Our students devote their last semester to the Master thesis. The Master thesis is dedicated to an individually chosen topic. It also serves as evidence of the participants’ ability for independent, scientific work in terms of content and methodology. The Master thesis is the work of one person; it is supervised by a member of the teaching staff. Below are the topics of the past batches.
- Implications of the United Kingdom’s Proposed Withdrawal From the European Convention on Human Rights and its Impact on Asylum Rights
- A Comparative Analysis of Reparations by the German State Towards Victims of Racial Genocide
- The Digitalization of Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence and its Impact on Garment Workers in the Global South
- Assessing the Potential Human Rights Impact of the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Focus on Border Management and Access to Asylum
- Bridging the Gap: A Legal Analysis of the Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz and its Alignment With the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the Technology Sector
- State Repression and Human Rights Defenders in Turkey: A Case Study of Judicial Harassment
- The Role of Multinational Corporations in Protecting Migrant Workers’ Rights in Turkey
- Reparative Justice-Oriented Mental Health and Psychosocial Support as a Guarantee of Non-Recurrence in Transitional Justice. A Proposal for Post-Conflict Syria
- Examining the Intersection of Gender-Based Violence and Marginalization of Disadvantaged Women in Post-Arab Spring Egypt
- From Policy to Practice: Gender Mainstreaming and the Labor Market Integration of Female Migrants in Germany and Sweden
- Contextualizing Refugee Protection in Africa: A Critical Analysis
- Israel’s 2024 War on Lebanon: Breaches of the Principle of Medical Protection
- What are the similarities and differences between claims and practices that tech-companies make when it comes to data protection?
- The Intersectionality Of Nightlife and Human Rights in the Nigerian Queer Community
- Trade Union Alliances and the Promotion of Business and Human Rights in the Informal Economy: Socioeconomic Analysis From Bangladesh
- CEDAW and Gender Perspectives of Jirga and Swara Practice in Pakistan
- From Corporate Impunity to Conviction: How Litigants and Judicial Actors Challenged Corporations in Crimes Committed During Argentina’s Last Civil-Military Dictatorship. Lessons From a Case Study Analysis
- Comparative Study of Contracting Human Rights Obligations in Supply Chain Agreements Under US and EU Business and Human Rights Model Contract Clauses
- Effective Access to Remedy under the CSDDD: Corporate Remediation and Complaints Procedures
- The Employment of Open Source Human Rights Investigations in Syrian Transitional Justice Initiatives
- International Norms and National Responses: A Comparative Study of CEDAW’s Engagement With Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina
- The EU Pay Transparency Directive 2023: A Business and Human Rights Perspective
- Investigating the Impact of ACHPR Resolution 275 on Sexual and Gender Minorities in Ghana, Uganda and Mauritius: Addressing Homophobia as a Harmful Traditional Practice (2019 to 2024)
- The Importance of Transitional Justice in Post-Tigray War Ethiopia
- Diplomacy and Humanitarian Access in the Syrian Conflict: Evaluating the Interplay and Impacts on The Right to Education
- Comparing Legal Approaches to Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations: Implications for Victim Remedies
- The Role Of State In Ensuring Environmental Justice While Upholding Indigenous People’s Rights
- Shaping the Gender Identities of the Khawaja Sira and Hijra Communities in Pakistan: Colonial Stereotypes and Their Impact on the Socio-Economic and Political Human Rights of the Third Gender in the Indian Subcontinent From the 1800s to Modern-Day Pakistan
- Climate Change and the Right to a Healthy Environment in Latin America. The Implications of the Escazú Agreement in the Inter-American Human Rights System
- The Impact of Development Finance Institutions on Occupational Safety and Health Standards: A Human Rights Approach
- Navigating Efficiency and Human Rights Compliance. A Legal Perspective on Asylum Procedures in Germany and Spain
- Restorative Justice and the Kurdish Conflict: Preparing for Peace in Turkey
- Enforced Disappearances of Migrants and the US. Mexican Migration Policies
- How Does the GFA Affect Workers’ Rights and Freedom of Association in Supply Chains in the Fashion Industry?
