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Fundamental Rights Research Centre

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The Fundamental Rights Research Centre (FRC) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel coordinates and centralizes the many human-rights linked research projects within the university. Both theory of human rights, national human rights law (constitutional law, criminal law, civil law, …) and international human rights law are brought together with the objective of engendering and stimulating integrated human rights research projects. 

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News

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Thursday 14 October

FRC Member Holds the Virtual Lunch Talk Organised by the European Association for Biometrics

FRC member, Bianca-Ioana Marcu will hold the Virtual Lunch Talk "Biometrics, Facial Recognition and the Fundamental Rights of Migrants", on 19 October 2021, 12.30-13.30. This Lunch Talk will be a...

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Monday 27 September

New Publication: Disproportionate Surveillance: Technology-Assisted and Automated Decisions in Asylum Applications in the EU?

LSTS member, Lina Jasmontaite , and FRC member, Júlia Zomignani Barboza , published a new article on the International Journal of Refugee Law entitled 'Disproportionate Surveillance: Technology-...

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Monday 6 September

FRC Joins the Conference on 'Human Rights in Pandemic Times Political Exceptionalism, Social Vulnerability & Restricted Freedoms. International and European Perspectives.

Prof. Paul de Hert , Dr. Amy Weatherburn , and Júlia Zomignani Barboza worked on a contribution to the Conference on 'Human Rights in Pandemic Times Political Exceptionalism, Social Vulnerability...

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Events

CJEU
Monday 25 October from 15:00 to 17:30

Opinion 1/19 on the EU’s Accession to the Istanbul Convention: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel Yet?

On 6 October 2021, the Court of Justice of the EU delivered its much anticipated Opinion on the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention. The Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention aims at...

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Tuesday 6 July from 12:00 to 13:30

Gender, Technology, and Law: Sexting amongst Children: Should it Fall within the Scope of Criminal Legislation?

This Gender, Technology and Law session will be animated by Argyro (Iro) Chatzinikolaou (Ghent University) and is entitled: Sexting amongst children: should it fall within the scope of criminal...

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Thursday 10 June from 10:00 to 17:00

FRC PhD Day

The first edition of the FRC PhD Day will take place on 10th June 2021, 10 a.m - 5 p.m. (Brussels time). To respect the lockdown measures against the Covid-19 pandemic, it will be held remotely, via...

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