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Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Law

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 in the law faculty. 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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Wednesday 8 April

Assessing the Fundamental Rights Impact of Covid19 Measures in Belgium

Government measures to combat COVID-19 have profound implications for everybody’s fundamental rights, including the right to life and to health, as mapped by a new Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)...

Amy article
Wednesday 25 March

FRC Research on Labour Exploitation and Human Trafficking Featured in the Juristenkrant

Dr Amy Weatherburn ’s doctoral thesis on conceptualizing labour exploitation in human trafficking law has been featured in the most recent edition of the Juristenkrant . The article outlines the...

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Monday 2 March

New Policy Brief on the Cross-Border Access to E-Evidence

FRC member, Sergi Vazquez Maymir , and LSTS co-director, Gloria Gonzáles Fuster , published a paper on the "Cross-Border Access to E-Evidence on CEPS website. This paper aims at situating the policy...

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Events

CRigotti
Wednesday 15 January from 10:00 to 12:00

Gender, Law and Technology: Sex Robots through Feminist Lenses

The 4th session of the Gender, Technology & Law series, co-organised by LSTS and FRC, under the title: “Sex Robots through Feminist Lenses”, will take place on 15 January 2020 at 10:00-12:00 and...

Natayara
Wednesday 11 December from 10:00 to 12:00

Gender, Law and Technology: Safety as Surveillance in India

The 3rd session of the Gender, Technology & Law series, co-organised by LSTS and FRC, under the title: “All Watched Over By Aunties Of Loving Grace: Safety as Surveillance in India”, will take...

AWeatherburn
Tuesday 17 December from 10:00

Public Defence: Clarifying the Scope of Labour Exploitation in Human Trafficking Law: Towards a Legal Conceptualisation of Exploitation (Amy Weatherburn)

Amy Weatherburn will publicly defend her doctoral thesis: Clarifying the Scope of Labour Exploitation in Human Trafficking Law: Towards a Legal Conceptualisation of Exploitation . Co-Promoters: Prof...

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