- Causes and General Measures for Non or Delayed-Enforcement of Domestic Courts Decisions—as Determined in the Practice of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers
- Echoes of History: India’s Regressive Policies and the Global Legacy of Discrimination in the Name of Progress
- Comparative Analysis of Judicial Gender Stereotypes: European Human Rights Court vs. Inter-American Human Rights Court and the Impact of CEDAW
- Official and Working UN Languages in the Postcolonial Critique of Human Rights: Examining Linguistic Hegemony and Vernacularisation
- Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence in Transnational Agribusiness. A Case Study of Assam Tea Supply Chains
- Sex Trafficking in Colombia: An Approach From International Human Rights Standards and Feminist Theory
- Development Finance Institutions and the Safeguarding of Land Rights in Large-Scale Agricultural Land Investments. A Focus on the International Finance Corporation
- Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Discrimination and the Non-Discrimination Principle: The Social, Technical and Legal Challenges in the EU and the United States
- Third-Party Funding and the Responsibility to Respect Human Rights Under the UNGPs. An Analysis of the Need for Third-Party Funders to Comply with the UNGPs and Engage in Human Rights Due Diligence
- Comparative Analysis of the Regional Legal Scope for the Protection of Communities Territories Against Extractivism: The Case of Portugal and Ecuador
- Turkey’s Women Authors’ Stories on Human Rights Politics
- Rainbow Chasing the Exiled Values: Seeking Refuge in Germany, Revealing the Experiences of LGBTQ+ Refugees in Germany
- Advancing Human Rights in the Global Supply Chain: An Analysis of Human Rights Due Diligence Within the European Union Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
- Resilience and Rights: Collaborative Responses to Women’s Empowerment in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
- Can Duress Constitute a Complete Defense for Criminal Responsibility for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity? A Case Study of Article 31 (1) (d) Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- A Study on the Right to Work of Refugees in Iran from a Human Rights and Non-Discrimination Perspective
- The Confining Permanent Status Within the United Nations Security Council: An Indelible Trace of Neo-Colonialism—Russia in Syria Module
- Strengthening ICC Enforcement Through Civil Society
- Women’s Rights to Education in Afghanistan
- Driving Change? Assessing the Effectiveness of the EU Deforestation Regulation in Preventing Deforestation and Protecting Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Communities Within the Brazilian Leather Supply Chain Potentially Linked to German Automakers
- Advocating for Intersectionality in Transitional Justice
- The Role of the Inter-American Human Rights System in the Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in Latin America
- Gender-Based Violence Against Female Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa, A Human Rights Based Analysis: The Case of Cameroon
- Deaf People under the CRPD. Contextualities, Options, Controversies
- Women Victims of Gender-Based Persecution: The Importance of Including Gender in the 1951 Convention
- The Inclusion of Human Rights Clauses in Free Trade Agreements. Analyzing the Reasons Behind the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
- Positive Obligations of States Regarding Business and Human Rights Under European Convention on Human Rights
- Violations to the Principle of Responsibility-Sharing Under International Refugee Law: Contesting the Notion of ‘Safe Third Country’
- Protecting Civilians in Non-International Armed Conflicts. Is IHL Enough?
- The Right to Health of Haitian Migrants in Chile: Analysis of Local Health Policies From a Human Rights Perspective
- Racist Discrimination in American Medical Systems. Addressing Black Maternal Mortality
- United Nations Peacekeeping Mission And Human Rights Protection: A Case Study Of The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission In The Democratic Republic Of Congo
- Immigration Detention in Greece: Fundamental Rights of Migrants and Asylum Seekers Under the European Convention on Human Rights and Emerging Human Rights Concerns
- Enforced Disappearances as Continuing Human Rights Violations After Crackdown Coup Attempt on July 15, 2016, in Turkey
- (Un)equal Access? Experiences of Roma Fleeing War in Ukraine. Temporary Protection in Germany
- The Right to a Healthy Environment
- Skilled and Unskilled Labour Migration of Albanian Citizen in Germany: A Human Right Inquiry
- Business and Human Rights Issues in Uzbekistan. Causation Link Between Corruption and Human Rights
- Proliferation of Charismatic Churches in Ghana: A Normative Analysis From the Perspective of Freedom of Religion or Belief
- The Principle of Non-Refoulement in South Africa
- Wearing Veil as a Human Right (Battling Blanket Ban and Compulsion)
- The Right to Truth and its Reparative Potential in Cases of Enforced Disappearances: The Case of Colombia
- Dementia and its Recognition as a Disability in the Monitoring Procedure of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Environmental Justice and Human Rights in Brazil: The Case of the Collapse of the Brumadinho
- The Risks and Challenges Faced Human Rights Defenders in Australia’s Extraterritorial Immigration Detention Regime
- Right to Adequate Housing for Unaccompanied Refugee Girls—A Search for Special Measures
- The Right to the Truth in Transnational Justice Process: A Study of the Case of the Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Recurrence in Colombia
- The State of Human Rights Education: Dissemination of Particular Knowledge
- Documentation on the Road to Transitional Justice in Syria
- The Dignity of Persons With Grave Impairments. An Exploration Based on Discourse Ethics
- Child Protection Under the Spell of the Sharia. Analysis of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Islam
- The Violation of Freedom of Expression in Cameroon and its Impact on the Country’s Vision 2035
- The Intersectionality of Gender and Disability in Access to Education of Women with Disabilities in Ethiopia
- Gender Based Violence as Torture: The Case of Breast Ironing in Cameroon
- Women Rights Movements in Kenya. Tackling the Problem of FGM
- Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia: A Powerful Tool for Accountability of Military? The “False Positives” Case
- Do Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Rights Presuppose a Secular State, or Can it also Flourish Under the Auspices of a Religious State? An Explorative Study of the Complex Relationship
- Corporate Responsibility and Transitional Justice: Case Study in Colombia
- Can Violation of SOGI Rights and Violence Against Women Constitute Grounds for Assigning Refugee Status According to International Refugee Law and International Human Rights Law?
