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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 …
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 …
Judicial Tenure and Retirements
November 18, 2024
A chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour on Judicial Tenure and Retirements by Andrea Castagnola, adjunct professor at the University Torcuato Di …
Legal Opportunity Structure and Legal Battles Over Sex Education and LGBTQ Students in Brazil and Colombia
November 5, 2024
Ana de Mello Côrtes is a Queer rights researcher and activist, a fellow at LawTransform (CMI-UiB Centre on Law & Social Transformation), and an affiliated …
Projects
The Pro Bono Group
February 2, 2017
We are a group at the University of Bergen that conduct research on children´s rights. Pro Bono is a Latin phrase for professional work and …
News
LawTransform represents the University of Bergen (UiB) at CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2024
December 3, 2024
On 5 November the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary, hosted the CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2024 “Intercultural Learning and European Universities”, bringing together delegates …
Revisit #BeEx2024 Annual Lecture: Kim Lane Scheppele “Restoring Democracy through Transnational Law”
September 29, 2024
We invite you to revisit this year’s engaging annual lecture, where renowned scholar Kim Lane Scheppele, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International …