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Podcast: The fundamental right to a minimum standard of living

Experts evaluate the German Constitutional Court's 2019 decision on conditions for welfare benefits.
News

Başak Çalı delivers oral pleadings before Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights

Court considers case on arrest and pre-trial detention of Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtaş.
Call for applications

Call for applications – PhD Scholarship in Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School

Three-year scholarship to pursue a full-time PhD in the field of Fundamental Rights starting from September 2020
Press release

Study: Women refugees are best reached through their children

German government’s Scientific Advisory Board for Family Affairs presents report on status of refugee families.
Research

The "essence" of EU fundamental rights

Mark Dawson co-edits special focus September issue of the German Law Journal.
News

Opening of the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights

The centre is a beacon and hub for impactful scholarly research, teaching and outreach concerning the current and future challenges to human and fundamental rights.
Event highlight

Film discussion: The struggles of prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence

Filmmaker, ECCHR legal advisor, and Hertie School post-doc discuss “The Prosecutors” with students.
Student and alumni views

Gender-based violence as an international crime

MIA student Kristina Hatas outlines the case in our student magazine The Governance Post.
Live on campus

Arjun Appadurai, Thomas Blom Hansen and others debate legacy of European imperialism

Start of two-year European cultural policy series of the Hertie School and German Foreign Office.
In the media

Podcast: Data science and human rights violations

Anita Gohdes discusses how big data contributes to the evaluation of human rights violations by governments worldwide.
Research

How social background shapes our lives

Klaus Hurrelmann talks about how education influences social mobility on SWR2 Forum.
Research

Başak Çalı explores judicial self-government

Two articles in the German Law Journal focus on Turkey and European Court of Human Rights.