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The conference seeks to bring together researchers to focus on the interaction of medical, legal and lay understandings of phenomena that are highly topical and political, namely rape and abortion.

PhD candidate Martine S.B. Lie at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS) will present her doctoral project.

This seminar brings together the international law discourse on environmental peacebuilding and the corporate law and corporate governance stream of research on corporate sustainability. The occasion is a launch of the Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding, edited by Daniëlla Dam-de Jong and Britta Sjöstedt.

This hybrid seminar explores the potential in deeper research interactions between circular economy and corporate sustainability. The seminar celebrates the contribution of Dr. Eléonore Maitre-Ekern to Sustainability Law, on the last day of her position as postdoctoral scholar in the research group and reaffirms our joint desire to continue working together.

The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights welcomes you to this guest lecture by Prof. Stoyanova on 'Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights: Within and Beyond Boundaries'.

Welcome to a panel discussion among transactional lawyers who regularly draft and negotiate international commercial contracts.

We are living in the middle of a nature crisis, in the process of the sixth extinction with a galloping loss of wildlife worldwide. During the last 50 years, nearly 70 % of wildlife populations are gone. Do our conventions protect or endanger animal rights and wildlife?

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Elsabe Boshoff, Doctoral Fellow at at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR). Join us for an insightful presentation on the topic of "Corporations as human rights duty bearers: recent developments from the African continent."

Open for all interested.

Voldtekt er en alvorlig form for kriminalitet, som kan gi store konsekvenser for den som rammes. Slik blir voldtekt et helseproblem som angår og rammer mange.

The event will take the form of a panel discussion among
current and former transactional lawyers, involved in
drafting, negotiating, and deciding on international
commercial contracts.

 Registration for the main event  in Gamle Festsal is now closed - We are thrilled to announce that our beautiful historic venue Gamle Festsal is fully booked!

Feb 8th 14:30-18:30 

LL.M. Laura Létourneau-Tremblaywill be defending the thesis Environmental protection in international investment law: Interaction, change and adaptation for the degree of PhD.

Webinar held by Carmen Gimeno, Partner at Verdia Legal, and Secretary General of GEODE

Whether recorded, recoded or unregistered, information shapes our present and our future. With her new book Making Information Matter, Mareile Kaufmann invites us to explore what it means to live with information. And what we can do to make it matter differently.

External PhD candidate Samar Abbas Nawaz at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS) will present his doctoral project.

Utviklingen i Tengs-saken viser at usikkerheten om hvordan DNA havner på et åsted gjør det vanskelig å bruke DNA som bevis. I denne samtalen vil eksperter på tolkning av rettsmedisinske bevis diskutere hva man kan lære av den nylige frifinnelsen av Johny Vassbakk.

Judicial independence, appointments, and promotions – findings from the project and perspectives from the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights

Velkommen til fredagslunsj i regi av forskningsprosjektet CRIMKNOW. Cathrine Holst presenterer boken Expertise, Policy-making and Democracy.

Welcome to a panel discussion among transactional lawyers, both inhouse and from law firms, who regularly draft and negotiate international commercial contracts.

Special Procedures are a central source of transparency about countries’ human rights practices and of information to the UN Human Rights Council. But how do these procedures gain access to countries, and do they retain independence in the process? Welcome to this seminar with Professor Andrea Liese on the access and independence of the UN Special Procedures. 

Master in Criminology Annette Vestby will be defending the thesis Practical criminologies: sensemaking and proactive policing for the degree of PhD.

In the wake of the 7 October events, where Hamas launched an attack on Israel, and Israel responded with massive bombardment and a ground invasion campaign on the Gaza strip, the discussions on the application of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights to the situation of Palestine have intensified. Terrible atrocities have been unfolding against civilians. What are the legal implications of the recent events?

PhD candidate Pernille Nyvoll at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS) will present her doctorate project.

Welcome to this half day seminar on "EU commissions IP action plan". The seminar is part of our series "MIK Agenda" with financing from The Norwegian Research Council.

The seminar is open for all interested.