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Global Child and Adolescent Health Preparatory Seminar Held Ahead of 2025 Conference
On 20 May, a cross-faculty and cross-sectoral preparatory seminar was organised in advance of the upcoming Global Child and Adolescent Health Round Table & Conference, scheduled to take place on 9–10 October 2025 at Jonsered Manor. The seminar gathered participants to begin shaping discussions and perspectives ahead of the conference, creating space for dialogue across…
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Meeting on Inquiry Procedures and the Use of Human Rights Justifications
A seminar organised by University of Gothenburg and Stockholm University brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss how human rights arguments are used in investigative and decision-making procedures within public administration. The meeting, held within the framework of the HRJust project, focused on how states invoke human rights and children’s rights when justifying policies and…
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HRJust Participation in Conference at EUI, Florence
On 14–15 May, University of Helsinki, led by Professor Tuomas Ojanen, organised a conference at the European University Institute in Florence, where HRJust took part alongside a wide range of participating scholars. The event provided a valuable setting for exchange and dialogue, enabling participants to explore shared research interests and identify themes that cut across…
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Children’s Rights in Practice – How Do We Get It Right?
Tomas Aronson Ylipää, Secretary General of the national youth organisation Unga Örnar, recently met with HRJust lead researcher Professor Maria Grahn-Farley, for a discussion on children’s rights and how laws affecting children are applied in practice. Their conversation focused on how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and related legislation shape decisions…
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Memo: Civil Society Engagement Summary I
This memo summarizes two focus group interviews conducted by the Taiwan team of WP5 on February 21 and March 7, 2025, with non-governmental organizations working on immigration policy, human rights protection, and advocacy. The discussions centered on participants’ experiences of HRJ rhetoric used by the government, their observations of the features of such rhetoric, and…
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Grahn-Farley, Maria, Child Rights, Legal Theory and Social Advocacy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024)
This publication by HRJust Project Coordinator, Professor. Maria Grahn-Farley explores how child rights are evolving in today’s shifting political and legal landscape, offering both a foundational overview and a critical perspective on their role in society. Child Rights, Legal Theory and Social Advocacy offers both an introduction to the field of child rights and a…
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Focus Group Interview with People Who Underwent Quarantine, Ching-Yun Tai & Shun-Ling Chen
As part of our civil society engagement, the WP4 Taiwan team organised three focus groups examining how pandemic governance in Taiwan disproportionately impacted certain social groups: frontline health professionals, pilots, and individuals who experienced quarantine during COVID-19. The third group brought together people who had undergone quarantine, offering first-hand perspectives on isolation measures, enforcement practices,…
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Focus Group Interview with Pilots, Ching-Yun Tai & Shun-Ling Chen
As part of our Civil Society Engagement, the WP4 Taiwan team conducted three focus groups to understand the experiences of social groups that had been disproportionately affected by the pandemic governance in Taiwan: frontline health professionals, pilots, and people who underwent quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. These focus groups, along with desk research, enable the…
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Mapping out HRJs in Taiwan
This memo summarizes the research questions, steps, theory, and preliminary findings of Team Taiwan from Work Package 5 (migration) over the first nine months, spanning from March to December 2023. The team conducted a comprehensive review of state reports submitted to committees of UN human rights conventions that are domesticated in Taiwan. Through this analysis,…
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Focus Group on Covid-19 Governance with Frontline Health Professionals, Ching-Yun Tai et al.
As part of WP4 Taiwan’s civil society engagement, we conducted three sets of expert surveys to understand how people in legal professions, medical service providers and the local civic tech communities evaluate Taiwan’s COVID-19 responses. All three surveys consist of three parts: 1) demographic information, 2) general attitude toward COVID-19 responses and 3) field-specific questions.…
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