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Welcome to the website of the M.A. in Human Rights in Erlangen! We are an international, interdisciplinary programme covering human rights in their legal, political and philosophical dimensions. Watch the video above and browse through these pages to find out more about the programme, and meet o... Continue

On Thursday, 17 October, at 6.15pm we will officially open the new academic year 2019/20 in the Old University Library’s lecture hall (Universitätsstraße 4, 91054 Erlangen). After a short ceremony for some of our recent graduates, we are very happy and honoured to welcome back Dr Navi Pillay, former... Continue

Six of our students were honoured with one of the Germany Scholarships awarded by FAU to its best students. The certificates were handed out in a ceremony at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, during which the scholarships recipients and their sponsors also had a chance to get to know eac... Continue

The M.A. Human Rights programme was very fortunate to welcome H.E. Dr Abdallah Saleh Possi, the Tanzanian Ambassador to Germany and Austria, for a discussion with our students. Dr Possi spoke about his human rights work as an ambassador and the challenges to human rights diplomacy. He emphasised ... Continue

The new batch of students was welcomed to Erlangen on Oct 15th. A highlight of the week was the speech of Lawyer and Human Rights Activist Betty Murungi in which she told us about her experiences in the field of transitional justice in South Sudan and Kenya. At a small graduation ceremony seven of o... Continue