2024 - Side 7

In a roundtable held in Beirut on 5 October 2023, Lebanon witnessed a historic meeting of religious courts, legal experts, and civil society representatives in the Lebanese Parliament. Lebanese Religious Courts discussed challenges and gaps for inclusion of human rights in personal status law cases. The event was initiated through a collaborative project between the Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP) and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR).

Unarmed security guards at a car dealership are killed by soldiers. CCTV footage of the incident is available, and Prisoners of War (PoWs) have identified the suspect during interviews. How do you plan and prepare for the suspect interview? As the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine unfolds, the number of war crimes under investigation are mounting. In criminal and war crime cases, how do you identify information needs and evidence?

A specialized training for the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights was also organized this week, focusing on international law.

How to protect the most vulnerable and safeguard the best interest of the child? Last week, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights hosted an expert delegation from China, interested to learn more about the Norwegian legal and prosecution system.

For over 15 years, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights has invited participants worldwide to attend the Intensive Course in Human Rights. During the first week of September this year, a group of attendees from various countries and professions filled the classroom with vivid and substantive discussions on human rights. 

Climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity are serious threats to humanity. This conference focuses on how these issues affect the realization of human rights. 

Time and location: 26 - 27 October 2023 at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law.

From 15-18 August, the Norwegian Center for Human Rights (NCHR) welcomed an expert group from China to discuss new developments in field of business and human rights. The weeklong study tour offered a unique opportunity for Chinese and Norwegian experts to discuss Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) legislation in China, Norway and other countries.

The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) receives 100 million kroner from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to continue and renew its international work. The Centre’s projects aim to apply research-based human rights knowledge in practical ways to address human rights challenges.

Planetary Crises and International Human Rights: Governing Contemporary Threats through Litigation and Civic Action. An International Conference organised by the Research Group on Global Challenges to Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice.

What are the implications of the new legislations on human rights due diligence in Europe for countries like Vietnam? What are the positive changes and challenges to implement the legislation for companies in Vietnam? Our Vietnamese guest researcher Nguyen Thi Thanh Hai has recently presented her interesting research on the topic at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR).

Professor Gentian Zyberi of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights has been appointed as a member of the Scientific Committee of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) for a non-renewable 5 year mandate, for the period June 2023 – June 2028.

Together with the UNODC, and representatives of police and the prosecution from across Asia, NCHR contributed to a successful regional meeting resulting in a number of recommendations for effective implementation of investigative interviewing.

The 40^th edition of the Jean-Pictet Competition took place between 24 February and 4 March 2023, in Durrës, Albania. The team from the University of Oslo reached the semi-finals for the second time.

For the first time, human rights academics and practitioners from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were part of the annual training on UN Human Rights Mechanisms in Geneva. The workshop, jointly organized by the NCHR and Geneva Academy on 27-31 March 2023, aims to strengthen civil society by equipping selected academics with in-depth knowledge on how to utilize the UN human rights mechanisms in their home countries. 

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 a PhD-level course to take place in person in Oslo, on 23- 25 October 2023. Expenses for the selected participants from the partner institutions will be covered under the Norhed II project.

Maria Leal Lillo, who is a graduate of the Human Rights in Theory and Practice Master’s programme, was recently awarded for her thesis on rights awareness in circular migration. The competition marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

NCHR students are working on an advocacy project in collaboration with Scholars at Risk. They welcome you to learn more about Belarusian student and human rights activist Marfa Rabkova.

Leading judges from the six largest religious groups of Lebanon has recently endorsed a roadmap for including human rights standards in the work of the courts. This milestone follows a one-year pilot project in Lebanon, where the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights has facilitated workshops and round table meetings for judges and attorneys.

This symposium will bring together scholars and researchers from various fields of social sciences, the humanities and law to share and exchange their experiences and research results with respect to the aspects of the limits encountered when striving to promote the right to Freedom of Religion or Belief.

A group of selected judges from across Indonesia attended human rights training at the NCHR at the end of February. Cold days in Oslo were filled with intensive lectures and discussions, to ensure a continued strengthening of human rights standards within Indonesia's judiciary.

The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) is now welcoming applications to the annual intensive course. Deadline 3 April 2023.

Together with the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, the NCHR was part of the official inauguration ceremony celebrating the establishment of the Center for Law and Religion at Bauchi State University in Nigeria. 

In the context of the NORHED II Project's Partnership for Peace, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights held a professional training/Ph.D. course the 17th - 19th of November, 2022. 

2022 marked the 10^th anniversary of the adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD). In an online essay writing competition, students from Southeast Asia reflected on the impact on the AHRD and how it can be strengthened in the future.

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights adopted the resolution as a concrete measure to implement existing provisions for the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the right to a fair trial during its 73rd Ordinary Session.