/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 03:52:11 +0200 Wed, 08 Oct 25 15:20:00 +0200 /en/news/visit-of-indonesian-deputy-minister-for-human-rights-to-utrecht-university On October 7 2025, a delegation from the Indonesian government visited the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ School of Law. 152716 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:20:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/call-for-papers-legal-advisory-opinions-shaping-climate-action-and-human-rights The Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR) is calling for papers for their Annual Conference, taking place on 6 November 2025 in Leiden. 151121 Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:09:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/reflections-on-the-2nd-migration-and-societal-change-conference On the 19th and 20th of June we hosted a wonderful conference with speakers and attendees from all around the globe discussing migration from many perspectives. 150781 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:33:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/brianne-mcgonigle-leyh-appointed-professor-of-global-justice-studies As of 1 July 2025, Brianne McGonigle Leyh has been appointed Professor of Global Justice Studies at the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ School of Law. 150280 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:59:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/university-board-revises-house-rules-after-advice-from-uu-researchers The Executive Board of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ (UU) is planning to revise the rules and responsibilities around demonstrations. 150013 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/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. 150009 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:40:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/new-sim-fellow-maja-sahadzic The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ welcomes its new fellow Maja Sahadžić. 148939 Mon, 12 May 2025 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/summer-school-course-on-gender-inequality-an-interdisciplinary-transformative-equality-approach Join this course for postgraduate students and young professionals from various fields interested in transformative gender-equality, part of the RE-WIRING Project. 149225 Thu, 01 May 2025 11:42:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/when-evidence-isnt-enough-government-dismisses-report-on-anti-muslim-discrimination On March 21st 2025, the National Research on anti-Muslim Discrimination, commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, was published. 148534 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:52:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/vacancy-student-assistant-contesting-governance-platform The Contesting Governance Platform seeks a new student assistant to support its interdisciplinary team. 148246 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:18:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/vacancy-core-team-member-contesting-governance-platform The Contesting Governance Platform seeks new core members to strengthen its interdisciplinary team. 148245 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:51:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/stop-fixing-girls-start-fixing-the-system In the RE-WIRING project, we work on de-biasing career choices while taking the whole decision ecosystem into account - including schools, materials, teachers, and parents. 147648 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 11:27:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/harmful-gender-stereotypes-in-media-and-advertising-a-significant-gap-in-eu-law On International women’s day 2025, the European Equality Law Network with several Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ researchers, published a report on harmful gender stereotypes 147647 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 10:35:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/karin-de-vries-appointed-professor-of-fundamental-rights As of March 1, 2025, Karin de Vries has been appointed Professor of Fundamental Rights at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance. 147467 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:08:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/in-the-media/marcel-lubbers-interviewed-about-how-xenophobia-can-become-violent Our board member Marcel Lubbers was interviewed for a recent NRC article on how Xenophobia can escalate into hate and violence. 147151 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:59:00 +0100 Nieuws Marcel Lubbers /en/in-the-media/ilse-van-liempt-interviewed-about-the-australian-refugee-policy Our board member Ilse van Liempt was interviewed for a recent NRC article on the Australian refugee policy. She expresses clear doubts over its suitability for Europe. 147149 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/sociological-inquiries-into-international-law-in-a-polarized-world-markets-national-security-and The Sixth Workshop on Sociological Inquiries into International Law will be held at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ on 13–14 November 2025. We invite abstracts. 146672 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:41:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/true-colours-audience-favourite-of-the-poems-for-human-rights-competition The poem ‘True Colours’ by Safiya Lall Mohamed won the public award of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ’s poetry competition. 145658 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:18:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/reviewing-the-legality-of-the-cabinets-plans-on-migration-the-need-for-a-new-platform-of Migration has been a leitmotif of the past year at the European and national level, as a response and to promote further research a new research platform on Migration Law (MiLa) will be established from the 1 January 2025, 145501 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:39:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/background/uu-talk-show-human-rights-in-times-of-climate-change In the second episode of the UU talk show Science and Society, three guests address the question of how climate change affects the meaning and importance of human rights. 145440 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:39:00 +0100 Nieuws