Existing law reproduces material inequality and leads to injustices and needs to be reformed. This can only be achieved when voices from research and academia speak up in favor of a progressive application and development of the law in a way that benefits those who are marginalized and oppressed. Furthermore, we want to strengthen a practice-oriented theory as well as a critical reflection on human rights practice. ECCHR participates in research projects, organizes academic symposia and workshops and engages in interdisciplinary cooperation with universities, research institutions and experts worldwide.
Cluster
Research & Academia
Projects (4)
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Institute – Research & Academia – Lumumba
Crimes during liberation wars: The Lumumba murder
The criminal investigation into Lumumba’s assassination is part of a broader context of structural impunity for the crimes committed by European colonial powers during decolonization. While the long-term effects of colonization persist, direct accountability is rarely possible.
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Institute – Research & Academia – Decolonial legal criticism
New perspectives on the law: Decolonial legal critique and practice
The anthology Dekoloniale Rechtskritik und Rechtspraxis, which will be published by Nomos Verlag in August 2020, is the first volume to collect fundamental texts on decolonial legal theory. Interdisciplinary theoretical approaches by scholars such as Antony Anghie, Martti Koskenniemi, Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui and Makau Mutua are complied in German for the first time.
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Institute – Research & Academia – Human rights due diligence
Corporate liability workshop and publication
In March 2017, ECCHR organized an expert workshop at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin. Together with professors, emergent legal researchers and practitioners discussed questions of corporate liability for human rights abuses abroad. A result of the workshop was the volume "Die Durchsetzung menschenrechtlicher Sorgfaltspflichten von Unternehmen" (Nomos).
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Institute – Research & Academia – University
Cooperation with universities
The exchange with universities takes place through a number of different avenues, such as collaborative seminars on human rights issues or the participation of ECCHR staff in university courses.
