida Shaheed is the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education. She receives the award for her tireless work for human rights, social justice and equality.
The NCHR, together with partner organization JustGroup and the universities National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and King Danylo University, has been awarded funding for the project “Building Capacity for Human Rights-Based Criminal Justice Education in Ukraine.” The project is funded by The Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir) through the Nansen EDU programme.
On 29 May 2026, the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ), in partnership with UNODC and key international collaborators, successfully launched a new eLearning programme on investigative interviewing in the Thai language. The event, held in Bangkok, marked an important step in expanding access to evidence-based interviewing practices across the criminal justice system.
A report written by NCHR Professor Matthew William Saul recently provided the basis for a resolution and recommendation in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities at the Council of Europe. The report addressed the role of local and regional authorities in the implementation of judgments by the European Court of Human Rights.
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria and the University of Nairobi, has concluded a week-long advanced training programme on Business and Human Rights in Kenya. The workshop brought together government officials, academics and practitioners from across Africa to examine responsible business conduct and the human rights obligations of companies operating on the continent.
In April 2026, the NCHR carried out a five‑day working visit to Kyiv as part of its long‑standing cooperation with JustGroup on strengthening investigative interviewing and investigation standards. Supported by the Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine, the visit demonstrated tangible progress within Ukraine’s criminal justice system.
This spring, the International Department is welcoming four new interns to the Centre. We look forward to working with them!
NCHR's Gentian Zyberi recently visited Nankai University in Tianjin, China, to deliver a lecture as part of their "Business and Human Rights" series. He focused on digital technology and human rights, discussing how international law applies in the digital age.
Two NCHR Alumni, Dr. Xiaohui Liang and Prof. Haina Lu, have recently been appointed to key UN human rights mandates. The NCHR extends our warmest congratulations to them both!
The PhD-level course will be held in Oslo, on 8-10 October 2026. Applications are now open.
On March 5, 2026, the NCHR in collaboration with the Norwegian Delegation to the Council of Europe, organized a seminar at the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg focusing on the importance of implementing investigative interviewing in member states. Ukraine’s great efforts to implement investigative interviewing and strengthen its criminal justice system was particularly highlighted. The seminar was followed by a live demonstration of an AI forensic head camera (JodaPro), developed by the Norwegian police team behind the AI4Interviews innovation project.
