The Centre on Law & Social Transformation (LawTransform) is looking for 1-2 media interns to join our dedicated team of students and researchers. We are searching for persons who have skills in PR/communication, journalism, online publishing and video editing, but formal education within media is no precondition. The intern(s) will also serve as web coordinator(s) […]
Time: 11:30-12:30 The Centre & Law and Social Transformation aims to bring together scholars and others that wants to understand how law shapes and changes our society. For the 17 of April we investigate the concept of law itself, and we invite you and your network to get a unique and updated insight into law. The highly recognized […]
Save the date! Effects of Lawfare: Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change (15- 24 August) With two options of specialization: Effects of Lawfare concerning Child Rights and Health Rights. The course page will be available soon with further information about the course program and admission. The course combines lectures specifically designed for the course and participation in […]
Wednesday 15 August – Friday 24 August 2018 Venue: CMI, Just Faaland seminar room, 3rd floor Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen, Norway Effects of Lawfare: Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change ******* With the option of taking this as a General Course or with a specialization in Effects of Lawfare concerning: Health Rights – or – Rights […]
Time: 8.30-9.30 Hvilken rolle spiller domstolene i dag? Og hvordan kan vi sikre deres funksjon? Disse to grunnleggende spørsmålene vil bli behandlet i seminaret “Domstolers funksjon – hva betinges de av?” Dette seminaret tar utgangspunkt i Domstolskommisjonens arbeid. Domstolskommisjonen er et utvalg satt til å utrede domstolenes organisering, og har som hovedoppgave å undersøke hvordan domstolene kan […]
Lawtransform’s Maja Janmyr receives Chr. Michelsen Prize on outstanding development research.
Congratulations to Head of the Lawtransform Migration Unit and Professor in international migration law at the Norwegian Center for Human Rights, Maja Janmyr, who received the prize for her article ‘No country of asylum’: ‘Legitimizing’ Lebanon’s rejection of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Read the prize committee’s full decision here and the article here. Janmyr and colleague Lama Mourad […]
Maja Janmyr and Lama Mourad (2018)
Vulnerability assessments are used by humanitarian actors to identify those at greater risk of harm but their use in the response to displaced Syrians in Lebanon is problematic. Lawtransform’s Maja Janmyr and Lama Mourad have written a new article for Forced Migration Review. Read the full article here.
The Centre on Law and Social Transformation and Bergen Resource Centre is happy to invite you to a breakfast seminar on LGBTQ rights in Latin America. Date: Friday, 16th of March Time: 08:30 AM Venue: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, 5006 Bergen, Hordaland Panel: Javier Corrales (Amherst College), Hans Geir Aasmundsen (UiB), […]
Thank you all for an exciting LawTransform Masters Week 2018!
We at the Centre on Law & Social Transformation are extremely proud of our first LawTransform Masters Week! In February, we had an entire week of seminars with the enthusiastic participation of our guests Hanne Sophie Greve, Camila Gianella, Elling N. Tjønneland, Lise Rakner, Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Siri Gloppen, Marit Skivenes, Lara Côrtes and Kjersti Gravelsæter Berg in […]
Date: Friday 9th March 2018 Time: 08:30 – 09:30 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen Opposition parties and actors are often rightly lauded as heroes in processes of democratization. But is it always right and constructive to challenge an incumbent by any means possible? In this seminar, we will discuss this question […]