After Violence: Effects of Transitional Justice Mechanisms
This session discusses effects of transitional justice on the development of peace and democracy.
Lawfare for livelihood & formalization
Under which conditions can poor and “informalized” people’s lawfare for livelihood contribute to social change?
Conceptualizing, studying & measuring health effects of criminal law
Criminalization of sexual and reproductive actions and services has intended as well as unintended consequences. How can health consequences of (de)criminalization best be studied?
Events
Implementing health rights – dilemmas, constraints & opportunities
But what does the right to health mean in practice?
Effects of constitutional change
Constitutions are at the heart of intense political struggles – but how much of a difference do constitutions really make?
Global LGBTIQ equality battles
The past decade has seen increasing political contestation over sexual orientation and gender identity in all parts of the world, with rights and courts at the center of the battles.
Backlash!
To study and establish backlash effects raises complicated questions both at conceptual and methodological level. How can we uncover the causal mechanisms at play and systematically measure effects?
Book Launch: “Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity”
Welcome to the launch of the new book by Alicia Ely Yamin, Policy Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and Global Fellow of the Centre on Law & Social Transformation. At the launch Professor Paul Hunt, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Jashodhara Dasgupta, SAHAYOG […]
Seminar: Operationalising a rights-based approach to Health. Reorienting Health and measuring impact.
Norwegian development aid should be human rights based. But how can this be done in practice? And how should it be assessed? See full-length video clips from the seminar on the International Human Rights Day 2015 here.