The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights had the recent privilege of having visiting scholar, Yiwei Lyu, present findings from her ongoing research entitled “Rethinking the Right to Equality in a Neoliberal World” on 8. September.
In Vienna, leaders from Ukraine’s criminal justice system gathered with experts from Norway and Britain for a workshop on improving and developing investigative management practices.
Professor Gentian Zyberi, Head of Department at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, has been elected as chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (fra.europa.eu) for the period September 2025 - September 2026. He was elected unanimously by his Committee colleagues on 5 September 2025.
Irishman Brian Dooley is Senior Advisor at the Washington DC-based NGO Human Rights First. He receives the award for having dedicated his career to advocating human rights and bringing greater global attention to less visible issues.
We were recently joined in conversation by Ms. Mary Lawlor, the current UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. The unique opportunity for engagement drew high interest from scholars and practitioners alike, eager to learn from Ms. Lawlor’s extensive experience and nuanced insights.
The Thai Office of the Attorney General recently convened a meeting on investigative interviewing in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting focused on investigative techniques, inter-agency collaboration, and how to prioritize human rights within criminal investigations. As Thailand embraces these best practices, it positions itself as a champion of ethical and effective law enforcement in the region.
Academic freedom is essential for research, education, and a democratic society. A recent seminar in Bangkok gave scholars from the region an opportunity to discuss what factors influence the exercise of academic freedom for academics and students in the region, and how these factors manifest in different countries.
Supported by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, the ASEAN University Network–Human Rights Education (AUN–HRE) successfully hosted the 9th Annual Regional Workshop on Transformative Human Rights Education and an Intersectional Approach to Teaching the Right to Development, Migration, and Gender in Bangkok, Thailand. It aimed to deepen the understanding of transformative human rights education.
The Norwegian Méndez Centre for Investigative Interviewing participated in the Management Committee meeting of the ImpleMéndez EU COST Action. The meeting brought together experts from across Europe to advance the implementation of the Méndez Principles on effective interviewing for investigations.
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), in collaboration with the Geneva Academy (GA), hosted a training workshop focused on United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms aimed at empowering academics from the MENA region. The intensive program took place in Geneva in June, bringing together eleven dedicated participants from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, and Syria.
Two NCHR students were recently nominated for the Law faculty's annual prize for best masters' thesis focused on equality, inclusion and/or diversity. They join several past NCHR students who have been nominated for, or won, the same prize.
From June 2–4, the workshop “Autocracies as International Lawmakers” took place in Oslo – a two-day UiO:Democracy initiative organised by Maria Debre (Zeppelin University, Germany) and Nina Reiners (UiO), dedicated to analysing the role of autocratic regimes in shaping international law.
The NCHR hosted an international conference that brought together legal scholars, practitioners and policymakers to critically examine the domestic impact of global and regional human rights law. The conference in April engaged with a core question that continues to challenge the human rights community: Do human rights treaties and mechanisms - whether created in Geneva, Strasbourg, Arusha, San José or elsewhere - truly influence domestic legal and political landscapes?
Our academic partner and former master student, Dr. Ngo Huong from Faculty of Law, Vietnam National University in Hanoi, recently presented her ongoing research on "CEDAW Implementation and Norm Localization: comparative case study of Norway and Vietnam” at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR).
The workshop held on June 21-22, 2025, at Lanzhou University marks a significant milestone in advancing business and human rights education in China, particularly in the western region of the country.
In May the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights organised a Euro-Sino Forum in Beijing together with its longstanding partner, the Human Rights Research Institute at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL).
In June 2025, the NCHR, in partnership with JustGroup, organized a study visit to Norway for Ukrainian prosecutors centered around best practices in the investigative interviewing of children.
The program "Business and Human Rights in Africa" started in Pretoria, bringing together over 60 experts from 18 African countries, both in-person and online.
Growth, perseverance and solidarity: Celebrating the graduating class of the Theory and Practice of Human Rights master programme
NCHR contributes to last week’s T4SEA 2025 workshop on “Investigative Interviewing in Theory and Practice,” hosted in Bangkok by the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ).
A recent roundtable meeting on “The Principles and Processes of Litigation at the Christian-Islamic Religious Courts” gathered key religious, judicial, and legal stakeholders to discuss urgent reforms aimed at enhancing litigation procedures, human rights protections, and judicial fairness within Lebanon’s pluralistic religious court system.
In a world where human rights and the multilateral world order are increasingly under increased and unprecented pressure, interest in our Intensive Course is at an all time high. More than 4758 persons applied for participation to the course, compared to 88 last time the course was held.
Together with partner institution China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) organized a Human Rights Education forum in Beijing 27-28 May. During the visit to China, the delegation will also visit several Universities and partner institutions to discuss collaboration on human rights education.
As part of the "Investigative Interviewing in Ukraine" project, Sigrid Buseth, alongside our partner JustGroup, recently led an online workshop on evaluation and feedback for over 40 Ukrainian investigators and prosecutors. This workshop marked the beginning of a new series of advanced sessions on investigative interviewing.
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