Programme for Studies
on Human Rights in Context

Research

Our Research Vision & Topics

Team

Meet the Research Team

Publications

Our Books and Articles

Teaching

Overview of our Courses

Latest news

We would like to thank the panelists who participated in the Roundtable 'Narratives of Sustainability in International Economic Law'. The event was co-organized by our team together with Carleton University. The Roudtable took place on Tuesday 9 November at 15:00h. The details here

Human Rights in Context Team is pleased to share with you our forthcoming book Handboek Mensenrechten (Handbook Human Rights) written by Prof Yves Haeck, Prof Clara Burbano Herrera, and Ms Aurélie Van Baelen, The Hague-Antwerp, Boom Publishing, 2022, 500p

We are delighted to announce our forthcoming book 'Human Rights Behind Bars: Tracing vulnerability in prison populations from a multidisciplinary perspective', Clara Burbano Herrera and Yves Haeck (eds), Springer, 2021.

Our Directors Profs Clara Burbano Herrera and Yves Haeck were part of a group of experts in drafting the “Nijmegen Principles and Guidelines on Interim Measures for the Protection of Human Rights”. We are proud to share these Principles and Guidelines with you and we hope the Guidelines will contribute to the effective protection of persons currently in extreme and imminent danger around the world.

Blog

The Gambia’s Milestone Election?

Cross-Border Portability of Personal Status: Human Rights to the Rescue?

Starvation as a Weapon in the Tigray Conflict

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

Upcoming Events

Human Rights Week
Gent University Campus Aula
Details
06 Dec, 08:00 – 10 Dec, 19:00
Gent University Campus Aula, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Intensive Course: Prisons and Human Rights
Gent University
Details
18 Jan 2022, 09:00 – 21 Jan 2022, 17:00
Gent University, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Expert Workshop "Captured by the Past: Monuments-Conflict-Law"
Zoom
21 Jan 2022, 08:00 – 12:00
Zoom
Expert Workshop 'Human Rights Behind Bars'
Ghent University
24 Jan 2022, 08:00 – 28 Jan 2022, 18:00
Ghent University, Universiteitstraat, 9000 Gent, België

Past events

Human Rights
Courses and Traineeships

An extensive list of the top LLM, MA, and MSc Human Rights programmes, Short Human Rights courses, and Summer Schools in Europe.

Courses & Traineeships

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.

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Programme for Studies on Human Rights in Context