Units

Publications

The Nordic Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: A new TRC model for resolving historic and ongoing violations of indigenous rights

December 4, 2024

A book chapter by Elin Skaar, a Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), where she heads the research cluster on Rights and Legal …

Personal Identity Rights Development and Recent Adoption Cases at the European Court of Human Rights

November 28, 2024

Blogpost by: Professor Jill Marshall, Professor of Law, Royal Holloway, University of London BLOG: We may all think we know what ‘personal identity’ means, but what …

Opening the discussion about adoption from care in Finland – wrong place, right time?

November 28, 2024

Blogpost by: Petra Järvinen, Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, and visiting scholar at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) in April …

The Supreme Court of Argentina

November 27, 2024

We are pleased to introduce you the chapter written by our fellow Andrea Castagnola and her colleagues in the book “Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America …

Judicial activism in Paraguay: a reactive form of compensatory justice

November 22, 2024

A publication by Andrea Castagnola and her colleagues. The article examines the role of constitutional justice in countries with low judicial independence, focusing on Paraguay …

Projects

Mindful Justice: Aligning Police Practices and State Accountability

October 22, 2024

Collaborators: Center for Legal Resources (Romania), Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (Norway), LawTransform (Norway) The project aims to research and compare legal and forensic practices in …

Protecting child rights and public safety

October 18, 2024

Project Team: Linda Gröning, Marit Skivenes, Ingun Fornes, Siri Gloppen Timeframe: 2025 – 2030 The PROTECT project will study how to protect children’s rights while …

Truth Commissions and Sexual Violence: African and Latin American Experiences

November 10, 2022

Sexual violence committed during war or internal armed conflict is a major global challenge. It has mostly remained under-addressed during transitions from conflict and repressive …

Riverine Rights: Exploring the Currents and Consequences of Legal Innovations on the Rights of Rivers

September 24, 2020

Timeframe: 01.07.2020 – 31.12.2023 Funding source: Norges forskningsråd Project owner: OsloMet, Faculty of Education and International Studies Project manager: Axel Borchgrevink Partner institutions: Norwegian University of Life Sciences …

Rethinking democracy & law

September 18, 2020

This project rethinks the way teaching is done in the field of Democracy & Law. It does so by building a new four-way collaboration …

News

New Project on Children’s Rights and Crime Prevention

October 18, 2024

Linda Gröning from the Faculty of Law (PI) and Marit Skivenes (co-PI) from the Department of Government and Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) …

Water | Special Issue: Water and Sanitation as Human Rights: Have They Strengthened Marginalized Peoples’ Claim for Access?

December 13, 2021

The team working on LawTransform’s project Elevating water rights to human rights: Has it strengthened marginalized peoples’ claim for water? has created a special issue …