Programme for Studies
on Human Rights in Context
Latest news
IMPACTUM in CONTEXT Podcast – Episode 27 is now online!
In this month’s episode, our host Prof Dr Clara Burbano-Herrera speaks with Prof Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Executive Director of Dejusticia, on its twenty-year journey, bridging research and activism through multidisciplinary work, strategic litigation, and policy impact. Listen now on our website (here) and on Spotify (here).
Echoes of Hate: Digital Communication, Populism, and the Regulation of Hate Speech
Human Rights in Context & Ghent University hosted the international conference "Echoes of Hate". The event brought together speakers from multiple disciplines to examine how digital hate is shaped by platform power, political dynamics, and affective online engagement, and how it translates into real-world harms.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
About Us
Our research vision is to conduct studies on the promotion, advancement, and respect of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. We reflect on how international human rights bodies function, and how to inspire better interaction between domestic and international law within its wider social and political context.
The programme is embedded within the Faculty of Law and Criminology and the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University.
