Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School
@hertiecfr.bsky.social
Academic centre of excellence at the Hertie School. Research, teaching and public engagement on contemporary challenges to the protection of fundamental rights.
Human Rights and Global Governance MIA @hertieschool.bsky.social students are at the offices of @amnesty.de today to learn more about the work of world's largest human rights NGO.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Human Rights and Global Governance MIA @hertieschool.bsky.social students are at the offices of @amnesty.de today to learn more about the work of world's largest human rights NGO.
The Centre is pleased to co-host this year's Distinguished Equality Lecture at the Hertie School, featuring Michael G. Hanchard (University of Pennsylvania). Following the lecture, Yusuf Serunkuma will join Hanchard for a discussion moderated by Violeta Moreno-Lax.
Register: https://bit.ly/4hSG92e
Register: https://bit.ly/4hSG92e
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Centre is pleased to co-host this year's Distinguished Equality Lecture at the Hertie School, featuring Michael G. Hanchard (University of Pennsylvania). Following the lecture, Yusuf Serunkuma will join Hanchard for a discussion moderated by Violeta Moreno-Lax.
Register: https://bit.ly/4hSG92e
Register: https://bit.ly/4hSG92e
Reminder: Join us online on 19 November at 12:00 CET for a talk by Prof. Marko Milanovic on the ECtHR judgment in Ukraine & the Netherlands v. Russia.
Part of the Fundamental Rights Research Colloquium, hosted by the Centre.
Secure your spot now: https://tinyurl.com/3wsvb5ws
Part of the Fundamental Rights Research Colloquium, hosted by the Centre.
Secure your spot now: https://tinyurl.com/3wsvb5ws
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Reminder: Join us online on 19 November at 12:00 CET for a talk by Prof. Marko Milanovic on the ECtHR judgment in Ukraine & the Netherlands v. Russia.
Part of the Fundamental Rights Research Colloquium, hosted by the Centre.
Secure your spot now: https://tinyurl.com/3wsvb5ws
Part of the Fundamental Rights Research Colloquium, hosted by the Centre.
Secure your spot now: https://tinyurl.com/3wsvb5ws
Join the Centre for Fundamental Rights for a three-year fully funded PhD scholarship to research values in the areas of war and security, climate change, migration, and forced displacement, as part of the COLLISIONS project, led by Professor Violeta Moreno-Lax.
Apply: https://tinyurl.com/4mp9hbb8
Apply: https://tinyurl.com/4mp9hbb8
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Join the Centre for Fundamental Rights for a three-year fully funded PhD scholarship to research values in the areas of war and security, climate change, migration, and forced displacement, as part of the COLLISIONS project, led by Professor Violeta Moreno-Lax.
Apply: https://tinyurl.com/4mp9hbb8
Apply: https://tinyurl.com/4mp9hbb8
Join the Centre for Fundamental Rights with the Doctoral Programme in Governance!
We are accepting applications for a PhD scholarship to explore complex dynamics between competing values as part of the COLLISIONS project, supervised by Prof. Violeta Moreno-Lax.
📝 Apply by 31.1.2026 👇
We are accepting applications for a PhD scholarship to explore complex dynamics between competing values as part of the COLLISIONS project, supervised by Prof. Violeta Moreno-Lax.
📝 Apply by 31.1.2026 👇
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Join the Centre for Fundamental Rights with the Doctoral Programme in Governance!
We are accepting applications for a PhD scholarship to explore complex dynamics between competing values as part of the COLLISIONS project, supervised by Prof. Violeta Moreno-Lax.
📝 Apply by 31.1.2026 👇
We are accepting applications for a PhD scholarship to explore complex dynamics between competing values as part of the COLLISIONS project, supervised by Prof. Violeta Moreno-Lax.
📝 Apply by 31.1.2026 👇
At @hertieschool.bsky.social Forum, for our Henrik Enderlein Fellowship Lecture and it is packed.
September 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
At @hertieschool.bsky.social Forum, for our Henrik Enderlein Fellowship Lecture and it is packed.
Join us today at the Hertie School for the Henrik Enderlein Fellowship lecture and discussion.
This year's highlight features John Morijn passing the fellowship to Marija Golubeva.
◾ Register here: bit.ly/468Tmyw
This year's highlight features John Morijn passing the fellowship to Marija Golubeva.
◾ Register here: bit.ly/468Tmyw
September 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Join us today at the Hertie School for the Henrik Enderlein Fellowship lecture and discussion.
This year's highlight features John Morijn passing the fellowship to Marija Golubeva.
◾ Register here: bit.ly/468Tmyw
This year's highlight features John Morijn passing the fellowship to Marija Golubeva.
◾ Register here: bit.ly/468Tmyw
Our keynote speaker at the AFAR Conference Opening Session, Dr Matt Mahmoudi, has advised @amnesty.org on AI and Human Rights and is an Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities at @cambridge.org.
