Programme for Studies
on Human Rights in Context
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IMPACTUM in CONTEXT Podcast – Episode 35 is now online!
Recorded in Washington, D.C., Episode 35 of IMPACTUM in CONTEXT features Prof. Dr Clara Burbano-Herrera in conversation with Elvyn Leonel Díaz Sánchez, Executive Director of Guatemala’s Presidential Commission for Peace and Human Rights, about the protection of human rights defenders, the misuse of criminal law, and Guatemala’s implementation of IACHR precautionary measures.
Congratulations to Dr Mario Andrés Torres Gómez on His Successful PhD Defence
Human Rights in Context warmly congratulates Dr Mario Andrés Torres Gómez, who successfully defended his PhD thesis, “The Impact of Strategic Human Rights Litigation on Prison Conditions: A Case Study of Prisons in Bogotá, Colombia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”, at Ghent University on 25 September 2026.
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.
