2017
Yemen is currently suffering from a comprehensive civil war, as well as the war waged by the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia against the Houthi Movement and their ally former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
- Introduction by Kirsten Fuglestved.
- Short presentation of his latest publication by G. Zyberi.
What role do general principles of law (GPs) play in today’s international legal order? Can these general principles contribute – and if so, to what extent – to ensuring the coherence of international law? What is their added value when it comes to international human rights law? Ludovica Chiussi PhD-candidate at the NCHR will present their work at this seminar.
Retten til å bestemme over sitt eget liv er et sentralt menneskerettslig prinsipp. Hvordan beskytter Norge denne rettigheten for utviklingshemmede? Kjersti Skarstad presenterer den første systematiske studien av praktiseringen av vergemålsloven, og vurderer praksisen på feltet opp mot menneskerettslige prinsipper. Forskningen er spesielt aktuell i forbindelse med høringsrunden på NOUen om utviklingshemmedes rettigheter.
Presentation by Maria Alejandra Mancilla, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Arts and Ideas.
The growing complexity of the transnational human rights system, coupled with the recent expanding turn to illiberalism and contempt for internationalism in many countries, have placed national human rights institutions at a potentially crucial spot within the global human rights architecture. Domenico is a PhD candidate at the NCHR.
In the second part of this seminar: the new NCHR/AHRI online course (MOOC) on "Mass migration and human rights" will be presented by the course developer, Ingvill Plesner.
Presentation by Dr. Abdo al Bahesh and Professor Nils Butenschøn
While the world marked the historic twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Platform of Action, China's first national law against domestic violence was passed in December 2015. This presentation will examine the new law from the perspective of the most vulnerable in society, namely, children, women and the elderly.
Presentation by Monika Lindbekk co-editor of the publication: Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice, and she is a visiting scholar at the NCHR.