Human rights

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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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17OCT 2022
FAU news
Dr. Harsh Mander from India Receives Human Rights Award from FAU
Germany has a new human rights award, presented by FAU. The FAU Human Rights Award honours internationally distinguished individuals who are committed to human rights research, teaching and practice. The inaugural recipient is the Indian human rights scholar and practitioner Dr. Harsh Mander. FAU’s Vice President Research, Prof. Dr. Georg Schett, presented the award and […]
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