On 10 December 2025, International Human Rights Day, the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Awards 2025 were presented to Masuma Shahid (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Camille Teirlynck (KU Leuven) and Romy Babtist (VU Amsterdam).

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International justice, and international criminal trials, are very 'human' processes: they can be idealistic, emotional, flawed, and sometimes also messy, and even boring.

This archive provides access to all previously circulated monthly newsletters of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR). The archive offers a chronological record of the NNHRR’s activities, events, calls and opportunities.

The SIM Peter Baehr lecture of 2025 will be given by Jolien Schukking, judge at the European Court of Human rights.

The following criteria are not required, but will be prioritised in the selection of applicants:

Eco-anxiety is a growing challenge facing professionals working on climate-related issues, including researchers and educators. The mental health impacts of the climate crisis are widely recognised and have been documented by numerous scholarly studies. For students and young people in particular, anxiety related to the climate crisis is likely to increase following the political victories of anti-climate actors, the withdrawal of the USA from the Paris Agreement, and the fact that the 1.5°C warming limit has already been exceeded. This will only be exacerbated as the impacts of the climate crisis – including wildfires, droughts and extreme weather events – become increasingly part of our lived experiences and our news media.

The following criteria are not required, but will be prioritised in the selection of applicants:

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