Don't miss his presentation on 18 September. Register via the link in the comments.
Don't miss his presentation on 18 September. Register via the link in the comments.
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Our keynote speaker at the AFAR Conference Opening Session, Dr Matt Mahmoudi, has advised @amnesty.org on AI and Human Rights and is an Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities at @cambridge.org.
Don't miss his presentation on 18 September. Register via the link in the comments.
Don't miss his presentation on 18 September. Register via the link in the comments.
Violeta Moreno-Lax, Wübben Foundation Professor of International Law and the new Director of the Centre, will deliver the inaugural address at the opening of the 2025/26 academic year at Hertie School, tomorrow!
👇Don't forget to register via the link in the comments.
👇Don't forget to register via the link in the comments.
September 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Violeta Moreno-Lax, Wübben Foundation Professor of International Law and the new Director of the Centre, will deliver the inaugural address at the opening of the 2025/26 academic year at Hertie School, tomorrow!
👇Don't forget to register via the link in the comments.
👇Don't forget to register via the link in the comments.
On 19 Sept, the Centre for Fundamental Rights hosts the final conference of its 4-year #AFAR project. Researchers and stakeholders will share key findings on algorithmic fairness in asylum governance.
By invitation-only – press access on request!
By invitation-only – press access on request!
August 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
On 19 Sept, the Centre for Fundamental Rights hosts the final conference of its 4-year #AFAR project. Researchers and stakeholders will share key findings on algorithmic fairness in asylum governance.
By invitation-only – press access on request!
By invitation-only – press access on request!
🚨 The Final #AFAR Conference is coming up!
Register now and join us for the opening keynote by Dr. Matt Mahmoudi, exploring how algorithms and digital infrastructures function as new borders
📆 Thursday, 18.09
Register now and join us for the opening keynote by Dr. Matt Mahmoudi, exploring how algorithms and digital infrastructures function as new borders
📆 Thursday, 18.09
August 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🚨 The Final #AFAR Conference is coming up!
Register now and join us for the opening keynote by Dr. Matt Mahmoudi, exploring how algorithms and digital infrastructures function as new borders
📆 Thursday, 18.09
Register now and join us for the opening keynote by Dr. Matt Mahmoudi, exploring how algorithms and digital infrastructures function as new borders
📆 Thursday, 18.09
Now, on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Algorithmic Fairness in Asylum Seekers and Refugees Project in spotlight. @volkswagenstiftung.de
June 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Now, on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Algorithmic Fairness in Asylum Seekers and Refugees Project in spotlight. @volkswagenstiftung.de
Back for the second day of Centre’s Research Methods in Fundamental Rights Workshop with Prof Mikael Madsen with a hands-on training on using interviews to study legal processes.
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@hertieschool.bsky.social
@civica.bsky.social
@hertieschool.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Back for the second day of Centre’s Research Methods in Fundamental Rights Workshop with Prof Mikael Madsen with a hands-on training on using interviews to study legal processes.
@civica.bsky.social
@hertieschool.bsky.social
@civica.bsky.social
@hertieschool.bsky.social
This morning, we kicked off the 2025 edition of Research Methods in Fundamental Rights Workshop with Violeta Moreno-Lax, Visiting Professor at the Hertie School, delivering the welcome words.
@hertieschool.bsky.social @civica.bsky.social
@hertieschool.bsky.social @civica.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This morning, we kicked off the 2025 edition of Research Methods in Fundamental Rights Workshop with Violeta Moreno-Lax, Visiting Professor at the Hertie School, delivering the welcome words.
@hertieschool.bsky.social @civica.bsky.social
@hertieschool.bsky.social @civica.bsky.social
Two years after joining our panel on Search and rescue in the Mediterranean Sea, Sasha Ockenden shares testimonies from 64 survivors rescued by Humanity 1, exposing the deadly effects of the EU's migration policies, in a new report for @sos-humanity.bsky.social
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yc52zmxz
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yc52zmxz
June 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Two years after joining our panel on Search and rescue in the Mediterranean Sea, Sasha Ockenden shares testimonies from 64 survivors rescued by Humanity 1, exposing the deadly effects of the EU's migration policies, in a new report for @sos-humanity.bsky.social
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yc52zmxz
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yc52zmxz
"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿?" @silviasteininger.bsky.social unpacks in a timely post @verfassungsblog.de, how nine member states are challenging the ECtHR's migration and asylum standards.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s3yppj9
🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s3yppj9
June 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿?" @silviasteininger.bsky.social unpacks in a timely post @verfassungsblog.de, how nine member states are challenging the ECtHR's migration and asylum standards.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s3yppj9
🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s3yppj9
Join this 1-day conference in Oxford on climate remedies in human rights law, part of the VW-funded project Framing Reality & Normativity in European Human Rights Law, hosted at the Centre for Fundamental Rights.
