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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

Sibel new
Monday 14 November

PhD defence: The political offence exception clause to extradition in Europe

FRC member, Sibel Top , will publicly discuss her PhD thesis on Monday 21 November 2022 at 10 AM in the VUB Promotion Room D2.01. Title: The political offence exception clause to extradition in...

Aledys
Tuesday 25 October

FRC member presents her book "The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights

On 15 November 2022, FRC member, Aleydis Nissen , will present her forthcoming book "The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights" at the Brussels School of Governance. Emerging and...

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Friday 12 August

New publication: Between a rock and a hard place: A human rights assessment of the fate of excluded asylum-seekers and criminal refugees in Australia

FRC member, Júlia Zomignani Barboza , has just published a new article on the Refugee Survey Quaterly, based on her PhD research. The article, which is available at the following link , is entitled...

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Events

Afghanistan
Tuesday 7 December from 13:30 to 19:00

FRC Annual Conference

Being remotely held on the week of Human Right’s Day, the FRC Annual Conference will take place on Tuesday, 7th December 2021, 13.30 - 19 (Brussels time). This one afternoon-conference will focus on...

CJEU
Wednesday 24 November from 14:00 to 17:00

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...

IG
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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