Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research

📃 Call for Papers: The Promise of the Pact? What the EU Promised but the Pact on Migration and Asylum does Not Deliver 🇪🇺

📆 26 May 2026 | 📍Radboud University

🚨 Submit your abstract by 9 January 2026!

👉 Learn more about the call here: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/c...

Invitation: Max van der Stoel Award 2025 Ceremony 🎓

Join us on International Human Rights Day for a keynote Prof. Conny Rijken on "Victimmigration: human trafficking in the context of migration" and the announcement of the 2025 Award winners.

📆 10 Dec 15-17 | 📍Tilburg

www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/i...

📣 Workshop: Developments on Human Rights and the Environment in the Global South 🌍

Explore the key legal developments and emerging perspectives connecting human and environmental rights from the Global South.

📆 4 Dec | 🕐 9.00-17.00 | 📍LUC

Learn more: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/w...

🎓 PhD Spotlight!

👋 Meet David Patterson from the Groningen Centre for Health Law, University of Groningen.

His research explores how human rights frameworks and language can strengthen climate action, focusing on the right to health.

👉 Read the Q&A: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🎓 PhD Spotlight!

👋 Meet Emma de Vries, PhD candidate at Leiden University.

Emma explores academic freedom, as a legal norm, in European human rights law. She hopes to elucidate its scope, which ECHR provisions can be relied on, and on what grounds.

👉 To the Q&A: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Expert Roundtable: Promises, Processes, and Pitfalls in International Criminal Justice Today ⚖️

Reflect on challenges and opportunities for international criminal justice and what it means to be a practitioner in the field.

📆 4 Dec, 9:30-11:00 | 📍 UvA

Learn more: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/e...

🎓 PhD Spotlight!

👋 Meet Priscilla Yovia, PhD candidate at @unileiden.bsky.social

Priscilla examines adolescent sexual violence and the age of consent framework in Indonesia and how related laws influence cases of sexual violence between adolescents.

Read the Q&A: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Conference: Legal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights 🌍

Join the Working Group on Human Rights & the Climate Crisis on 5-6 November 2025 at Leiden University College The Hague.

Find more information, a programme overview, and registration here: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/c...

📣 Just published: September 2025 NNHRR Newsletter 🗞️

Would you like to be informed about upcoming calls, opportunities and human rights-related events? Find them our latest newsletter, available here: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/about-...

SIM Peter Baehr lecture by Jolien Schukking: A House of Stories The SIM Peter Baehr lecture of 2025 will be given by Jolien Schukking, judge at the European Court of Human rights.

⚖️ A House of Stories: 75 Years of Protecting Human Rights Through the European Convention

Join Utrecht University and Judge Jolien Schukking of the European Court of Human Rights for a lecture on the past, present, and future of the ECHR.

📆 14 Nov 14:15-18:00 | 📍Utrecht

www.uu.nl/en/news/sim-...

🚨 Last chance to apply for a conference attendance grant! 🚨

Are you a PhD member of the Network, and plan on attending a conference related to your research? We are offering grants of up to €1,000 to cover your fee, travel, and hotel costs.

👉 Learn more & apply: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/grants...

🎓 PhD Spotlight! 🔦

👋 Meet Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social, PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam.

Lucy examines the construction and contestation of historical narratives within international criminal trials, focusing on the ICTR.

🔍 Read the Q&A: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🌍 Workshop: Responding to Eco-Anxiety and Climate Trauma

The emotional impact of the climate crisis is increasingly felt in human rights research and education. Explore eco-anxiety and coping strategies.

📅 16 October | 🕐 12:00–17:00 |📍 Radboud University

More info: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/r...

🎓 PhD Spotlight! 🔦

👋 Meet oguzhanozturk.bsky.social, PhD candidate at @unileiden.bsky.social.

Oğuzhan's research examines the right to protest of refugees and asylum seekers under International Law, following their decades-long depoliticisation.

Read the Q&A: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🚨 Access to justice in corporate climate litigation for people living abroad by Clara Kammeringer
@nnhrr.bsky.social
Toogdag 2025 blog series

👉 lnkd.in/eja8nADh
📷 Credits: Germanwatch

#Climatechange, #Climatelitigation, #Accesstojustice, #Corporateresponsibility

🚨 PhD Conference Attendance Grants

Are you a PhD member of the NNHRR attending a conference relevant to your human rights research? We are offering conference attendance grants of up to €1,000 to cover your conference fee, travel and hotel.