Register to participate online: https://tinyurl.com/5xrhf4w8
Register to participate online: https://tinyurl.com/5xrhf4w8
June 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join this 1-day conference in Oxford on climate remedies in human rights law, part of the VW-funded project Framing Reality & Normativity in European Human Rights Law, hosted at the Centre for Fundamental Rights.
Register to participate online: https://tinyurl.com/5xrhf4w8
Register to participate online: https://tinyurl.com/5xrhf4w8
If you're in Madrid on 2 June, don't miss the public keynote on migrant solidarities (16–18h), part of a workshop co-hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights & co-convened by Prof Violeta Moreno-Lax.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/4wspup34
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/4wspup34
May 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If you're in Madrid on 2 June, don't miss the public keynote on migrant solidarities (16–18h), part of a workshop co-hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights & co-convened by Prof Violeta Moreno-Lax.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/4wspup34
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/4wspup34
Yesterday, researchers from the project "Deep Impact through Soft Jurisprudence?" funded by @dfg.de held a seminar at the UN in Geneva with the Petitions Unit at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, sharing findings on how to make treaty body case law clearer and more accessible.
May 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Yesterday, researchers from the project "Deep Impact through Soft Jurisprudence?" funded by @dfg.de held a seminar at the UN in Geneva with the Petitions Unit at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, sharing findings on how to make treaty body case law clearer and more accessible.
Centre researchers joined the 2nd AjV Colloquium at the Hertie School with contributions from #AFAR's Dr Mirko Đuković, Anastasiia Zhuravel & alum Joseph Finnerty. Topics ranged from cyber-attacks to reproductive rights to treaty interpretation. @ajv-ayils.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Centre researchers joined the 2nd AjV Colloquium at the Hertie School with contributions from #AFAR's Dr Mirko Đuković, Anastasiia Zhuravel & alum Joseph Finnerty. Topics ranged from cyber-attacks to reproductive rights to treaty interpretation. @ajv-ayils.bsky.social
We are hearing our panel was a great success. 😇🙌🏻
May 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We are hearing our panel was a great success. 😇🙌🏻
Are you attending the @cpdpconferences.bsky.social conference today? We are the organisers of this year's 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭!
The discussion will be grounded in the #𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗥 project.
𝟭𝟳.𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲!
https://tinyurl.com/42ffau5n
The discussion will be grounded in the #𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗥 project.
𝟭𝟳.𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲!
https://tinyurl.com/42ffau5n
May 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Are you attending the @cpdpconferences.bsky.social conference today? We are the organisers of this year's 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭!
The discussion will be grounded in the #𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗥 project.
𝟭𝟳.𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲!
https://tinyurl.com/42ffau5n
The discussion will be grounded in the #𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗥 project.
𝟭𝟳.𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲!
https://tinyurl.com/42ffau5n
Former HRW Director @kennethroth.bsky.social joined us @hertieschool.bsky.social for a timely conversation on the state of human rights, co-hosted with Bard College Berlin. With insights from Kaleck @ecchr.bsky.social, Sandmann & Makichyan.
Read our event highlight here: https://tinyurl.com/mcymfpa
Read our event highlight here: https://tinyurl.com/mcymfpa
May 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Former HRW Director @kennethroth.bsky.social joined us @hertieschool.bsky.social for a timely conversation on the state of human rights, co-hosted with Bard College Berlin. With insights from Kaleck @ecchr.bsky.social, Sandmann & Makichyan.
Read our event highlight here: https://tinyurl.com/mcymfpa
Read our event highlight here: https://tinyurl.com/mcymfpa
Another full house today for a discussion with @kennethroth.bsky.social , joined by @ecchr.bsky.social's Wolfgang Kaleck, activist Arshak Makichyan & Katrin Sandmann of Kobalt Documentary.
May 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Another full house today for a discussion with @kennethroth.bsky.social , joined by @ecchr.bsky.social's Wolfgang Kaleck, activist Arshak Makichyan & Katrin Sandmann of Kobalt Documentary.
The stage is set for a powerful evening on the state of human rights with @kennethroth.bsky.social, joined by @ecchr.bsky.social's Wolfgang Kaleck, activist Arshak Makichyan & Katrin Sandmann of Kobalt Documentary. Friday, 7 PM @hertieschool.bsky.social
Register: https://tinyurl.com/3x4p4x7w
Register: https://tinyurl.com/3x4p4x7w
May 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The stage is set for a powerful evening on the state of human rights with @kennethroth.bsky.social, joined by @ecchr.bsky.social's Wolfgang Kaleck, activist Arshak Makichyan & Katrin Sandmann of Kobalt Documentary. Friday, 7 PM @hertieschool.bsky.social
Register: https://tinyurl.com/3x4p4x7w
Register: https://tinyurl.com/3x4p4x7w