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Latest updates, policy briefs, and findings from the HRJust project.

  • Climate and Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations

    In November 2024, HRJust Work Package 6 (WP6) researcher Chiara Antoniazzi, published the article “Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations in the Area of Climate Change: Why the European Union Should Take Them Seriously.” The article contributes to ongoing judicial and academic debates on the extent to which states and supranational actors can be held responsible for…

  • HRJust Contributes to Discussions on Child Rights and Custody Legislation in Norway

    Early November marked a period of significant engagement for HRJust, as Project Coordinator and Visiting Professor Maria Grahn-Farley was invited to Norway by the organization Forandringsfabrikken to contribute expertise on the Norwegian use of human rights justifications in child rights legislation and policy, particularly in relation to situations where children are taken into custody. During…

  • New Book by HRJust Coordinator Explores Child Rights, Legal Theory, and Social Advocacy

    In November 2024, Visiting Professor Maria Grahn-Farley, Coordinator of the HRJust project, published the book Child Rights, Legal Theory and Social Advocacy with Cambridge University Press. The book makes an important scholarly contribution to ongoing debates on children’s rights, legal theory, and the role of advocacy in shaping law and policy. In this work, Professor…

  • WP4 Newsletter Examines Human Rights Justifications in Taiwan’s Wanhua COVID-19 Outbreak Response

    In November 2024, Work Package 4 (WP4) published the newsletter “Taiwanese Government’s Human Rights Justification in the Wanhua Outbreak,” expanding the project’s ongoing examination of how governments use human rights arguments when responding to crises. The newsletter builds on a blog post originally published in Mandarin by the Information Law Center at the Institute of…

  • HRJust Workshop in Taipei Discusses COVID-19 Governance

    On 26 October, the Work Package 4 (WP4) Taiwan team hosted a workshop in Taipei titled “HRJust: COVID-19 Governance,” as part of HRJust’s second-year civil society engagement activities. The workshop brought together a wide range of participants to reflect on experiences and lessons learned from Taiwan’s COVID-19 governance. Participants included NGO workers, pilot union representatives,…

  • HRJust Welcomes Dr. Ermal Frasheri for Workshops and Student Lecture

    On 3–4 October 2024, HRJust welcomed Dr. Ermal Frasheri, a member of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, for a visit connected to the project’s ongoing research activities. Dr. Frasheri participated in internal workshops involving Work Packages 2 and 5, contributing to discussions…

  • Three Days of HRJust Workshops and Collaborations

    From 27 to 29 May 2024, HRJust partners gathered in Sweden for three days of workshops and meetings co-hosted by University of Gothenburg, Stockholm University, and University of Helsinki. The meetings brought together researchers and partners to strengthen collaboration and exchange perspectives across work packages. The programme began on 27 May with Work Package 5,…

  • HRJust Engages with Sister Projects at REMIT Conference in Leuven

    On 16–17 May 2024, the HRJust project participated in the first conference of its sister project REMIT, part of a group of Horizon projects clustered under the Research Executive Agency (REA) theme “Reshaping Democracies.” Within this cluster, HRJust collaborates alongside the projects REMIT, NAVIGATOR, and ENSURED, all of which explore multilateral cooperation and democratic governance…

  • Taipei Workshop Explores Methods and Legal Theory

    The workshop “Human Rights Justification: Methods and Legal Theories” took place in Taipei, Taiwan, on 6–7 May 2024, bringing together researchers working within the HRJust project to further develop shared approaches and strengthen collaboration across work packages. The two-day meeting gathered 14 researchers from Academia Sinica (Institute of Information Science), National Cheng Kung University, National…

  • HRJust Welcomes University of Helsinki as New Project Partner

    HRJust is pleased to welcome University of Helsinki as a new partner in the project consortium. The addition of the University of Helsinki strengthens HRJust’s collaborative network and contributes to the project’s continued development through expanded academic cooperation and exchange across partner institutions.