Nettsider med emneord «human rights» - Side 4
![Image of Professor Peris Jones, shoulders up, facing the camera. He is wearing a dark shirt and glasses.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/research/current-affairs/2022/pics/peris-1000-562.jpg?alt=listing)
Can you make a difference in the world while gaining practical skills and deepening understanding? The students of the Human Rights in Practice course get the opportunity to try, in a new course approach where they work towards justice.
![Signing of the Escazú Agreement](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/current/events/2022/218_marzo_2022._presidente_boric_firma_acuerdo_ambiental_de_escazu.jpg?alt=listing)
The Global Challenges to Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice Research Group at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) is organizing a workshop on human rights defenders (14th September) followed with a public event (15th September).
![Participants from different religious courts at the closing event](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/id/news/2022/lebanon.jpg?alt=listing)
More than 100 participants gathered in Beirut, Lebanon, to discuss human rights standards in Lebanese personal status laws. The seminar were facilitated by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, together with Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP), as a closing event of the six-months’ pilot project “Fostering Human Rights in Lebanese Religious Courts”. This is the first human rights related project working directly with the actors of the religious courts.
![Headshot of Joel Mark Baysa-Barredo](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/current/events/2022/joel-photo2.jpg?alt=listing)
In this lecture, Joel Mark Baysa-Barredo, Executive Director of SHAPE-SEA, will touch on the state of academic freedom in the ASEAN region and SHAPE-SEA's work to build safe spaces for academics.
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This conference addresses topical issues concerning challenges to human rights protection online and the regulation and use of artificial intelligence.
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Please join us on 27 September 2022 for an online seminar on the domestic impact of the United Nations human rights treaty system. The seminar is jointly organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo.
![Headshot photo of Martin Fertmann.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/current/events/2022/martin-big2.jpg?alt=listing)
In this lecture, Martin Fertmann questions the role of new ‘social media councils’ such as Meta’s Oversight Board for Facebook and Instagram in international law interpretation, and overall, in improving the protection of human rights online.
![Group photo of the participating academics in front of UN building, dressed formally.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/id/news/2022/fn-mek_1000_bright.jpg?alt=listing)
12 academics from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam gathered in Geneva, Switzerland for the annual training on UN human rights mechanisms. The workshop, jointly organized by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights and Geneva Academy, aims to strengthen civil society by equipping academics with in depth knowledge of how to utilize the UN human rights mechanisms in their home countries.
![Illustration photo of a slide from the course, giving an overview of the content](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/id/news/2022/e-learning-1000.jpg?alt=listing)
Developed in partnership with the UNODC, NCHR announces availability of the new Global eLearning course on investigative interviewing.
![Screenshot of Zoom call, featuring Bård Andreassen on top of a blue presentation page with the title "International seminar on Supply Chain Due Diligence Legislations: Trends and Challenges" in English and Chinese](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/id/news/2022/supply_chain_ba_1000.jpg?alt=listing)
On June 15 2022, the Director of the NCHR Professor Bård A. Andreassen spoke about the Norwegian Corporate Transparency Act during an International seminar about Supply Chain Due Diligence Legislations: Trends and Challenges.
![Group photo of the conference participants.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/research/current-affairs/2022/images-sustainability-conference/sustconf_1_1000.jpg?alt=listing)
What are the intersections of human rights and sustainability, and how do the two agendas meet? This three-day conference invited close to a hundred participants to examine the topic from a variety of angles.
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NCHR hosts joint lecture by Professors Ray Bull and Dave Walsh on the international implementation of investigative interviewing and the assessment of its effectiveness.
![Image of Mary Lawlor from shoulders up, dressed professionally.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/current/events/2022/mary-lawlow-hotpress-1000.jpg?alt=listing)
Human rights defenders are often on the front line of conflicts involving land and resource use and in protecting the environment. Join us for a conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, about how the concept of sustainability might impact human rights defenders.
![Group photo of the visitors at the University](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/id/news/2022/indonesia-visit-1000.jpg?alt=listing)
The leadership of the Indonesian Supreme Court visited the Faculty of Law and NCHR on May 9-10 2022.
![Image of five people, four of which are part of a panel and one of which is presenting. They are in front of a screen with a presentation with Bulgarian text.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/research/current-affairs/pics/bulgaria-conference-1000.jpg?alt=listing)
The NCHR and partners recently organized a conference presenting two reports, focusing on the existing curricula on human rights at Bulgarian universities, and the introduction of human rights in mandatory legal curriculum in Bulgaria.
![Face shot picture of Professor Stener Ekern.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/current/events/2022/stenere_1000.jpg?alt=listing)
In this event, Professor Stener Ekern will give a farewell lecture to reflect on the above topic, his career and years at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights.
![Group photo of the recent graduates and accompanying professors in the Gamle Festsal, a grandiose room at the University of Oslo](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/research/current-affairs/pics/graduation2022-1000.jpg?alt=listing)
It was a pleasure recently to be able to celebrate the MA in Theory and Practice of Human Rights class of 2022 graduation!
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The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) and our partner, the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (GA), will hold the eighth Training Workshop on UN Human Rights Mechanisms on 3.-7.- October 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. This workshop is for participants from the MENA countries only and will include regional perspectives.
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NCHR and partners held a side-event on efficiency and fairness in criminal investigations under the 31st session for the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
![Screenshot of a Zoom conference with 20 small images of participants.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/research/current-affairs/pics/phd-triangle-1000.jpg?alt=listing)
Two of NCHR’s doctoral researchers, Elsabe Boshoff and Dinie Arief, presented their doctoral projects in this year’s Human Rights Interdisciplinary PhD Triangle Gathering. It was hosted virtually by the University of Essex on 26-27 April.