Recent publications
Human Rights in Child Protection
September 18, 2018
Child rights unit has released a new book Human Rights in Child Protection (open access), which is related to the project Child Protection and Human …
Child’s Best Interest Principle
September 18, 2018
The Child’s Best Interest Principle across Child Protection Jurisdictions in Asgeir Falch-Eriksen and Elisabeth Backe-Hansen, Human Rights in Child Protection - Implications for Professional Practice and Policy (PP. 59-88). The UN …
Assessing Judicial Empowerment
August 8, 2018
Drawing on an ongoing international data collection effort, our affiliate Thomas Keck examines the free expression jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada and the …
Hvem har ansvaret for å sikre folk vann?
July 21, 2018
Mathilde Thorsen has written about water rights and the ongoing water crisis in India in Bergens Tidende. The text ask questions regarding who is in …
Revisiting Health Rights Litigation and Access to Medications in Costa Rica: Preliminary Evidence from the Cochrane Collaboration Reform
June 29, 2018
Abstract In response to the incremental creation of an expansive constitutional right to health in Costa Rica, the country’s rights-friendly constitutional chamber of the Supreme Court …
Recent news
Breaking BAD team participated in radio show
August 5, 2018
During the Breaking BAD project meeting in Accra, Ghana, Lise Rakner (Principal Investigator, CMI/Uni. of Bergen), Nicolas van de Walle (Cornell University), Leo Arriola (Uni. of …
Two master theses completed as part of the Water-rights project
July 16, 2018
Congratulations to Mathilde Thorsen and Sara Ekblom on their master theses! The Water-rights' project team is really proud of you! Water & Power (2017-2018). Mathilde Thorsen (UiB, …
Breaking BAD Workshop Debuts in Ghana
July 6, 2018
PRESS RELEASE, collected from CDD-Ghana's webpage. 4th July, 2018 The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and the NorGlobal Network, have hosted Ghanaian scholars and practitioners in …
Water & Power – Dissertation by Mathilde Thorsen
June 21, 2018
On 1st. of June comparative politics student Mathilde Thorsen handed in her master thesis: 'Water & Power: Has the elevation of the right to water to …
Affiliate Synnøve Jahnsen With New Book on “Criminal Justice Research in an Era of Mass Mobility.”
June 18, 2018
Affiliate Synnøve Økland Jahnsen, Andriani Fili and Rebecca Powell recently published their new book "Criminal Justice Research in an Era of Mass Mobility." The book …