Cecilia Medina Quiroga, former president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, talked about the Court and the Latin American context during a public lecture last night. Mrs Medina Quiroga gave an insight into the challenges at the Court’s establishment, during its first years without an... 

The FAU student blog has published a series of interviews with five of our students. They give their insights not only into the programme but also their own stories and reasons for getting involved in human rights. You can find the entire series of interviews at https://blogs.fau.de/meinefau/tag/hum... 

On Monday, 22 May, we will welcome Mrs Cecilia Medina Quiroga, former member and chair of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (1995-2002), and former member and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2004-2009). Mrs Medina Quiroga will give a public lecture on the Inter-America... 

Ilyas Ali Hassan, who is a student in the MA Human Rights and a former refugee, in 2016 decided to return to his home country Somalia to help in the long and difficult transition process. In December, he was elected as a member of the new Senate that forms one... 

From April 2nd to 6th, the students of the M.A. Human Rights had the opportunity to visit Geneva and get first-hand insights into the protection and promotion of human rights at the international level, specifically within the different United Nations (UN) mechanisms. The group met with representati...