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Publications

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

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

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

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 …

Domesticating human rights: restricting child marriage in Spain

Kerstin Hamann is University Pegasus Professor,  Associate Dean University of Central Florida and Global Fellow for LawTransform. Her research focuses on the political role of …

Judicial Tenure and Retirements

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 …

Projects

Mindful Justice: Aligning Police Practices and State Accountability

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 …

Gender Trouble: Glocalization of gender politics and challenges for public health and democracy

Project Leader: Siri Gloppen Funding: Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) RDF 2022, £10000 About the project The project aims to to develop a collaborative, inter-disciplinary, and multi-sited …

Truth Commissions and Sexual Violence: African and Latin American Experiences

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 …

Rights Activism under Political Uncertainty (RightAct)

Project team: Project leader: Leonardo Arriola Liv Tønnessen, Matthew Gichohi, Lise Rakner, Siri Gloppen, Arsène Brice Bardo, Jaimie Bleck, Alyssa Heinze, Jane Mango Angar, Johanna …

Autocratization Dynamics: Innovations in Research-Embedded Learning

Project Leader: Lise Rakner (UiB) Funding: Norwegian Research Council (NRC) & HK-dir 10 mill NOK “Autocratization Dynamics” aims to further strengthen UiB-CMI LawTransform as a global …

 

News

LawTransform represents the University of Bergen (UiB) at CHARM-EU Annual Conference 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 …

Spotlight on the Rights Research Agenda

Something you might not have noticed during the chaotic times of Bergen Exchanges, some of our most prominent alumni working on the joint CMI/LawTransform Rights …

Events

Contestations over Land in Plural Legal Regimes

As a part of the 2024 Bergen Exchanges, we got an update on the preliminary findings within the PluriLand project.

Social Media and Democracy: Influence, Distortion and Resistance

Are you confident in your ability to identify fake news? Do you believe disinformation is a significant challenge in today’s world? And what about the …