Italy’s current far-right-led government has advanced anti-queer narratives and legal measures against queer families, people and civil society, reshaping the spaces where rights can be claimed. Same-sex parents and their kids have been among the most targeted, through the contestation of birth certificates and the criminalization of people who undergo surrogacy abroad. In this seminar […]
We witness yet another chapter in the long history of conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine. Proposals of one state and two state solutions both seem to have run their course. The presentation starts to explore a third range of options which merit more attention: (con)federal futures. These paths shift the focus […]
In 1983, military forces under the command of Zimbabwe’s then – Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, carried out a massacre in Zimbabwe´s Matebeleland, killing more than twenty thousand people. More than forty years on, the country has yet to reckon with this genocidal crime, leaving those who lost loved ones to find closure on their own. […]
Har Norge gjort nok for Gaza? I dette seminaret setter vi søkelys på hva folkeretten sier om Norges plikter forbundet med krigen på Gaza. Med oss for å diskutere dette har vi Terje Einarsen, Mads Harlem, Cecilie Hellestveit og Monica Naime. Moderator: Marthe Engedahl (stipendiat ved Det juridiske fakultet, UiB)
When Sudan’s dictator Omar al-Bashir was deposed in 2019, many young Sudanese believed it to be the start of a new chapter in the country’s history. This remarkable documentary captures the optimism and the intense creative energy that marked this historical moment, when it seemed like Sudan could liberate itself from a past marred by […]
In collaboration with BIFF – the Bergen International Film festival – we invite you to the screening of MER ENN BARE FJELL / FOR OUR RIGHTS (2025), which is a contestant for this year’s Best Short Documentary, and a conversation with the director. The Norwegian Supreme Court has ruled that a wind farm in a […]
Join us for the launch of “Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights” and a conversation with the editors Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes & Siri Gloppen. The book brings together leading scholars in law, political science, and social work to explore […]
On 27 May, we will host a breakfast seminar examining the consequences of EU external migration policies in West Africa, with a focus on migration dynamics, development aid, and local experiences. The event features contributions from Cathrine Talleraas and Elling N. Tjønneland (both Senior Researchers at CMI), and Ndeye Fatou Ndiaye (Law and Political Science […]
We invite you to our Annual Lecture on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples “Claiming the Homeland: Colonial Legacies, Indigenous Resistance, and the Ongoing Struggle of the Crimean Tatars” with Martin-Oleksandr Kisly (Crimean Studies Center, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy). This lecture explores the history of Crimea from the Russian annexation of 1783 to the present […]
On 6 May, we’ll have a panel conversation about Trump, anti-gender politics, and academic freedom with Haley McEwen (University of Gothenburg), Jon Braddy (Florida Gulf Coast University) and Kari Jegerstedt (UiB). Randi Gressgård will moderate the discussion. Under the current Trump administration, federal agencies have been instructed to remove terms like ‘gender’, ‘sexuality’, and ‘diversity’ […]
Queer rights struggles in Italy’s increasingly hostile political climate
