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Tuesday, 25 September 2018

E.MA Success Continues!

Sara Andreia Vassalo Abreu Vieitas de Amorim and Gerd Oberleitner

E.MA-Award Ceremony in Venice, 23 September 2018

The Ceremony of the Awarding of Diplomas of the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA, #GCEurope) for the academic year 2017/2018 and inauguration of the class of 2018/2019, was held at the beautiful Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice on Sunday, 23 September 2017.

Sara Andreia Vassalo Abreu Vieitas de Amorim’s master thesis, entitled “Is Offshoring the Solution? The EU and the Extraterritorial Processing of Asylum Claims”, supervised in Graz by Dr. Lisa Heschl,  was awarded best thesis. In her overall academic performance throughout the year in Venice and Graz, Sara was ranked 4th. Bernhard Wetschko, former assistant at the UNI-ETC , also attended E.MA in the academic year 2017/2018 and achieved the 10th rank for his overall academic performance in Venice and Nottingham. Congratulations! We are proud of you.

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In ancient Greek, apò mēkhanês Theós (more well-known in Latin as "Deus ex machina") describes the way mythological figures appeared in theaters seemingly from thin air, instantly influencing the plot. Today, Artificial Intelligence might exert similar effects in legal proceedings. Students from our faculty are currently taking a deep dive into this matter in a human rights moot court competition, inter alia, in Greece - and they are doing so with great success.

FreeAC: online workshop "Communicating Instruments and Strategies for Academia"

On 10 March 2026, the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy at the University of Graz hosted an online workshop “Communicating Instruments and Strategies for Academia” within the Erasmus+ project “Promoting Academic Freedom in Ukraine (FreeAc)”

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On 6 March 2025, the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy at the University of Graz hosted an online workshop titled “Supporting Veteran Transition into Higher Education” within the Erasmus+ project “Promoting Academic Freedom in Ukraine (FreeAc)”.

Call for Papers: Human Rights Cities Against Authoritarianism and Populism

Call for Papers for the 11th Human Rights Paper Session as a part of the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) held in Gwangju, South Korea from the 13th to the 15th of May 2026

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