- Beyond Borders: EU and US Border Externalization and the Incomplete Right to Leave in International Law
- Domestic Violence in the Event of a Pandemic—A Perspective from Bangladesh
- The Significance of Provisional Measures Towards Protection Against Gross Human Rights Violations: A Comparative Study of Rules and Practices of Provisional Measures Intended to Halt Gross Human Rights Violations in International Courts
- A Legal Assessment of the Politics of Land Grabbing. Implications on Peasants’ the Right to Food and the Right to Land, and Development
- How has the Right to Access Quality, Inclusive Education, Particularly for the Girl Child, Been Impacted by the COVID Pandemic in Developing Countries?
- From “Peaceful and Non-Violent” to “Do Whatever You Want”. The Development of Collective Action Frames by the Civil Human Rights Front in Response to the Escalation of Violence During the 2019/20 Hong Kong Protests
- The Prevention of Oppression Against Women and Children Act 2000. An Analysis From Human Rights Perspective
- Accountability for ISIS Fighters. The Possibility of Prosecuting Them Before an International Criminal Tribunal for Responsibility of Core International Crimes
- Human Rights Education as a Guarantee of Non-Recurrence in the Case Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Commercial Sex and Trafficking in Persons: A Human Rights-Based Analysis of the German and Swedish Approaches to Prostitution as Measures to Discourage the Demand That Promotes Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
- Human Rights for “Undeserving” Humans: a Non-Contractarian Approach to Human Rights and the Need to Overcome the Misconception of Human Dignity as Worthiness
- Anti-Feminism and Anti-Gender Far Right Politics in Germany Concerning Violence Against Womyn as a Threat to Womyn’s Rights Enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- #MeToo. Victims Raise Their Voice. The Development of the #MeToo Movement
- Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Study
- Scope and Limits of Missionary Activities. The Dual Perspective of Human Rights and Theological Evaluation
- Anti-Discrimination Work in Preschool Institutions—Theoretical Considerations and Practical Recommendations
- Defining Criminal Liability for Serious Environmental Harm in the Framework of International Criminal Justice: From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism?
- Length of Proceedings: A Comparative Study Between Regional Court Systems and International Criminal Court
- Mining in Indigenous Land in Brazil: An Analysis From the Perspective of the Inter-American Human Rights System
- Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Timber Industry. Lessons From Implementation of the FSC’s Multi-Stakeholder System in Indonesia
- On Lex Specialis and the Relationship between International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law—A Comparative Analysis of Separatism, Convergence and Complementarity
- Towards a Gender-Sensitive Approach to Peacebuilding: An Analysis of the United Nations’ Role in Preventing and Protecting Women From Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
- The Significance of the Right to the Truth for Syria, Perspectives of Victims of Human Rights Violations
- Discrimination in the Name of Democracy? The Controversy on the Citizenship Amendment Act in India
- Addressing Modern Slavery in Supply Chain Management of Corporations
- Beyond Declaration: How can the Amended Ethiopian Refugee Law and the Global Compact on Refugees Improve Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights of Refugees in Ethiopia?
- Antibiotic Resistance in Germany under Human Rights Scrutiny
- The Role of Corporate Human Rights Benchmark for the Human Rights Impact of Global Corporations
- Multiple Discriminations Against Kurd Women in Iran. Analysing the Legal and Cultural Factors
- Drought Effects on Human Rights Conditions in Iran (Case Study Sistan and Baluchistan Province in South-Eastern Iran)
- Unpleasant Controversies: A Qualitative Discourse Analysis of the Framing and Language of Sexual Harassment and Assault as Women’s Rights Issues in the U.S. Media
- The Gruesome Death Toll Characterised by War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide: A Legal Appraisal of the Crisis in the Former Southern Cameroons
- Dimensions of Normative Inequality: Inter-American and Chilean Perspectives on Irregular Migrants’ Health
- The Importance of Agricultural Sustainable Supply Chains in the Fulfilment of Human Rights and Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries
- Private Elementary Schools in Nuremberg—Chances, Challenges and Criticism
- Anker-Centers in Bavaria—Human Rights of Refugees Under Threat
- Human Genome Editing: Normative Challenges Tackled From a Human Rights Perspective
- How Can Child Marriage Be Overcome in Iran? Ambiguities in Politics, Legislation and Judiciary
- Accessibility of the Education for Migrant Children in Thailand: A Case Study of Ranong, Thailand
- The National and International Legal and Policy Frameworks to Protect the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Ethiopia: Challenges and Reform Options
- A Comprehensive Approach of Transitional Justice to Address the Deliberate Destruction of Cultural Heritage
- Dalit Social Movement in Nepal. Conditions for its Success
- Due Diligence and Human Rights in the Cacao Processing Industry
- Diversity within Sexual Minorities; a Human Rights-Based Case Study from Bangladesh
- Gender in the Transitional Justice Process in Uganda: How the Gender Question was Addressed in the Transitional Justice Process in Uganda
- The Freedom to Seek, Receive and Impart Information Through Social Media: Scope, Limitations and Duties of States and Non-State Actors
- Human Rights Due Diligence in Supply Chains. A Case Study on Daimler AG
- The Development of Reparations of Victims of Armed Conflict in Colombia
- Externalisation of EU Migration Policies. The EU-Turkey Deal: A Blueprint for Human Rights Violations?
