Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research

🎓 NNHRR PhD Training for 1st & 2nd year candidates (15–16 April, Utrecht University). Strengthen your methodology, refine your research design & expand your toolkit. Open to NNHRR members.

More info: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/events...

#PhD #HumanRights

📢 PhD Training – 8 April

3rd & 4th year NNHRR PhDs: join us at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for panels on life after the PhD, research funding & publishing.

🕘 09:00–16:30 (drinks after)
🍴 Free + lunch included

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#PhDLife #HumanRights

Call for Papers | Toogdag 2026 – NNHRR Annual Conference

📍 Erasmus University Rotterdam
📅 11 June 2026 (PhD networking event on 10 June)

Theme: Safeguarding Human Rights in the Technological Age

👉 More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🗨️ The US military operation ending Nicolás Maduro’s rule raises urgent questions: will human rights abuses in Venezuela continue, and how can perpetrators be held accountable? Join our public lecture to explore.
🗓️10 February
👉Register: www.asser.nl/events/publi...

🇮🇷 Iran faces its most violent crackdown in decades: 3,000+ deaths, 22,000 arrests since late 2025, driven by the IRGC. Join experts to discuss accountability, the PDP, and paths to justice for victims.
🗓️ 5 February 2026
➡️ Register today: lnkd.in/gDHHS4nd

🎓 On International Human Rights Day (10 December 2025), the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Awards were presented to Masuma Shahid (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Camille Teirlynck (KU Leuven) and Romy Babtist (VU Amsterdam).

👉 Read more: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/m...

#HumanRights #AcademicResearch

📃 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...