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
It seems to be a small thing – and it also seems to not relevant when discussing fundamental rights, in particular the right to access education. But a closer look, crossing the borders of the sandboxes that serve as building blocks of modern societies, reveals a somewhat mysterious picture of today’s bogus existence: The first … Read more
It is ‘only’ an Advisory Opinion, and the topic is not really new on the agenda. However, we should say that with the decision the Court took on Wednesday, the 23rd of July is in fact a breakthrough. It raises the issue of human rights to a new level: It is justified to see in the … Read more
One may have hoped that the election of Trump and the ‘in(ter)vention’ of another industrialist/businessperson[1] as politician was a highlight of political aberration and confusion, with a foreseeable end and a return to reason. Hope dies last, but it is probably time to lay it to rest. The German poet and perhaps polymath Goethe comes to … Read more
Invitation to the upcoming HRUG-OPEN TALK “ Women’s Healthcare in Digital Age” Presentation by Priv. Doz. Dr. Yue Zhao, Surgical Research Laboratory, Department of General, Visceral, Thoracic and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, followed by discussion Moderator Joe Finnerty, University College Cork 25.7.2025, 13:00 hrs CEST– via VOOV: Click the link … Read more
A new section is added to the website, providing excess to working papers. Some are occasional papers, prepared by members of the group (as the first one by Mehmet Okyayuz on ‘Intelligibility and Incomprehensibility’ of the Civil Society Discourse and colleagues that are working in other contexts on issues that are essential in the field of Human … Read more
Public Discussion. Organised by the Group Human Rights – Universal, Global Hosted by the Human Rights Centre, School of Law, Central South University, Changsha, PRC “ Systemic challenges on global governance in 2025 and beyond “ Presentation by Juan Li, Associate Professor at the School of Law, Central South University followed by discussion. Moderator Joe Finnerty, UCC-Applied … Read more
Our understanding of peace is very much given by the experience of war. An underlying dimension is the definition of the other as enemy, referring to aliens, strangers, outsiders etc. and the attribution of some kind of hostility. **** I want to begin the present reflections by looking briefly at the institutionalised Europe and its … Read more
An advertisement from the association of general practitioners and specialists in Germany speaks of 51.600.000.000 € gross added value. Without any question, the work of the medical professions – and these are the doctors, nurses, doctor’s receptionists and not least cleaning staff, securing the conditions under which the operations can be executed under hygienic conditions … Read more