Programme for Studies
on Human Rights in Context
Latest news
IMPACTUM in CONTEXT Podcast – Episode 34 is now online!
Recorded in Washington, D.C., Episode 34 of IMPACTUM in CONTEXT features Prof. Dr Clara Burbano-Herrera in conversation with IACHR Vice-President José Luis Juan Caballero Ochoa about threats to human rights defenders, weakened national institutions, and the enduring importance of the Inter-American human rights system.
Upcoming International Seminar: “Gender in Focus: There Is No Justice Without Us”
From 16 to 18 September 2026, Human Rights in Context will participate in this international seminar in São Paulo. The event will bring together actors from Brazil and Colombia to discuss gender, care and alternatives to imprisonment, and will launch a Global South campaign centred on gender-responsive justice.
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.
