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20APR 2023
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Commemorative Volume “Die Freiheit der Menschenrechte” (The Freedom of Human Rights) for Heiner Bielefeldt
During a beautiful ceremony at the Nuremberg Centre for Human Rights, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt was on the occasion of his 65th birthday presented with a commemorative volume entitled “Die Freiheit der Menschenrechte” (The Freedom of Human Rights). In addition to 20 academic contributions on human rights, the volume also contains personal notes […]
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29MAR 2023
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Academic Freedom Index in the German Bundestag
Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach and Dr. Lars Pelke presented the Academic Freedom Index to parliamentarians in the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment on Tuesday (March 28, 2023) and discussed the findings of the Update 2023 . The speakers focused their presentation on global developments in academic freedom and possible responses of foreign science policy. They also discussed further […]Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach and Dr. Lars Pelke presented the Academic Freedom Index to parliamentarians in the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment on Tuesday (March 28, 2023) and discussed the findings of the Update 2023 . The speakers focused their presentation on global developments in academic freedom and possible responses of foreign science policy. They also discussed further […]
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19MAR 2023
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Thomas Demmelhuber at the European Parliament: Autocracies and Elections
In summer 2022, the Human Rights Subcommittee decided to prepare a Recommendation to the EU Council, the Commission and the HRVP (Josep Borrell) on how to respond more effectively to undemocratic elections in autocracies. To support the rapporteur (MEP Nacho Sánchez Amor), the Human Rights Subcommittee invited Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber and Prof. Dr. Richard […]
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19MAR 2023
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Come Study Human Rights at FAU!
Do you have an open mind for human rights? Our M.A. Human Rights is an interdisciplinary and international postgraduate degree programme cherished by students from all over the world. We have so far had the pleasure of teaching students from 56 countries, spanning all continents. The programme addresses human rights in all areas of society […]
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03FEB 2022
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Applications Now Open: MA Human Rights (Deadline 30 June)
Interested in studying human rights? Look no further! We run an international, interdisciplinary MA programme covering human rights in their legal, political and philosophical dimensions. See our call for applications and visit our website to find out more about the programme, and meet our teachers as well as some of our students.
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23JUL 2021
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New releases on elections
The monograph “Free and fair elections?” (2021) by Prof. Dr. Michael Krennerich has now also been published in English: “Free and fair elections? Standards, Curiosities, Manipulations“. At the same time, the study “Wahlrecht von wohnlosen Menschen” (“Voting Rights of Homeless People”, available in German language only), which he authored, was published by the German Institute […]The monograph “Free and fair elections?” (2021) by Prof. Dr. Michael Krennerich has now also been published in English: “Free and fair elections? Standards, Curiosities, Manipulations“. At the same time, the study “Wahlrecht von wohnlosen Menschen” (“Voting Rights of Homeless People”, available in German language only), which he authored, was published by the German Institute […]
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