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Strengthening Ties: Delegation from Gwangju Visits the International Centre

On 24 July 2025, the International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels welcomed a delegation from Gwangju, Korea, during their visit to Graz. This visit aimed at strengthening the longstanding collaboration between the UNESCO Chair and Centre in Graz and the Gwangju International Center, which was established particularly through co-hosting the Human Rights Paper Session at the World Human Rights City Forum (WHRCF) in Gwangju. Furthermore, it strengthened the international partnership focused on amplifying local and regional voices in the field of human rights.

Verleihung des Linda-Rauter-Preises an Mag. Sophia Urban

Das Uni-ETC gratuliert Frau Mag. Sophia Urban, bis vor kurzem Studienassistentin am UNI-ETC, sehr herzlich zur Verleihung des Linda-Rauter-Preises für ihre Diplomarbeit.

Call for papers: International Human Rights Conference at University of Padua

From the Right to Self-determination to the Right to Peace: Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Collapsing Multilateral Order. Deadline: 20th September 2025

Summer School 2025 on Academic Freedom in Times of War in Poznań

From 23 to 27 June 2025, the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) in Poznań hosted an international Summer School on Academic Freedom in Times of War. Organised within the framework of the Erasmus+ project “Promoting Academic Freedom in Ukraine (FreeAc)” (2023-1-AT01-KA220-HED-000164930), the school gathered students, lecturers, and researchers from Ukraine, Austria, Poland, Italy, and Greece for a week-long interdisciplinary exchange on the challenges and defence of academic freedom in contexts of armed conflict.

Faculty Day: Workshop on Human Rights Foresight

The UNI-ETC successfully held a workshop on Human Rights Resilience and Human Rights Foresight as part of the faculty day of the law faculty of University of Graz.

Presentation of the FreeAc Project at the University of Hull’s Research Culture Week

Guest Lecture by Ukrainian Researcher Launches Lecture Series within FreeAc Project

Interdisciplinary PhD Workshop at Monastery of San Nicolò, Venice Lido

On 16th May, the participants of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme Human Rights, Democracy, Diversity, and Gender successfully attended the workshop at the Monastery of San Nicolò in Venice Lido.