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24FEB 2020
Allgemein
The last day of the Geneva Excursion
On the fourth and final day of the Geneva excursion, the students of the Masters of Human rights program visited the International Labour Organization (ILO). There, the group of students were given an orientation and tour of the ILO by Mr Remo Becci, Sections Des communications et Des dossiers. The students were enlightened about the […]
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24FEB 2020
Allgemein
Day three of the Geneva Excursion
On the third day of the Geneva excursion, the students of Masters of Human rights had two sessions to attend. The first session was with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which started off with a video shown to the students about the work that is being done by ICRC. Next, Mr Thomas […]
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19FEB 2020
Allgemein
Students attend the 75th session of CEDAW
On the second day of the Geneva excursion, the students attended the 75th session of the CEDAW committee, which was a country periodic review of Afghanistan. The CEDAW chairperson, Ms Hilary Gbedemah addressed the crowd and very briefly presented the flow of the meeting. The minister of communications and information, Ms Shahzad Aryobee started the […]
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19FEB 2020
Allgemein
Day one of the Geneva Excursion
On the first day of the Geneva excursion, the currents batch students of the Master programme started their excursion by visiting the OHCHR, where they were given a presentation by Mr Morse Caoagas (Human Rights Officer from the branch of Indigenous People’s and Minorities section). The meeting was very informative, and the group received tips […]
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28JAN 2020
Allgemein
Visit by the Director of the Syrian Archive
On 16/17 December, the founder and director of the Syrian Archive, Hadi al-Khatib, introduced students of the MA Human Rights Program to open source investigations. He explained the methodology that his organization is developing on how the ever-expanding resources that are now available via multiple social media channels are being used to gather evidence in […]
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12NOV 2019
Allgemein
Opening of the Academic Year 2019/20
On the 17th of October the new batch of students was welcomed to Erlangen. The highlight of the event was the speech of Dr Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and currently President of the Advisory Board of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. In her speech she particularly focused on the experience […]
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