- The Impact of Climate Change on the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living in the Upper West Region of Ghana
- Freedom within the Limit of Harmony? An Assessment of Indonesia’s Anti-Blasphemy Provisions
- Linguistic Minorities and the Quest for Equality and Non-Discrimination: An Appraisal of the Case of Anglophone Minorities of Cameroon
- Bridging Postcolonial Theory and Human Rights: Establishing True Universals
- Building a Framework for Global Privacy Index: Quantitative and Qualitative Sample Study
- Comparison and Analysis of ICTY Sentencing Practice in: “The Prosecutor v. Radovan Karadzic” and “The Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladić”
- Enforced Disappearance in Mexico
- The Current State of Post-ISIS Transitional Justice in the Nineveh Plain, Iraq
- The Racial Contract and Human Rights—Towards a Critical Understanding of Universalism and Racial Equality
- Engendering the Rights of Women Asylum Seekers in the EU: An Analysis of the CEAS. Case Study of Greece and Italy, 2015-2017
- The Use of Human Rights Language and Principles by Multinational Corporations in Response to Social Pressure, and Modes of Change
- A Critical Analysis of the European Court of Human Rights Case Law on Human Trafficking: A Gender Perspective
- Professions Prohibited for Women in Post-Soviet Countries From a Human Rights Perspective
- Human Trafficking as Modern Day Slavery in the USA
- Reparation Measures at the Inter-American Court in Transitional Justice Processes From an Intersectional Perspective in Guatemalan Cases
- The Right to Self-Representation in International Criminal Proceedings: Narrowing the Space for Unrepresented Defendants in the Interests of Justice
- Towards Transformative Equality in the Work of the IACtHR and the IACHR. Social Rights and Vulnerability of Women to Violence
- The Multilevel Framework of the Human Right to Water—A Comparison of Argentina and Tanzania
- Gender Displaced: Are the Rights of Female Syrian Refugees Protected in Jordan?
- Evaluation of the Policies on Refugee Protection in Turkey in Terms of Integration: Shift in Perspective From Transit Country to an Immigration One?
- How Humanitarian Interventions Turn Into War Crimes
- How My Body Travels: Mapping the Intersectional Subordination of Migrant Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights During Displacement and Relocation
- Counteracting “Fake News” and Hate Speech as Human Rights Challenge—The German “Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz” as a Case Study
- Human Rights Approach to Maternal Deaths? Examining the “Other Side” of the Story of Maternal Mortality in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone
- The International Framework of Using Drones as Electronic Surveillance Tool in the Context of Human Rights Field
- Critical Remarks on “Asian Values” from the Human Rights Perspective
- European Court of Human Rights and Same-Sex Marriage: Proportionality of Something Else?
- Unthreading the Weave of Silence Over Sexual Violence: An Analysis of the Sepur Zarco Case in Guatemala
- Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Association and Peaceful Assembly in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Regional Human Rights Implications of Russia’s War Against the LGBT Community. Why Is Human Rights Promotion Failing in Eurasia
- Human Rights Response to Public Harassment: Filling Gaps of Women’s Protection
- Protecting Human Rights in the Brazilian Garment Industry with Special Focus on Migrant Workers
- Indicator Systems to Improve Health and Promote Human Rights. A Comparative Investigation
- The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence – An Innovative Instrument for Longstanding Demands
- Freedom of Religion or Belief – Respecting the Will of Jehovah’s Witnesses Patients to Refuse Blood Transfusions: A Human Rights Approach
- World Cups, Fifa and Human Rights. Human Rights Impacts of World Cups in their Hosts States and the Responsibility of the World Football Association Fifa
- The Refugee Crisis of Rohingya From a Human Rights Perspective