Global Campus of Human Rights

29/05/2026

💡"Why are child-accessible rulings well intended but ineffective substitutions of a legal judgment? Child-accessible justice needs to consider the neurocognitive traits that are obstacles to justice for children. Ignoring these traits results in child-friendly ‘simulated’ justice."

Read the GC Human Rights Preparedness Blog post "A neurocognitive-based method for elaborating child-accessible judicial rulings: the didactic preface" by Margarita Griesbach here:
https://www.gchumanrights.org/preparedness/a-neurocognitive-based-method-for-elaborating-child-accessible-judicial-rulings-the-didactic-preface/

Margarita Griesbach has worked in children’s rights for over 35 years and has significantly advanced child accessible justice in Mexico. As founder and director of the Oficina de Defensoría de los Derechos de la Infancia (O.D.I.), she coordinated strategic litigation in family, criminal and constitutional law.

Why are child-accessible rulings often ineffective? Effective child justice must consider neurocognitive development, not only child-friendly language.

29/05/2026

“Communities themselves can be the drivers of structural social change.” Emergency Response Rooms, 2025Right Livelihood Laureates

In our latest interview, Emergency Response Rooms reflect on mutual aid, civilian solidarity, and grassroots resistance amid one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

Born from neighbourhood initiatives, youth committees, and women-led groups, Emergency Response Rooms have become the backbone of humanitarian response in Sudan, delivering lifesaving support where formal systems have collapsed.

“The world needs your curiosity, your integrity, and your insistence that human rights belong to everyone, even in the midst of war and collapse.”

We are proud to feature this important conversation on our platform and in the upcoming issue of the .

Read the full interview:
https://www.gchumanrights.org/gc-news/conversations/interview-with-emergency-response-rooms-2025-right-livelihood-laureate/

The Global Campus of Human Rights Press Office interviewed 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, Emergency Response Rooms, about the situation in Sudan

28/05/2026

What does it take to turn lived experiences of injustice into movements for change?

Survivor Movements for Justice — the fifth series in the Global Campus podcast programme — explores the power of victim- and survivor-led movements fighting for justice across the world.

Across five compelling episodes, researchers, advocates, and practitioners — including voices with firsthand experience of human rights abuses — share how communities are mobilising to confront violations, support survivors, demand accountability, and challenge impunity.

From local struggles to global movements, the series highlights the courage, resilience, and collective action driving more just and inclusive societies.

Listen to of , , and : https://www.gchumanrights.org/gc-news/international/global-campus-to-the-righthouse-podcast-survivor-movements-for-justice/

Survivor Movements for Justice is the fifth series in the Global Campus “To the Righthouse” podcast programme

28/05/2026

Join our upcoming Summer School "Ensuring the Meaningful Participation and Protection of Child Victims in Criminal Proceedings".
📅 Dates: 15–17 July 2026
📍 Location: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
🗣️ Language: English
💶 Tuition + Accommodation: €700
⏰ Deadline: 30 June 2026 (Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so don't wait!)

👉 Learn more and secure your spot today at the ⤵

🌟 Big news — we're officially accredited!

Our 2026 Summer School has received accreditation from the Global Campus of Human Rights 🎓 – meaning participants will earn a joint certificate from the Global Campus and the CFJ-EN.

"Ensuring the Meaningful Participation and Protection of Child Victims in Criminal Proceedings" is a three-day residential programme designed for professionals working with children in justice settings – legal, social, psychological, police, and victim support.

Here's what's on offer 👇

🔹 Case-study-based learning led by experienced practitioners
🔹 Updates on the revised EU Victims' Rights Directive & the Barnahus model
🔹 Practical tools for supporting meaningful child participation
🔹 A multidisciplinary environment – bringing legal, social & psychological professionals together
🔹 Peer exchange with colleagues from across Europe

We'll also explore the experiences of children in migration, Roma children, and LGBTQIA+ children.

📅 15–17 July 2026
📍 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
🗣️ English
💶 €700 (tuition + accommodation)
⏰ Deadline: 30 June 2026 – but places are reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply early!

To secure your spot, and for more info: https://www.cfjnetwork.eu/summer-school-2026

28/05/2026

Starvation is not “just” hunger. It can amount to torture.

Prolonged food deprivation causes extreme physical and psychological suffering. Medical experts have long warned that sustained calorie deprivation can produce effects comparable to other forms of severe ill-treatment.

