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"War in Ukraine, a challenge for legal normality"

On May 12, 2023, Svitlana Andreichenko, S.J.D., PhD, Researcher at the University of Graz (UNI-ETC, Institute of International Law and International…

Apply now for the sixth edition of the Padova Model UPR 2023!

The Padova Model UPR is an academic simulation of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) which offers participants an in-depth understanding of the…

From Courtroom to Lecture Hall: Verónica Gómez shares insights on Inter-American human rights system

Verónica Gómez, one of the seven judges on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the region’s most important human rights body, delivered an…

Faculty Day: Thinking Law Beyond Borders

This year, the UNI-ETC hosted two thought-provoking panel discussions with renowned experts and academics to explore crucial topics relating to the…

Annual Report 2022 now online!

The joint annual report 2022 of the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security and the International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at…

Einladung zum REWI-Fakultätstag

„Thinking Law Beyond Borders“: Der heurige REWI-Fakultätstag am 5. Mai steht ganz im Zeichen des Zusammenwirkens über fachliche und räumliche Grenzen…

Laboratory Humour and Human Rights - Humour, a less explored tool to advance human rights

The Road Less Traveled, a project initiated by the Human Rights Center of the University of Padova and done in cooperation with Global Campus of Human…

York Human Rights City Network Lecture

On 17 April 2023, UNESCO Chair Gerd Oberleitner delivered the annual York Human Rights City Network Lecture: Human Rights Go Local – Mobilising the…

Jahreskonferenz der Arqus-Hochschulallianz

Arqus-Jahreskonferenz in Graz entwirft Zukunft europäischer Universitäten durch vertiefte Zusammenarbeit in Forschung, Lehre, Studium und Mobilität

Steht der Iran vor einer Frauenrevolution? Spannender Diskussionsabend mit Iran-Expertin Solmaz Khorsand

Am 22. März hatten das UNI-ETC und der Fachbereich Global Governance des Instituts für Rechtswissenschaftliche Grundlagen die Wiener Journalistin…

Erfolgreiches Projekttreffen im Kosovo

„Building a post-war justice system in Kosovo: The independence, impartiality, fairness and accountability of the internationalized judiciary“

Away Days in the Netherlands // Auswärtsspiel in den Niederlanden

Helga Pedersen Moot Court Team @ Maastricht

Join us for the Next Generation Event 2023

Are you a human rights professional in the making? Do you want to engage and connect with established human rights experts and practitioners? Do you…

Human Rights Go Local Publication Series: Volume 4 available now!

"Governing the City by Human Rights Objectives: Embedding Human Rights in Public Management Instruments"

edited by Gerd Oberleitner and Klaus Starl

EMA Online Open Day

Join the very first EMA Online Open Day on Wednesday 18 January 2023 at 2pm CET!

Book presentation

Prof. Tanja Tajmel (Concordia University, Montréal) and Dr. Klaus Starl (UNESCO Centre for Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels, Graz)…