[This content is not available in "Englisch" yet] Prof. Nußerger am 10.04 mit Helga Kirchner
Am Mittwoch den 10.04. um 19 Uhr ist Frau Nußberger von Helga Kirchner bei der Veranstaltungsreihe "Lebensromane" eingeladen.
"Europas Zusammenhalt und die Entwicklung in Osteuropa sind ihre Lebensthemen. Angelika Nußberger, geboren in München, studierte zunächst Slawistik, dann Rechtswissenschaften. Sie spricht Englisch, Französisch, Russisch, versteht Italienisch und Spanisch. Die zweifache Mutter legte eine akademische Ausnahmekarriere hin, absolvierte viele Stationen, auch die der Richterin am Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte, und wurde vielfach ausgezeichnet. Gerühmt wird Angelika Nußbergers Offenheit gegenüber anderen Fachperspektiven. Das Recht ist für sie wesentlicher Teil einer zivilisatorischen Gesamtentwicklung im Sinne einer umfassenden Humanität. Gerade in diesen Krisen- und Kriegszeiten ist sie als Expertin europaweit gefragt. Zum Gespräch bringt sie das Memoir Frei – Erwachsenwerden am Ende der Geschichte mit. Die Autorin Lea Ypi ist in Albanien aufgewachsen."
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Prof. Nußberger in the FAZ: "Globuli gegen Diktaturen"
On 03.04.2024 the article "Globuli gegen Diktaturen" by Prof. Nußberger was published in the FAZ.
"Die Grenzen der gegenwärtigen Menschenrechtssysteme sind durch den Härtetest Russlands offenkundig geworden. Der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte gleicht einem Dampfschiff auf dem Trockenen.
Die Hoffnung war, ein starkes Antibiotikum gegen Diktatur und Menschenrechtsverletzungen zu entwickeln. Herausgekommen sind Globuli. Wer sie einnimmt und daran glaubt, fühlt sich besser. Aber wenn es um Tod und Leben geht, merkt man noch nicht einmal, dass man sie geschluckt hat."
Prof Nußberger in the Tagesspiegel: "The regulations in the constitution must be sharpened"
Prof Dr DDr Angelika Nußberger commented in the Tagesspiegel on the question "Resilience against right-wing populism: Does the Federal Constitutional Court need protection?".
In the article, she commented on the demand for increased protection of the Federal Constitutional Court.
Read the complete statement in the Tagesspiegel here. [German]
Interview of Prof. Nußberger with the Central European University
Former Federal Minister Gerhart Baum was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Law at the University of Cologne at a ceremony on 30 January 2024. The award ceremony was organised by the Academy for European Human Rights Protection and took place in the presence of Lord Mayor Henriette Reker, the Rector of the University, Professor Dr Joybrato Mukherjee, and numerous members of the Faculty of Law.
Gerhart Baum, born in 1932, has been a member of the FDP since 1954 and was a member of the German Bundestag from 1972 to 1994. From 1972 to 1978 he was Parliamentary State Secretary and from 1978 to 1982 Federal Minister of the Interior in the social-liberal Federal Government led by Helmut Schmidt. From 1992, he worked for the UN, first as head of the German delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva and later as UN Special Representative for Human Rights in Sudan. Today he is active with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Baum works as a lawyer and has been involved in a number of successful constitutional complaints before the Federal Constitutional Court, for example against the law on combating organised crime (large-scale eavesdropping). Gerhart Baum also successfully lodged a complaint against the North Rhine-Westphalian law on secret online searches of private computers and was one of the complainants against the Data Retention Act. As a lawyer, Gerhart Baum has also represented the victims of the attack during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and the Love Parade disaster in Duisburg in 2010.
