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22DEC 2022
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M.A. Human Rights Student, Abdul-Wadud Mohammed, Speaks at United Nations
On 29 November 2022, Abdul-Wadud Mohammed, a current student of the M.A. Human Rights, travelled to Geneva to speak at his country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council about LGBTQIA+ rights in Ghana. Of this experience, Mohammed said, “the UPR presented a unique opportunity for LGBTQIA+ activists in Ghana in […]
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22DEC 2022
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End of Year Celebration
The End of Year Gathering took place on Tuesday, 20 December 2022. The students of the current and former cohorts, professors and staff met in the big seminar room in Tennenlohe. The event allowed professors, staff and students to mingle in a relaxed atmosphere, complemented perfectly by Prof. Dr Heiner Bielefeldt’s piano performance.
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01DEC 2022
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Erlanger Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Tour
On Monday, November 28, Prof. Dr. Andreas Frewer of the FAU Medical Ethics department took students of the MA Human Rights and PhD researchers on a guided tour of the Erlanger Heil- und Pflegeanstalt (HuPfla). The HuPfla was a sanatorium and “insane asylum” starting in the 1800s and continuing through Nazi times, where hundreds of […]
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15NOV 2022
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Woman, Life, Freedom: Can Social Movements Succeed in an Authoritarian Context?
In solidarity with the protestors in Iran, the Politics and Human Rights lecture last week discussed the ongoing social movement and invited two Iranian alumni of the MA Human Rights to speak about their experiences organizing social movements in the country. Monireh Zahedi Galougahi and Mahdi Khodai joined Prof. Kinzelbach to discuss the subject of […]
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31OCT 2022
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Opening Lecture and Graduation Ceremony 2022
On Wednesday, October 26th the academic year of 2022/2023 was officially opened. Professor Adam Bodnar of SWPS University in Warsaw and former Ombudsman of the Republic of Poland gave a lecture about the human rights situation in Poland and the implications for the European Union. We also celebrated our new graduates who have submitted their […]
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25OCT 2022
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Welcoming Orientation 2022
On Monday, October 17th the new 2022/2023 batch was welcomed to the programme with an orientation and get-together with the staff. The students received an introduction to the programme and had several activities to get to know the university and city throughout the week. The students also had the opportunity to meet and discuss with […]
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