🗓️ Apply by 30 September

www.asser.nl/nnhrr/grants...

📢 NNHRR Report “Human Rights, Collaboration, Community” out now!

Reporting from January 2023 to August 2025, it highlights flagship events, research collaboration, funding and publishing opportunities. It also outlines the Network's future priorities.

Read it here: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/p...

🎓 PhD Spotlight!

👋 Meet Aimen Taimur, PhD Candidate at Tilburg University.

Aimen researches freedom of thought in the context of artificial intelligence, and explores the ways in which manipulative algorithms and design can interfere with it.

🔍 Read our interview: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🚨 Polygraphs at EU Borders❓

This blog, written by Juuk van Andel and Evelien Brouwer, examines the EU's growing interest in the use of polygraph at EU borders and its potential conflict with fundamental rights.

📌 Read: lnkd.in/dMEvqeb9
📷: Unsplash.com

#DigitalTechnologies, #Migration, #AI, #ECHR

✨ Report from NNHRR - Toogdag 2025

Written by Letizia Bozzi & Ewa Romanowska, it captures reflections on the theme: Access to Justice, from Prof. Helen Duffy’s keynote to panels led by the Network’s Working Groups.

📖 Read: lnkd.in/dpaHyqYa
📷 Radboud University

#HumanRights, #NNHRR, #Toogdag2025

🎓 PhD Spotlight!

👋 Meet Noor Swart, PhD Candidate at the University of Groningen.

Noor's PhD focuses on the right to protest in the Netherlands, and situations in which it conflicts with other rights, such as the right to privacy.

🎤 You can read the Q&A here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nether...

📢 Call for Submissions: Doctoral Research Forum

📅 30/01/26 | 📍 @maastrichtu.bsky.social

Are you a PhD member of the NNHRR? Consider submitting an abstract! Present your research, engage in peer-to-peer discussions, and receive feedback from senior members.

Details: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/c...

🎓 PhD Spotlight!

👋 Meet Lisa van Roermund, PhD Candidate at Radboud University.

Lisa's PhD explores the implications of future artificial reproductive technologies (ARTs) for the concept of parenthood, focusing on Dutch parentage law.

🎤 Read the interview here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📣 Conference: Advancing Social, Economic & Cultural Rights

📅 4–5 Sept 2025 |📍 Leiden University

Explore legal, theoretical, and practical dimensions of ESCR, enforcement mechanisms, and current challenges.

Keynote by @aoifenolan.bsky.social

More information here: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/c...

🆕 New publication on HRH 📣

Anna Berti Suman highlights the urgent need to understand how civic knowledge, produced by individuals, NGOs, and other actors, shapes environmental law-making. 🌍⚖️

🔗 Read: lnkd.in/eSr-GDvw
📷 : Aelisir Illustrator

#Democracy, #CivicMonitoring, #Environment, #LawMaking

📣 Call for Papers: Legal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights

Topics: climate change & human rights, right to a healthy environment, future generations, rights of nature, accountability & reparations 🌏

🚨 Deadline: 15 September 2025

Learn more: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/c...

Enormously looking forward to this gathering of #ESCrights experts in @unileiden.bsky.social on 4-5 September. Many thanks and congratulations to Luisa Netto Lucas Dikkers & Nathalie Schnabl for putting the exciting programme with @nnhrr.bsky.social
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#socialrights

💥 Human Rights & Visual: Research Can Be a Novel!

Amr Marzouk & Federica Violi reflect on the event of visuals on human rights. The piece explores how visual methods can deepen research and broaden impact.

🔗 Read: lnkd.in/dP-dcqXC
📷: Kreg Steppe

#HumanRights, #Migration, #Refugees, #GraphicNovel

SIM Peter Baehr lecture by Jolien Schukking: A House of Stories The SIM Peter Baehr lecture of 2025 will be given by Jolien Schukking, judge at the European Court of Human rights.

📣 SIM Peter Baehr lecture by Jolien Schukking: “A House of Stories: 75 years of protecting human rights through the ECHR”

Reflecting on the ECHR’s legacy in safeguarding human rights and current challenges.

📍 Utrecht | 📆 14 November | 🕑 14:00-18:00

More information here: www.uu.nl/en/news/sim-...

📢 Call for Abstracts: Advancing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in a Polarised, Digitalised, and Unequal World

📍Leiden University | 4-5 September 2025

🚨 Submit your abstract by 30 June 2025

You can find more information here: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/c...