Yet starvation is not systematically treated as torture in legal and policy frameworks. This raises an important question: when deprivation of food is used deliberately, whether in detention, punishment, or warfare, should it be recognized more clearly as a form of torture?

As physician and torture expert Pau Pérez-Sales notes, prolonged food deprivation can produce severe suffering in almost all human beings and, from a medical standpoint, should in many cases qualify as torture.

Learn more about the medical and legal implications of prolonged food deprivation and its links to torture in our new resource, Act Against Forced Starvation, developed by Global Campus alumni from across regions, in collaboration with the Global Campus of Human Rights’ E-learning Department.

Listen to voices from the field and well-regarded experts:
https://elearning.gchumanrights.org/courses/course-v1:gchumanrights+AAFS+2025/about

27/05/2026

“Polarization is not an inevitable consequence of the digital age, but a design flaw we can fix.” Audrey Tang, 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate

In our latest interview, Tang reflects on digital democracy, civic technology, and the urgent need to transform the internet into a space for listening, participation, and co-creation.

From Taiwan’s pioneering civic tech movement to global conversations on AI governance and digital rights, Tang continues to advocate for technology that empowers citizens and strengthens democracy.

“Democracy is essentially a social technology that can be improved, just like software.”

We are proud to feature this inspiring conversation on our platform and in the upcoming issue of the .

Read the full interview:

https://www.gchumanrights.org/gc-news/conversations/interview-with-audrey-tang-2025-rightlivelihood-laureate/

The Globa Campus of Human Rights Press Office had interviewed the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, Audrey Tang

27/05/2026

The Global Campus of Human Rights has just released a new publication, "Child Participation at the Global Campus: Strengthening Child and Youth Leadership Worldwide", showing how children and young people are helping shape human rights work across regions.

From mental health and climate justice to education, digital safety and democratic participation, the report documents 29 child-led and youth-led initiatives across Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Europe, Southeast Europe, and Latin America & the Caribbean.

It also traces how the Child Leadership Team has grown since 2022 into a global network of young people aged 12–17, identifying priorities, designing projects, and advocating for change.

At its core, the publication makes a straightforward argument: participation should mean more than consultation, as it requires a redistribution of power, resources, and trust.

European Regional Master in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe, MA in Human Rights and Democratization in the Caucasus - EP Region, Centre for Human Rights, Centro Internacional de Estudios Políticos, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University

The Global Campus of Human Rights has released a new publication highlighting how children and young people across multiple regions are shaping human rights work through the Global Campus Child Leadership Team (CLT) and Youth Advisory Group (YAG).

26/05/2026

🔍 Discovering GC Awarded Theses 2024/2025
💙 European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA)

"To Be or Not to Be Neuroenhanced? Personal Identity under Siege in the Age of AI-powered Neurotechnology" written by Clara Nogueira de Sá Rosas de Castro and supervised by Thérèse Murphy, Queen’s University Belfast
https://doi.org/10.25330/3108

26/05/2026

Human rights education in Latin America and the Caribbean continued in 2025 as a regional platform for legal training, public engagement and institutional exchange.

The 2025 Global Campus Annual Report highlights (LATMA), where the Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation continued to connect academic training with policy, advocacy and strategic litigation across the region. In particular, it strengthened regional work on AI governance through new teaching activities and the launch of an AI Observatory.

As one student reflected, LATMA offered not only academic opportunity, but access, mobility and a path into postgraduate human rights education that would otherwise have remained out of reach.

📄 Read the full Annual Report 2025: https://doi.org/10.25330/3088

Centro Internacional de Estudios Políticos

25/05/2026

An Afghan alumna reflects on how the MAHRS programme became a turning point after the Taliban’s return to power, helping her regain confidence, deepen her human rights knowledge, and strengthen her advocacy for Afghan women and the recognition of gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.

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Maryam Nesar reflects on how the MAHRS programme became a turning point after the Taliban’s return to power, helping her regain confidence...

25/05/2026

The current 7th edition of the GC Policy Observatory revolves around the research project ‘Protecting, promoting and enjoying academic freedom: trends, challenges and impacts from a human rights-based approach’.
It is funded by the European Commission.

Centre for Human Rights, Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, MA in Human Rights and Democratization in the Caucasus - EP Region, OSCE Academy, Global Campus Europe Students, Centro Internacional de Estudios Políticos, European Regional Master in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe

The current 7th edition of the GC Policy Observatory revolves around the research project ‘Protecting, promoting and enjoying academic freedom...