‼️Today at 3pm CET, we're happy to welcome Tamara Capeta, Advocate General at the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social, at the @hertieschool.bsky.social for a keynote and discussion co-hosted by the @@delorsberlin.bsky.social . Sign up now! 👉 https://tinyurl.com/bdc9kpuj

‼️Last chance to register! Tomorrow at 3pm CET, we're happy to welcome Tamara Capeta, Advocate General at the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social, at the @hertieschool.bsky.social for a keynote and discussion co-hosted by the @hertiecfr.bsky.social. Sign up now! 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...

Today, Distinguished Equality Lecture at the Hertie School, featuring Michael G. Hanchard (University of Pennsylvania) with Yusuf Serunkuma joining Hanchard virtually for a discussion moderated by Violeta Moreno-Lax. @hertieschool.bsky.social

Final reminder to register for the Distinguished Equality Lecture at the Hertie School, featuring Michael G. Hanchard (University of Pennsylvania). Following the lecture, Yusuf Serunkuma will join Hanchard for a discussion moderated by Violeta Moreno-Lax. Register: https://bit.ly/4hSG92e

Human Rights and Global Governance MIA @hertieschool.bsky.social students are at the offices of @amnesty.de today to learn more about the work of world's largest human rights NGO.

The Centre is pleased to co-host this year's Distinguished Equality Lecture at the Hertie School, featuring Michael G. Hanchard (University of Pennsylvania). Following the lecture, Yusuf Serunkuma will join Hanchard for a discussion moderated by Violeta Moreno-Lax. Register: https://bit.ly/4hSG92e

Reminder: Join us online on 19 November at 12:00 CET for a talk by Prof. Marko Milanovic on the ECtHR judgment in Ukraine & the Netherlands v. Russia. Part of the Fundamental Rights Research Colloquium, hosted by the Centre. Secure your spot now: https://tinyurl.com/3wsvb5ws

On 27 November, the Hertie School will host a presentation by Michael Hanchard on the deep roots of today's democratic crises. Following the lecture, Hanchard will join Yusuf Serunkuma for a discussion moderated by Violeta Moreno-Lax. 👉Secure your spot here: bit.ly/4hSG92e

Join the Centre for Fundamental Rights for a three-year fully funded PhD scholarship to research values in the areas of war and security, climate change, migration, and forced displacement, as part of the COLLISIONS project, led by Professor Violeta Moreno-Lax. Apply: https://tinyurl.com/4mp9hbb8

Join the Centre for Fundamental Rights with the Doctoral Programme in Governance! We are accepting applications for a PhD scholarship to explore complex dynamics between competing values as part of the COLLISIONS project, supervised by Prof. Violeta Moreno-Lax. 📝 Apply by 31.1.2026 👇

How does shrinking #civicspace affect the work of #civilsociety in WANA? How do CSOs adapt to #shrinkingspace & what support do they need to increase their resilience? These questions have been on my mind for a while, therefore I suggested an explorative study to @boell.de which is out now:

Resilience support for CSOs in the WANA region | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung | Beirut | Middle East

The West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region has witnessed significant challenges to civil society organizations (CSOs) over the past decade. The aftermath of the Arab Uprisings in 2011, coupled with ...

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At @hertieschool.bsky.social Forum, for our Henrik Enderlein Fellowship Lecture and it is packed.

Join us today at the Hertie School for the Henrik Enderlein Fellowship lecture and discussion. This year's highlight features John Morijn passing the fellowship to Marija Golubeva. ◾ Register here: bit.ly/468Tmyw

✅ We're back! Yesterday, we kicked off the Academic Year 25/26 with a public discussion on "The State of International Law in the 21st Century". The Hertie School welcomed 431 students from 54 countries, including exchange and dual-degree students, along with 18 new PhD researchers.

Our keynote speaker at the AFAR Conference Opening Session, Dr Matt Mahmoudi, has advised @amnesty.org on AI and Human Rights and is an Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities at @cambridge.org. Don't miss his presentation on 18 September. Register via the link in the comments.

Violeta Moreno-Lax, Wübben Foundation Professor of International Law and the new Director of the Centre, will deliver the inaugural address at the opening of the 2025/26 academic year at Hertie School, tomorrow! 👇Don't forget to register via the link in the comments.

We're delighted to announce that Violeta Moreno-Lax has joined the Hertie School as Professor of International Law and the Director of the @hertiecfr.bsky.social. Professor Moreno-Lax will focus on value conflicts and will take part in a panel at the Opening of the Academic Year on 10 September.

On 19 Sept, the Centre for Fundamental Rights hosts the final conference of its 4-year #AFAR project. Researchers and stakeholders will share key findings on algorithmic fairness in asylum governance. By invitation-only – press access on request!

🚨 The Final #AFAR Conference is coming up! Register now and join us for the opening keynote by Dr. Matt Mahmoudi, exploring how algorithms and digital infrastructures function as new borders 📆 Thursday, 18.09

Today at 7 pm! Prof Violeta Moreno-Lax delivers the Opening Keynote at the Vienna Centre for Migration & Law inaugural conference 🎤 The Future of EU Migration and Asylum Policy: Strategic (De)personification and Selective Rightlessness. 📍 Halle U10, Faculty of Law 💻 Zoom: vesna.roch@univie.ac.at

Now, on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Algorithmic Fairness in Asylum Seekers and Refugees Project in spotlight. @volkswagenstiftung.de

Back for the second day of Centre’s Research Methods in Fundamental Rights Workshop with Prof Mikael Madsen with a hands-on training on using interviews to study legal processes. @civica.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social

This morning, we kicked off the 2025 edition of Research Methods in Fundamental Rights Workshop with Violeta Moreno-Lax, Visiting Professor at the Hertie School, delivering the welcome words. @hertieschool.bsky.social @civica.bsky.social

Two years after joining our panel on Search and rescue in the Mediterranean Sea, Sasha Ockenden shares testimonies from 64 survivors rescued by Humanity 1, exposing the deadly effects of the EU's migration policies, in a new report for @sos-humanity.bsky.social 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yc52zmxz

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿?" @silviasteininger.bsky.social unpacks in a timely post @verfassungsblog.de, how nine member states are challenging the ECtHR's migration and asylum standards. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s3yppj9

The fourth year the University is collaborating with @hertiecfr.bsky.social & second time for me! This year, we focussed on the implementation of Basu v Germany (racial profiling)

Join this 1-day conference in Oxford on climate remedies in human rights law, part of the VW-funded project Framing Reality & Normativity in European Human Rights Law, hosted at the Centre for Fundamental Rights. Register to participate online: https://tinyurl.com/5xrhf4w8

If you're in Madrid on 2 June, don't miss the public keynote on migrant solidarities (16–18h), part of a workshop co-hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights & co-convened by Prof Violeta Moreno-Lax. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/4wspup34

Yesterday, researchers from the project "Deep Impact through Soft Jurisprudence?" funded by @dfg.de held a seminar at the UN in Geneva with the Petitions Unit at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, sharing findings on how to make treaty body case law clearer and more accessible.

Centre researchers joined the 2nd AjV Colloquium at the Hertie School with contributions from #AFAR's Dr Mirko Đuković, Anastasiia Zhuravel & alum Joseph Finnerty. Topics ranged from cyber-attacks to reproductive rights to treaty interpretation. @ajv-ayils.bsky.social