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The Centre for Fundamental Rights partners with 2020 Berlin Human Rights Film Festival

The Centre will be a main partner in the Human Rights Film Forum, a new venue for dialogue on topics related to the festival.
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The Centre for Fundamental Rights accepted as new a member of the Association of Human Rights Institutes

Established in 2000, the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) is a global network of human rights researchers.
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Hertie School community – secure your ticket for the Human Rights Film Forum

The Centre for Fundamental Rights together with the Human Rights Film Forum offer members of the Hertie School community tickets for the Forum events.
Opinion

Stay Away from Using Your Constitutional Rights

In the Verfassungsblog, Başak Çalı and co-author Esra Demir-Gürsel review academics’ rights in Turkey, one year after a landmark judgment of the Turkish Constitutional Court.
Opinion

Has ‘Control over rights doctrine’ for extra-territorial jurisdiction come of age?

In EJIL:Talk! Başak Çalı discusses the German Constitutional Court's recent decision on surveillance of non-Germans outside of Germany from the perspective of European human rights law.
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UN Treaty Bodies act as “soft courts” for migrants and refugees in non-refoulement cases, study finds.

Başak Çalı, Cathryn Costello and Stewart Cunningham examine three decades of cases as migrants increasingly seek protection through the UN Treaty Bodies.
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The Nature of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Alexandre Skander Galand outlines the changing perceptions on the nature of the Rome Statute in the 20 years following its adoption.
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Could the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies act as a unified entity?

Examining how the United Nations Treaty Bodies handle individual complaints, Başak Çalı and Alexandre Skander Galand find some commonalities.
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Bemba and the Individualisation of War

Through a critical examination of the ICC Bemba Appeal Judgment, Alexandre Skander Galand designs a model that individualises the doctrine of command responsiblity, and, by the same token, respect the fundamental rights of military commanders.

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