Climate Change is arguably the most important challenge facing the 21st century humanity that is unprecedented and will affect the planet as a whole, rather than individual areas or geographical locations. Despite all the counterpoints suggesting that climate change is only due to natural causes and has no human contributions, the current scientific consensus is … Read more
The detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu in March 2025 has plunged Türkiye into one of its deepest political and legal crises in years, sparking mass protests and leading many to ask: Is this the very end of a – despite all the ups and downs – democratic and secular instutituonalization process having started after the announcement … Read more
Congratulations to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences is (the so-called Nobel Prize for Economics) had been awarded to these three scholars. A very brief outline of their work: As Antonio Navas contends that this year’s prize is also a warning about the consequences of damaging … Read more
invitation to the next Public Discussion. Organised by the Group Human Rights – Universal, Global Hosted by the Human Rights Centre, School of Law, Central South University, Changsha, PRC “ The challenge of Human rights in an age of climate change” Presentation by Tunahan Ali Usta, master student at Middle East Technical University, followed by … Read more
Audacity is success — not guaranteed but if you don’t try it you lost already. The current US-president is following this line and now claims the nobel prize for peace. Ridiculous, bold, naive … — there are many possible interpretations. However, one that is frequently employed is completely missing the point: that there is just … Read more
YouTube video On July 25, 2025, the HRUG regular seminar on “Women’s Health Care in the Digital Age” was successfully held. The seminar was lectured by Zhao Yue, a Privatdozent at the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne, Germany, and chaired by Joe Finnerty, a Policy Analyst at the School of Applied Social Studies, … Read more
Youtube vedio On June 27, 2025, the HRUG regular seminar on “Systemic Challenges on Global Governance in 2025 and beyond” was successfully held. This seminar mainly focused on technological disruption, regional conflicts and trade frictions in global governance and their profound impacts on the international human rights protection system. The seminar was presented by Associate … Read more
The next Open Talk is scheduled for the 26th of September, 13:00 hrs (Amsterdam …) Dr. Guo Min from the Law School at Central South University, Changsha, will give an input on the topic Legal Progress Without Judicial Change? Understanding the Limits of Workplace Sexual Harassment Protections in China Abstract: China has made notable legal … Read more
The war in Ukraine is assessed in different ways, and the following will not engage with this. However, it seems that we are now facing a real escalation – after the • Trump-Putin-, • Trump-Zelens’kyj- and • Trump-European Heads of State-meetings. Before looking at this question, it must be stated that we are dealing in … Read more