How do indigenous communities view climate change and sustainability in relation to their own knowledge?

Maternal mortality is a serious threat to women´s right to life and health in many developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. A high maternal mortality rate is recognized as an indication of shortcomings in the health system, gender inequalities, conflict and poverty, which affect women´s access to adequate sexual and reproductive health services in a […]

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, and Intersex (LGBTI) rights have become central to the West’s human rights agenda in Africa. Still, Western countries respond very differently to LGBT rights abuse in Africa. Assistant Professor Michael Wahman (University of Missouri) will give a presentation of his recent research on LGBTI rights, international diplomacy and leverage on the […]

The Centre on Law and Social Transformation is pleased to invite you to the presentation of its newest unit, the Child Rights Unit, and the launch of the cross-national research and book “Child Welfare Removals by the State”. Join Marit Skivenes (Professor, Department of Administration and Organization Theory, UiB), Karl H. Søvig (Professor at the Law Faculty, UiB) and Malcolm Langford (Associate Professor, Faculty Law, University of Oslo) as they introduce the Child Rights Unit, elaborate on it’s subprojects; and present and discuss the book Child Removals by the State.

Join the Centre on Law and Social Transformation’s screening of the award-winning documentary ”The Case Against 8” (2014) by Ben Cotner and Ryan White, on November 9th, 18.00-21.00. The documentary focuses on the historic lawsuit that overturned the ban on same-sex marriage in California, paving the way for the 2015 decision in ”Obergfeller vs Hodges”, which legalized same-sex marriage […]

Mange tar til orde for at integreringen må starte tidligere. Hvilke muligheter og begrensninger ligger i dagens lovverk og føringer for innovasjon på asyl- og flyktningefeltet? Panelet består blant annet av sosiolog og migrasjonsforsker Susanne Bygnes (IMER/UiB) og Laila Førsund som er antropolog med bakgrunn fra utlendingsforvaltningen. Andre deltagere er Ida Marie Støp Meland fra […]

Hvordan påvirkes vi av medienes beskrivelse av flyktninger og migranter? Hvem er de og hva rømmer de fra? I dette seminaret settes søkelyset på medienes representasjon av mennesker på flukt. Er de ofre? Lykkejegere? En trussel mot Europa? Regissør Lars Petter Gallefoss (Pandora Film) viser klipp fra den kommende NRK-serien Flukt og diskuterer valgene som skal få oss til […]

Measuring Child Rights is an author’s workshop for scholars and researchers within the field of child rights. The participants will present their emerging research projects and discuss the substance of these. The author’s workshop is a closed event. Participants include: Karl Harald Søvig (Professor, University of Bergen) Malcolm Langford (Associate Professor, University of Oslo) Sanne Hoffman […]