The 'Current Issues in Human Rights Research' Lecture Series
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights invites leading academics from across the globe to give presentations on their cutting edge research within the field of human rights. The aim of the lecture series is to explore human rights research from several viewpoints and disciplines.
About the lecture
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals hail multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) as key actors in achieving sustainable development.
MSPs that bring together states, businesses, philanthropy, and civil society are increasingly in the frontlines of providing public goods that are human rights such as food, health, education and water. In these domains, partnerships are spearheading the continued expansion of multistakeholder governance into international law, including human rights law. This expansion has been taking place without critical appraisal with respect to its effectiveness and consequences for human rights accountability.
It is important to investigate the interface of international law and multistakeholder governance in the realisation of human rights and derive insights on whether and how international law and multistakeholder governance through MSPs can generate common ground when governing public goods that are human rights.
About the Lecturer:
Dr. Gamze Erdem Türkelli is Associate Research Professor at the Law & Development Research Group, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp (Belgium) and the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council Starting Grant 2023-funded GENESIS project.
Her research focuses on transnational human/children's rights obligations, development financing and hybrid actors under international law such as multistakeholder partnerships. The GENESIS project investigates human rights accountability in relation to the delivery of public goods through multistakeholder partnerships.
Practical Information
Moderator: Prof. Matthew W. Saul (NCHR)
The lecture will be in English. Due to limited space, participants will have to register prior to the lecture.