Human rights

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18DEC 2025
Diversity 2025
“Human rights are under pressure, but they are not in retreat.”
A conversation with Harvard Professor Dr. Kathryn Sikkink. The pioneer of human rights research and honorary doctorate recipient of FAU discusses the Cluster of Excellence “Transforming Human Rights” and the challenges facing human rights research. You closely observe developments in the field of human rights research worldwide. How do you view the Cluster of Excellence […]
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18DEC 2025
Diversity 2025
Transforming Human Rights
Strengthening human rights in a critical time and breaking new ground in research: The new Cluster of Excellence at FAU shows that human rights and inter- and transdisciplinary human rights research are not obsolete. “Our goal is to shed new light on the potential and the limits of human rights,” emphasizes Katrin Kinzelbach, Chair of […]
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05DEC 2025
FAU news
Book publication: “Ohnmacht des Völkerrechts” (The impotence of international law)
In his new book, “Ohnmacht des Völkerrechts” (The impotence of international law), Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling traces the latest developments in international law.
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27NOV 2025
FAU news
Digital sovereignty – new empires, big tech and geopolitics
An interview with FAU cultural geographer Prof. Dr. Georg Glasze The term “digital sovereignty” emerged in the mid 2010’s to signify a move away from the boundless digital utopia of the 80’s and 90’s and has influenced political debates ever since. But what does digital sovereignty mean and why is it increasingly playing a geopolitical […]
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05AUG 2025
FAU news
“The concept of human rights has an inner strength”
A plea for the defense of human rights: A new book from Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Heiner Bielefeldt How can we defend international human rights at a time in which their fundamental relevance is increasingly being questioned? In their new book “Menschenrechte nach der Zeitenwende. Gründe für mehr Selbstbewusstsein” (Human rights after the turning point. […]
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22MAY 2025
FAU news
Excellence Strategy: Outstanding in Human Rights Research
FAU project “Transforming Human Rights” becomes Cluster of Excellence Celebrations at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU): The “Transforming Human Rights” research project is to become a Cluster of Excellence. Late on Thursday afternoon, the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Council of Science and Humanities announced which research projects are to receive funding from the Excellence […]FAU project “Transforming Human Rights” becomes Cluster of Excellence Celebrations at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU): The “Transforming Human Rights” research project is to become a Cluster of Excellence. Late on Thursday afternoon, the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Council of Science and Humanities announced which research projects are to receive funding from the Excellence […]
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13MAR 2025
FAU news
Anti-pluralist Parties Threaten Academic Freedom
2025 Academic Freedom Index Update reveals decline in 34 countries Increasing influence of anti-pluralist parties is often associated with lower academic freedom in the respective country. This is one of the findings of the latest Academic Freedom Index (AFI) which is being released March 13, 2025. Scholars at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) publish the index every […]
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22JAN 2024
FAUmagazin 2023
Human rights have always been controversial
Interview with migration and human rights activist Anuscheh Farahat Anuscheh Farahat is Professor of Public Law, Migration Law and Human Rights at FAU. A conversation about her research, and why FAU is the ideal location for it. Prof. Farahat, what draws you to the topic of human rights? My original focus was on migration. There, […]
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12DEC 2023
FAU news
We must not be discouraged by setbacks
75 years ago in December 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. FAU Professor Dr. Michael Krennerich, Member of the Board of Directors of the Centre of Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN), explains the challenges the protection of human rights is faced with today. Which problems and challenges […]
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26SEP 2023
FAU news
Re-negotiating human rights: 10 million euros for a new Human Rights Research Center at FAU
The rise of autocracy, environmental crises facing the planet, global migration and forced displacement, globalization (and de-globalization) of production networks or digital transformation: these are just some of the factors contributing to the need to re-negotiate human rights in the 21st century. Bearing this in mind, it is vital that we dedicate more time and […]
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17APR 2023
FAU news
Public lecture: Human Rights in Iran “Woman_Life_Freedom”
Protests by women in Iran are not new. Women have been fighting for their basic rights across Iran since the beginning of the 20th century. Women’s clothing, education and everyday lives are strictly controlled in the country. On Thursday, April 20, 2023, FAU will be holding a public lecture on this highly topical issue. All […]
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29MAR 2023
FAU news
How international law can protect human rights
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling is the new director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. In this interview, he explains exactly what the academy does, how his work and research are relevant to our everyday lives and what it means when “the right to life is disregarded during wartime”. Professor Safferling, you were recently appointed as […]
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