Webpages tagged with «Human Rights» - Page 3
![Group photo of the panel participants, two of them holding cheques with the prize reward on them](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/id/news/2023/writingcontest_1000.webp?alt=listing)
2022 marked the 10th 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.
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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 ninth Training Workshop on UN Human Rights Mechanisms on 27—31 March 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. This workshop is for participants from the MENA countries only and will include regional perspectives.
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As part of the Oslo Peace Days 2022, the NCHR gathered some of the world's foremost experts on labor rights in Domus Bibliotheca, for a discussion on the ever relevant issue of forced labour and modern slavery in global supply chains.
To commemorate the Oslo Peace Days, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights is hosting a roundtable event to discuss the movement against modern slavery.
![Cover photo of the Nordic Journal of Human Rights](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/id/news/2022/nordic-journal-for-hr-1000x562.jpg?alt=listing)
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Nordic Journal of Human Rights offers complimentary temporary access to “The Future of Human Rights” issue.
![Akinaga Yoshida](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/current/events/2022/akinaga1000x562.jpg?alt=listing)
Welcome to this guest lecture by Akinaga Yoshida on how the Human Rights Committee can address human rights issues and ensure the effective implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Japan.
![Three NCHR students in the Centre hallways, talking to each other.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/current/events/2022/nchr_students.jpg?alt=listing)
What is the future of human rights? Join us for a seminar and panel discussion to celebrate the anniversaries of the Norwegian Centre of Human Rights (35 years) and the Nordic Journal of Human Rights (40 years)!
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Around 28 million people worldwide are currently in situations of forced labor. Where did labor governance go wrong, and how do we protect the human rights of workers in supply chains?
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After two years of digital teaching, the NCHR invited scholars and practitioners from all over the world to join us in Oslo for the annual Intensive Course on Human Rights. A week of intensive learning, network building, and exchange of experiences engaged and inspired participants and organizers alike.
![Palm oil farmer pruning palm oil trees with a long tool.](https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/research/current-affairs/pics/palm_oil_1000.jpg?alt=listing)
PhD Candidate Dinie S.M. Arief at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights is presenting her PhD project "International and domestic legal approaches on business and human rights: Human Rights Analysis of Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry".
![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.
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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.