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Publications
Legalised resistance to democratisation in common law Africa
February 17, 2025
Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner are out with a highly relevant article in Third World Quaterly. In their article: “Legalised resistance to democratisation in common …
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 …
Domesticating human rights: restricting child marriage in Spain
November 21, 2024
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 …
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 …
Gender Trouble: Glocalization of gender politics and challenges for public health and democracy
February 24, 2023
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
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 …
Rights Activism under Political Uncertainty (RightAct)
June 10, 2022
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
April 8, 2022
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
#BeEx2025 activist interviews and more
October 21, 2025
The CMI recap of the 2025 Bergen Exchanges, featuring interviews with some of our dear scholars: Satang Nabaneh, Ayo Sogunro, Reem Abbas, and Adrian Jjuuko and …
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 …
Events
(Con)federal lessons for paths toward just peace in the Middle East
October 24, 2025
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 …
Indigenous Rights and Climate Change
April 3, 2025
In this seminar Thalia Viveros-Uehara examines the role of courts and constitutions in shaping the legal and political dimensions of Indigenous rights within the climate …