Centre for Fundamental Rights
Centre news
26.04.2024

The 2025 cohort of the Human Rights & Global Governance MIA students visits Human Rights Watch Berlin

This study visit, organised by the Centre for Fundamental Rights, took place for the second successive year.
Event highlight
22.04.2024

Annual human rights networking event takes place at the Hertie School

Organised by the Student Advisory Board of the Centre for Fundamental Rights, this event featured practitioners from renowned domestic and international human rights organisations.
Centre news
11.04.2024

AFAR project hosts a workshop at the European University Institute

In the historic Villa Schifanoia at the European University Institute, researchers from esteemed institutions across Europe gathered to showcase their ongoing work across the various work packages of the AFAR Project.
Research
10.04.2024

When can a decision be considered 'automated’?

In a timely new article published in the German Law Journal, Postdoctoral Researcher Francesca Palmiotto addresses some of the most pressing questions arising at the nexus of public administration and automated decision-making.
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18.03.2024

Towards justice: Unveiling war crimes and pursuing accountability for Ukraine at the Hertie School

Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Centre for Fundamental Rights co-hosted a presentation of a report on the siege of Mariupol and a panel discussion addressing the urgent need for accountability for war crimes committed in Ukraine.
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14.03.2024

Centre for Fundamental Rights hosts a career talk on working within international human rights organisations

This event was part of the series “Human Rights Career Paths”, which is designed to provide the Hertie School community with professional insights into working in the field of human rights.
News
13.03.2024

Hertie School Alumna Homyra Rahnoma wins second place in the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law’s postgraduate dissertation competition

The 2023 MIA Alumna also received an honourable mention from the Centre for Fundamental Rights for her thesis on Legitimacy and Correlated Government Effectiveness.
Centre news
29.02.2024

Krikkerik v Russia decision of the UN Human Rights Committee was voted best UNTB decision of 2023

The winner of our poll to select the best UNTB decision of 2023 is the UN Human Rights Committee’s March 2023 decision (published in June 2023) in the case of Krikkerik v Russia.
Centre news
21.02.2024

Human Rights & Global Governance stream MIA students visit the German Institute for Human Rights in Berlin

Organised by the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School, the visit introduced students to the institute, outlining its role as a National Human Rights Institute and exploring its diverse areas of focus.
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20.02.2024

Constitutional Challenges - Judging under pressure

Jointly hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights and the University of Münster, in cooperation with the Integrative Research Institute Law & Society at Humboldt University Berlin from 8 – 9 February, the two-day conference explored pressing challenges to legal constitutionalism, and the role of courts in facing them.
Centre news
19.12.2023

Cast your vote for the best United Nations treaty body decision of 2023!

Inspired by the annual polls of the Strasbourg Observers of the European Court of Human Rights judgments, our research team invites you to participate in our poll to choose the best UNTB Decision of 2023.
News
08.12.2023

Workshop "Lost in Care: Disappearance of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors from Care Facilities in Europe" hosted by the Centre on 24 November 2024

The workshop was hosted as part of the EU funded project MIRO: Missing Migrants: Identifying and Shaping Obligations for Protection