Event highlight

Annual Keynote Discussion confronts growing challenges to human rights defenders

The panel hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School raised key concerns and offered hope in the face of the legal, political and social pressures facing human rights activists worldwide.
Research news

EU’s migrant smuggling reforms under fire

Visiting Professor at the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights Violeta Moreno-Lax raises key concerns about reforms to the EU Commission’s Facilitation Directive.
Student event

Site visit: Human Rights Watch

The visit to the Berlin office of HRW will provide an opportunity to gain firsthand insights into the organisation's operations. Participants will engage in enriching discussions with HRW employees specializing in advocacy, communications, and research.
Centre news

Joseph Finnerty successfully defends his PhD dissertation

Joseph Finnerty’s dissertation, titled “Too little, too late? The effectiveness of Article 18 ECHR in safeguarding pluralism” in a democratic society,” examines the role of Article 18 of the European Convention on Human Rights in addressing state-driven restrictions on democratic pluralism.
Research colloquium

Theories of Procedural Fairness & their Implications for Automation

A presentation by Cathryn Costello, Professor of Global Refugee & Migration Law at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, and a Visiting Professor at the Hertie School and Francesca Palmiotto, Assistant Professor of Law at IE University, Madrid. This event is part of the Fundamental Rights Research Colloquium under the "Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees" cluster hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights.
Research news

Bridging research and practice: A translational agenda for migration and asylum law

Visiting Professor at the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights, Violeta Moreno-Lax, and co-authors explore how legal academics and practitioners can work together to improve justice for asylum-seekers, refugees, and migrants in a new Special Issue of the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law.
Research project

AFAR: Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

This 4-year collaborative research project is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation through its “Challenges for Europe” funding programme.
Research project

The Contribution of United Nations Treaty Body Case Law to the Development of International Human Rights Law

This three year research project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). 
Research project

Framing Reality and Normativity in European Human Rights Law

Frames is a two years research project funded by Volkswagen Foundation under its funding framework NEXT. It is a collaborative project between the Hertie School and Helmut Schmidt Universität.
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