Human rights
Human rights norms revolve around the sacredness of the individual. They have a long history, stretching back long before the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948.
Over the course of the last two decades in particular, human rights norms have increasingly come to define a framework for political debates about development, conflict, environmental issues, trade, humanitarian relief, and more. This development has gone hand in hand with an increased inclusion of human rights norms in national legislation.
Research on human rights includes:
• The spread of human rights and their variable implementation within different states
• More legally oriented studies explore the legal status of human rights norms compared to other legal norms
• A more novel, and critical, strand of analysis focus on how human rights discourses facilitate some types of political claims while foreclosing others, and on how some actors become empowered to speak on behalf of larger groups
News about human rights
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Information worth killing for
2 Apr 2019What is the role of investigative journalism in unveiling financial secrecy?
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China meets the Nordics at NUPI
6 Sep 2017How does the world appear seen from China and the Nordics?
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What you need to know about the elections in Iran
18 May 2017Iranian presidential and local elections will be held on 19 May. Senior Advisor Joachim Nahem (NUPI) clarifies some important questions.
Publications about human rights
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Publication
: ANTOLOGI
Intelligence oversight in the twenty-first century: Accountability in a changing world
2019This book examines how key developments in international relations in recent years have affected intelligence agencies and their oversight. Since the turn of the millennium, intelligence agencies have been operating in a tense and rapidly changing security environment. This book addresses the impact... -
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: ARTIKKEL_POP
Hatet mot George Soros
2018(Available in Norwegian only): Ingen enkeltperson er hatet så mye av både det nasjonalistiske og ekstreme høyre som ungarsk-amerikanske George Soros. -
Publication
: KRONIKK
Norge, USA og folkeretten
2018(Available in Norwegian only): Når det gjelder USA og folkeretten, er problemet ikke så mye Trump, som at USA konsekvent bryter de verdiene de selv forfekter, skriver Minda Holm i denne kronikken.
Research projects about human rights
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Research project
Global Re-ordering: Evolution through European Networks (GR:EEN)
2011 - 2015 (Completed)GR:EEN will study the current and future role of the EU in an emerging multi-polar world through a programme of stock-taking, multi-disciplinary research and complementary activities.