Siri Gloppen (2024)
Panorama
By Siri Gloppen (Written as an op-ed in Panorama (in Norwegian) as part of the PluriLand project) Despite the special protection given to indigenous peoples under international law, abuses against indigenous peoples and those who fight for their rights continue. What does it take for the courts to protect indigenous rights? And does winning in […]
Jill D. Berrick (2024)
BLOG: Forces in the U.S. are calling for the abolition of the child protection system. Could Europe be next? Blog post by Jill Duerr Berrick, Professor of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley, and Professor II at the Department of Government, University of Bergen The national mood in the U.S. is sour. Deep political divisions have riven the […]
Elin Skaar (2024)
Ray Aldred, John Klaasen, and Line M. Skum: Cultivating Transformative Reconciliation (ReconTrans Volume II). PICKWICK Publications
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 Institutions and is Coordinator for the Transitional justice Unit. The indigenous Sami and the Kven (a cross-border minority group) in the Nordic countries have long discussed the possibilty, and desirability, […]
Andrea Castagnola, Alejandro Chehtman, Sergio Muro (2024)
Constitutional Reasoning in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Critical Analysis
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 and the Caribbean: A Critical Analysis”. This chapter analyzes the constitutional reasoning of the Argentine Supreme Court, focusing on its institutional, historical, and legal contexts. Argentina offers a unique study […]
Andrea Castagnola, Gabriela Bonzi, Shirley Franco and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán (2024)
Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective
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 as a case study. Scholars typically expect courts in such environments to exhibit weak and deferential behavior due to close ties with ruling elites or fear of retaliation. However, Paraguay’s […]
Kerstin Hamann (2024)
The International Journal of Human Rights
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 organized labor in Western Europe, Spanish politics, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. ABSTRACT Child marriage, considered a human rights violation, occurs not just in the Global South, but […]
Shirley Franco, Andrea Castagnola (2024)
ESTUDIOS CONSTITUCIONALES
An article on Los derechos de las mujeres y el rol de la Corte Suprema de Paraguay by Andrea Castagnola. Andrea Castagnola is an expert in the areas of transparency, justice, institutions, accountability, and fighting corruption. She was assistant professor at Flacso-Mexico and holds a Post-Doc in Quantitative Methods from the University of Bergen, Norway. She also holds […]
Marcelina Mierzwa (2024)
In recent years, discussions surrounding political polarisation have increasingly turned toward the role of social media algorithms. These hidden, complex systems govern much of what we see online, influencing our daily interactions, news consumption, and ultimately, our political beliefs. It is worth examining how they contribute to echo chambers and filter bubbles, the subsequent effects […]
Nelufer Nazrul (2024)
In 2024, Bangladesh witnessed a powerful student-led movement that catalyzed democratic change, demonstrating the profound impact of social media on societal transformation. This movement emerged when Bangladesh’s Supreme Court reinstated a controversial job quota, reserving 30% of government jobs for the descendants of heroes from the 1971 Liberation War. Originally abolished by Prime Minister Sheikh […]
Ana Côrtes, Juliana Jaramillo (2024)
Revista Direito GV
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 researcher at the University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research. Juliana Jaramillo is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at Universidad de los Andes (Colombia, and a LawTransform fellow. Ana […]
There are Fosen-cases all over the world – do they improve indigenous peoples’ rights?