Rector Professor Dr Joybrato Mukherjee said: "With this honorary doctorate, the university is honouring Gerhart Baum's multifaceted commitment to freedom and civil rights in our country and around the world. He is a role model for our students, also because of his clear words against right-wing extremism." Professor Dr Bernhard Kempen, Dean of the Faculty of Law, emphasised how rarely the faculty awards honorary doctorates. He emphasised the concept of freedom that Baum always championed, which he sees as rooted in the tradition of political enlightenment: "Growing up, I was influenced by the extent to which Gerhart Baum advocated an idea of freedom that is not restricted to the free market. His commitment to fundamental and human rights is another reason why we will remember his time as Minister of the Interior for a long time."
Symposium on “Misappropriation and Human Rights Implosion”
Between 6 and 8 November 2023, our postdoctoral researchers Dr. Júlia Miklasová, Dr. Paula Rhein-Fischer, and Dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf organised a symposium on "Misappropriation and Human Rights Implosion" at Schloss Herrenhausen in Hanover. VolkswagenStiftung funded and co-organised the event, which was part of the thematic week "Human Rights in Times of Multiple Challenges - Perspectives from Science and Society". The symposium brought together early career and established researchers from around the world and disciplinary background (law, sociology, linguistics, history, political science and IR). The participants discussed the topic from different angles, bringing together their unique scholarly experience and diverse methodological and disciplinary approaches.
During three days of the symposium, six panels examined the topic of misappropriation of human rights through different perspectives in both authoritarian and democratic regimes. The panels critically assessed the notion itself, focused on the key actors involved (ranging from States, religious, conservative groups, NGOs, and transnational networks), the strategies employed, as well as the locus of contestations (from domestic politics, domestic and international courts, up to international diplomacy). The symposium explored the theme through more general lenses and zoomed in on specific cases from across the world. Ultimately, the participants highlighted the implications of the phenomenon of misappropriation of human rights for the future of human rights, society and international relations.
The conveners presented the video results of the focus groups conducted with young university students from different European countries on the topic of “Good Name of Human Rights? Does it Matter?”. The symposium closed with a keynote address by one of the leading voices on the subject of misappropriation and the implosion of human rights Prof. Katharine Young (Associate Dean for Faculty and Global Programs, Professor, and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar at Boston College Law School) entitled "Human Rights Misappropriation and Legal Form”.
We are grateful for the funding and co-organization of this event to the VolkswagenStiftung.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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We wish you and your loved ones a happy and blessed festive season and a happy new year! We would like to thank you for your interest in our work over the past year and hope that you will continue to support us in the new year.
The Academy and the library will be closed over the Christmas holidays (25.12. & 26.12) and on New Year's Day (1.1.).
Job advertisement: We are looking for four research assistants (m/f/d)
At the Academy for European Human Rights Protection at the University of Cologne under the direction of Professor Dr DDr. h.c. Angelika Nußberger M.A. has 4 vacancies for research assistants with the possibility of a doctorate.
Your tasks:
" Doctoral research in the Academy's main research areas (European and international human rights protection, constitutional and international law and Eastern European law)
" Implementation and organisation of academic events and projects
" Participation in teaching (working groups, moot court, etc.)
Visiting scholar Professor Dr Adam Bodnar appointed as Polish Minister of Justice!
Prof. Dr Adam Bodnar was sworn in as Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General of Poland in Donald Tusk's cabinet on Wednesday, 13 December 2023. As part of the Global Faculty, he has been a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Cologne since February 2022 and will remain so until January 2024, during which time he has provided long-term support for the work of the Academy for European Human Rights Protection. In addition to supervising courses, seminars and doctoral students, his duties at the Academy have included participating in conferences.
Professor Bodnar's academic work focuses on constitutional law and human rights. He was the Commissioner for Civil Rights in Poland, whose aim is to protect citizens from unlawful state behaviour and to preserve human rights. Professor Bodnar was and is involved in numerous non-governmental organisations, e.g. Client Earth Poland, which are dedicated to the protection of human rights. He is also the author or co-author of numerous scientific publications, particularly in the field of human rights. Adam Bodnar has been honoured with European and international awards for his work.
We are delighted for Professor Bodnar and wish him all the best for his important tasks as Minister of Justice!