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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · 23d

At @hertieschool.bsky.social Forum, for our Henrik Enderlein Fellowship Lecture and it is packed.

Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · 24d

Join us today at the Hertie School for the Henrik Enderlein Fellowship lecture and discussion.
This year's highlight features John Morijn passing the fellowship to Marija Golubeva.
◾ Register here: bit.ly/468Tmyw

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Hertie School @hertieschool.bsky.social · 28d

✅ We're back! Yesterday, we kicked off the Academic Year 25/26 with a public discussion on "The State of International Law in the 21st Century".

The Hertie School welcomed 431 students from 54 countries, including exchange and dual-degree students, along with 18 new PhD researchers.

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · 28d

Our keynote speaker at the AFAR Conference Opening Session, Dr Matt Mahmoudi, has advised @amnesty.org on AI and Human Rights and is an Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities at @cambridge.org.
Don't miss his presentation on 18 September. Register via the link in the comments.

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Sep 9

Violeta Moreno-Lax, Wübben Foundation Professor of International Law and the new Director of the Centre, will deliver the inaugural address at the opening of the 2025/26 academic year at Hertie School, tomorrow!
👇Don't forget to register via the link in the comments.

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Hertie School @hertieschool.bsky.social · Sep 3

We're delighted to announce that Violeta Moreno-Lax has joined the Hertie School as Professor of International Law and the Director of the @hertiecfr.bsky.social. Professor Moreno-Lax will focus on value conflicts and will take part in a panel at the Opening of the Academic Year on 10 September.

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Aug 28

On 19 Sept, the Centre for Fundamental Rights hosts the final conference of its 4-year #AFAR project. Researchers and stakeholders will share key findings on algorithmic fairness in asylum governance.
By invitation-only – press access on request!

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Aug 25

🔗 Find out more 👉
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Algorithms as Borders: Race, Border and Capital Entanglements

The Centre for Fundamental Rights is honoured to welcome Dr. Matt Mahmoudi to deliver the keynote to open the first day of the Final AFAR Conference

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨 The Final #AFAR Conference is coming up!

Register now and join us for the opening keynote by Dr. Matt Mahmoudi, exploring how algorithms and digital infrastructures function as new borders

📆 Thursday, 18.09

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Jun 30

Today at 7 pm!
Prof Violeta Moreno-Lax delivers the Opening Keynote at the Vienna Centre for Migration & Law inaugural conference
🎤 The Future of EU Migration and Asylum Policy: Strategic (De)personification and Selective Rightlessness.
📍 Halle U10, Faculty of Law
💻 Zoom: [email protected]

Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Jun 23

Now, on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Algorithmic Fairness in Asylum Seekers and Refugees Project in spotlight. @volkswagenstiftung.de

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Back for the second day of Centre’s Research Methods in Fundamental Rights Workshop with Prof Mikael Madsen with a hands-on training on using interviews to study legal processes.
@civica.bsky.social
@hertieschool.bsky.social

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Jun 16

This morning, we kicked off the 2025 edition of Research Methods in Fundamental Rights Workshop with Violeta Moreno-Lax, Visiting Professor at the Hertie School, delivering the welcome words.
@hertieschool.bsky.social @civica.bsky.social

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Jun 5

Two years after joining our panel on Search and rescue in the Mediterranean Sea, Sasha Ockenden shares testimonies from 64 survivors rescued by Humanity 1, exposing the deadly effects of the EU's migration policies, in a new report for @sos-humanity.bsky.social
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yc52zmxz

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Jun 3

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿?" @silviasteininger.bsky.social unpacks in a timely post @verfassungsblog.de, how nine member states are challenging the ECtHR's migration and asylum standards.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s3yppj9

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 2

The fourth year the University is collaborating with @hertiecfr.bsky.social & second time for me! This year, we focussed on the implementation of Basu v Germany (racial profiling)

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Jun 2

Join this 1-day conference in Oxford on climate remedies in human rights law, part of the VW-funded project Framing Reality & Normativity in European Human Rights Law, hosted at the Centre for Fundamental Rights.
Register to participate online: https://tinyurl.com/5xrhf4w8

Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · May 29

If you're in Madrid on 2 June, don't miss the public keynote on migrant solidarities (16–18h), part of a workshop co-hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights & co-convened by Prof Violeta Moreno-Lax.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/4wspup34

Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · May 28

Yesterday, researchers from the project "Deep Impact through Soft Jurisprudence?" funded by @dfg.de held a seminar at the UN in Geneva with the Petitions Unit at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, sharing findings on how to make treaty body case law clearer and more accessible.

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · May 24

Centre researchers joined the 2nd AjV Colloquium at the Hertie School with contributions from #AFAR's Dr Mirko Đuković, Anastasiia Zhuravel & alum Joseph Finnerty. Topics ranged from cyber-attacks to reproductive rights to treaty interpretation. @ajv-ayils.bsky.social

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · May 23

We are hearing our panel was a great success. 😇🙌🏻

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · May 23

Are you attending the ‪@cpdpconferences.bsky.social conference today? We are the organisers of this year's 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭!
The discussion will be grounded in the #𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗥 project.
𝟭𝟳.𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲!
https://tinyurl.com/42ffau5n

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · May 22

Former HRW Director @kennethroth.bsky.social joined us @hertieschool.bsky.social for a timely conversation on the state of human rights, co-hosted with Bard College Berlin. With insights from Kaleck @ecchr.bsky.social, Sandmann & Makichyan.
Read our event highlight here: https://tinyurl.com/mcymfpa

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