Date: 5th June 2019 Time: 18:00 Venue: Litteraturhuset i Bergen, Østre Skostredet 5 From the decriminalization of homosexuality in India to the persecution in Chechnya, global LGBT rights are in constant change. This seminar will explore the state of LGBT rights in different areas of the world and the driving forces behind recent developments and […]
Date: 25 April 2019 Time: 08:30-09:30 Location: Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Menneskerettighetenes plass 1, 5007 Bergen Since the elections of 2015, the Law and Justice Party (PiS) in Poland have governed with an outright majority in the Polish Parliament. The PiS has spent the last 4 years passing laws in order to strengthen their […]
Volunteer open day!
Date: 29 April 2019 Time: 16:30 Venue: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 We are looking for volunteers for our annual conference, the Bergen Exchanges! The Bergen Exchanges bring together academics and activists from all over the world for a week of seminars, debates, fun social events and other activities. If you are interested in issues related […]
Date: Tuesday 2 April 2019 Time: 12:00-13:00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 While researchers and politicians discuss migration in terms of domestic politics, national security, political factors and social issues, health has been left out of the global agenda. Why is this? Are politicians afraid of addressing a sensitive topic? Indeed, if health is discussed at all, it is […]
Date: Thursday 21 March Time: 16:00 – 18:00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 This event is a collaboration with Cine Latino/BIFF. Set in a Quechua community in Ayacucho, this movie follows a father and son who are artists practicing the characteristic regional art of “retablo”. The movie centers on gender roles among indigenous communities in […]
Date: Tuesday 26 March 2019 Time: 08:30 – 09:30 Place: Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Menneskerettighetenes plass 1, Bergen The past decade the world has witnessed a dramatic change in the political system in Myanmar. In 2011 a government led by President Thein Sein, a former General, replaced the military junta and initiated reforms that took […]
Date: Monday 18 March 2019 Time: 09:00 – 10:00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen Watch here: In almost all countries in the world today political leaders are formally selected through electoral contests where multiple candidates and parties are allowed to compete. However, an increasing number of these competitions take place under conditions which cannot […]
Date: Thursday 14 March 2019 Time: 14:15-15:45 Venue: Seminar room 17.112 (2nd floor) Christies Gate 17 The Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism are delighted to invite you to our RDV seminar on Thursday March 14 with Marius Emberland, lawyer with the Attorney General’s office. His presentation is titled “Human Rights and Child Welfare”, […]
National environmental disasters: cases from Norway and Brazil
Date: Wednesday 13th March 2019 Time: 15:00-16:00 Venue: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 The legal department of Concerned Students Norway and the Centre on Law and Social Transformation welcome everyone to a lecture with Professor Stella Emery Santana from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Her lecture will focus on environmental disasters in Brazil, specifically on comparing the […]
Date: Thursday 14th March Time:16:00-18:00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 In recent years, Europe has seen strong conservative mobilization against abortion, LGBT-rights and child protection services. Through the Internet, intensive lobbying and funding from abroad, these movements are gaining new ground – is the seemingly well-established right of abortion under threat in Europe? What are the driving […]