Council of Europe Human Rights Day, 4 May 2023, Turku As part of the project “Council of Europe Days — Telling the CoEs Story” on 4 May 2023, the Council of Europe Human Rights Day will …

Becoming a human rights city – Policy brief by Kristiina Vainio, Lisa Grans, Mia Varho, Sara Strömberg and Elina Pirjatanniemi   The term ‘human rights cities’ is generally used to denote cities that have committed to …

The Global Campus of Human Rights (GC) has opened the call for applications for the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) for the academic year 2023/2024. EMA is a one-year master’s course aimed …

Application period for the next Master’s Degree Programme in International Law and Human Rights (2023–2025) is open between 4 – 18 January 2023.   The Master’s Degree Programme in International Law and Human Rights is designed …

The European Court of Human Rights and (d)evolution of family life: An analysis of the Paradiso and Campanelli case In her working paper, the author, Meiraf Tesfaye, examines the established principles of the European Court of …

MOBILITY PROGRAM IN HUMAN RIGHTS – OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deadline: 31 January 2023 The Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), Finland, invites applications for short-term research mobility in 2023 (1 week – …

Human Rights and Diversity in Compulsory Education: A Brief Legal Commentary   In her research report, Dr Mariya Riekkinen, of Åbo Akademi University (Public Law), discusses the protection of human rights in compulsory education of minority-language …

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has published its annual report on the protection of fundamental rights in the EU Member States. The Fundamental Rights Report 2022 reviews the major human rights developments in the EU …

Guardianship systems for unaccompanied children in the European Union: developments since 2014 The new report by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) examines key developments since 2014 as regards guardianship systems for unaccompanied children from non-EU …

Achieving social justice through social innovation and entrepreneurship: Call for chapter contributions and mobility within the FAPI network   The Åbo Akademi University and the University of Jyväskylä networks of the Finland-Africa Platform for Innovation (FAPI) …

The Global Campus of Human Rights (GC) has opened the call for applications for the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) for the academic year 2022/2023. EMA is a one-year master’s course aimed …

Discussing the Most Important Rights for Women in Iraq In their working paper, Discussing the Most Important Rights for Women in Iraq, the authors, Katri Gadd and Faleha Ubeis, present their initial findings from an online …

Application period for the next Master’s Degree Programme in International Law and Human Rights (2022-2024) is open between 5 – 19 January 2022.   The Master’s Degree Programme in International Law and Human Rights is designed …

FRA’s report Protecting civic space in the EU sheds light on the challenges civil society faces across the European Union. It is based on desk research and two online consultations with over 400 human rights civil …

Social Protection Policies of International Organizations Social protection is gradually growing into a shared vocabulary through which to address issues of global justice. Interest in social protection policies materialized in 2009 with the adoption of the …