UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

Despite legal texts guaranteeing equality and non-discrimination, the value and relevance of equality are increasingly contested in Europe and across the world. How do we make sense of the field and framework of equality law in such times of contestation? The Academy for European Human Rights Protection, University of Cologne is organising a series of online Equality Talks to explore the role, significance, promise, and limitations of equality law. With a focus on European human rights law, these Talks aim to spotlight recent publications on equality and non-discrimination in different thematic areas, including migration, gender-based violence, intersectionality, and Roma rights.

Talk 1: Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception: Undoing Discrimination in Migration Law
11 November 2025, 6:00 - 7:30 pm CET
Speaker: Catherine Briddick (Associate Professor, University of Oxford) 
Discussants: Colm O'Cinneide (Professor, University College London) and Lourdes Peroni (Assistant Professor, University of Warsaw) 
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Talk 2: Intersectionality from a Racial Justice Perspective 
25 November 2025, 6:00 - 7:30 pm CET 
Speaker: Ashwini K.P., UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism 
Discussants: Iyiola Solanke (Professor, University of Oxford) and Lena Holzer (Assistant Professor, University of Cambridge) 
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Talk 3: The Rights of Roma in European Courts 
17 December 2025, 6:00 - 7:30 pm CET
Speakers: Kristin Henrard (Professor, VUB) and Lilla Farkas (Associate Professor, ELTE) 
Discussants: Morag Goodwin (Professor, Tilburg University) and Cathérine Van de Graaf (Postdoctoral Researcher, Ghent University and University of Cologne)
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