Events

5 April 2022

The shutdown of legal routes for refugees and the 2016 “March of Hope” - Panel discussion on the upcoming judgment of the European Court of Human Rights

Online

27 January 2022

Certification industry: Part of the solution or part of the problem for HRDD? The case of the Brumadinho dam break

20 January 2022

Welcome to Camp America: Inside Guantánamo Bay – Talk at photo exhibition @ Stadthaus Ulm

11 January 2022

Guantánamo turns 20 - Online event for the launch of the anthology and digital art exhibition

1 December 2021

Gitmo images and imaginaries: Digital art exhibition

24 November 2021

Rupture and reckoning: 20 years of Guantánamo

24 November 2021

“Moving the Bar” – A Book Talk about Michael Ratner's Radical Lawyering

Online

17 November 2021

Human rights in times of crises: Resistance and concrete utopias #7

4 November 2021

Human rights in times of crises: Resistance and concrete utopias #6

21 October 2021

Thousand Days of Impunity - The Brumadinho Dam Collapse

Online

21 September 2021

Panel discussion (online): The war on terror in court

11 September 2021

In Search of Monsters: Open air film screening and talk @Human Rights Film Festival Berlin

11 September 2021

Guantánamo voices: True accounts from the world’s most infamous prison - Book talk @Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin

10 September 2021

Transnational legal activism in global value chains

22 June 2021

#3 Climate change and environmental degradation

22 June 2021

Launch of interactive mapping platform

9 June 2021

The Airspace Tribunal

2 June 2021

#2 Corporate power, the role of law and human rights

26 May 2021

#1 Opening event: The concrete utopia of human rights

21 April 2021

The violent persecution of LGBTQ in Chechnya: Germany should act

16 April 2021

ECCHR Lunch Talk: Framing Human Rights

25 February 2021

The struggle for labor and human rights in global value chains: The status quo and future strategies

27 January 2021

The bumpy road to the implementation of the French duty of vigilance law: A focus on the risks for human rights defenders

22 January 2021

Dois anos após a explosão fatal da barragem em Brumadinho - Que responsabilidade trazem os certificadores como a TÜV Süd?

19 November 2020

Syrian crimes before European courts: SGBV as a weapon of war

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (HBS)

12 November 2020

Criminal prosecution without borders – Justice for crimes under international law in German courts

Online

11 November 2020

Landmark trials in Europe on Syria

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (HBS)

27 October 2020

Italian arms exports to Yemen: State and corporate responsibility

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

7 September 2020

Second International Summer School: Human Rights Law in Context

Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nuremberg

3 June 2020

German bombs and fighter jets for the war in Yemen: What’s next after the International Criminal Court received a joint Communication?

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)

6 May 2020

Made in Europe, bombed in Yemen: How we can use legal means to stop arms exports to war zones

12 December 2019, The Hague

European arms exports and the case of Yemen: How to hold governments and corporate actors accountable for contributing to armed conflicts?

The Hague Humanity Hub
Fluwelen Burgwal 58, 2511 CJ The Hague, Netherlands

29 November 2019, Berlin

Colonial Repercussions V: The Case of Namibia

Akademie der Künste (AdK) Back Entrance
Behrenstraße 72, 10117 Berlin

27 November 2019, Geneva

A Business and Human Rights Approach to Arms Exports: Responsibilities and Accountability

Hotel Intercontinental Genève
Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 7-9, 1209 Geneva

12 November 2019, Oslo

Accountability for Torture in Syria – Norway's role in the struggle against impunity

Red Cross Conference Center
Hausmannsgate 7, 0186 Oslo

4 November 2019, Berlin

State Business by Mari Bastashevski

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

22 October 2019, Berlin

Deadly dam collapse in Brazil: Are German companies responsible?

Tagungswerk
Lindenstraße 85, 10969 Berlin

1 October 2019, The Hague

Fighting double standards before the ICC: Torture by UK forces in Iraq

The Hague Humanity Hub
Fluwelen Burgwal 58, 2511 CJ The Hague, Netherlands

17 September 2019, Berlin

Tackling Impunity as a Transnational Issue: Insights from Syria, Turkey, Chechnya and Sri Lanka

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

22 July 2019, Nuremberg

International Summer Course: Human Rights Law in Context

Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nuremberg

18 May 2019, Berlin

"MANIPULAÇÕES" by Rafael Pagatini

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

18 May 2019

Migrant working women*: Invisibilized labor and the struggle against capitalist violence

Südblock
Admiralstr. 1-2 10999 Berlin

29 March 2019, Swakopmund

The Genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama and the Case for Restorative Justice

Swakopmund Hotel & Entertainment Centre
2 Theo-Ben Gurirab Street, Swakopmund, Namibia

27 March 2019, Swakopmund

International Law in Postcolonial Contexts

Swakopmund Hotel & Entertainment Centre
2 Theo-Ben Gurirab Street, Swakopmund, Namibia

25 March 2019, Swakopmund , Windhoek

Namibia: A Week of Justice

25 March 2019, Windhoek

Symposium – Colonial Injustice: Adressing Past Wrongs

Goethe-Institut Namibia
1–5 Fidel Castro Street, P.O.B. 12 08, Windhoek, Namibia

20 March 2019, Berlin

Germany's involvement in the Anti-IS Coalition: The air strike on Al-Badhiya IDP-Shelter in Syria

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

20 February 2019, Stockholm

Accountability for torture in Syria – Sweden's role in the struggle against impunity

Medelhavsmuseet
Fredsgatan 2, Stockholm, Sweden

6 February 2019, Berlin

"Law versus Power" – Book Talk by Wolfgang Kaleck

Denkerei
Oranienplatz 2, 10999 Berlin

4 February 2019, Berlin

Five Years after the Deadly Push-Backs in Ceuta: Spanish-Moroccan Border Policies Today

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

11 January 2019

Armed drones at Sigonella: Legal issues and tensions between right to life protection, transparency obligations and military strategy

Universitá di Catania
Via Gallo, 24, 95124 Catania, Italy

7 December 2018, The Hague

Justice for Syria: Universal jurisdiction as a main emerging tool to complement the International Criminal Court

8 November 2018, Berlin

"La Border Curios" by Laura Fiorio

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

7 November 2018, Berlin

Reviewing Europe’s regulations on Arms Export Control: Can Germany lead by example?

Aquarium
Skalitzer Straße 6, 10999 Berlin

17 October 2018, Berlin

20 years after Pinochet's arrest: The past and present of transnational justice

Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus
Niederkirchnerstraße 5, 10117 Berlin

28 September 2018

"1968, the fire of ideas" by Marcelo Brodsky

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

27 September 2018, Berlin

German arms exports in Mexico – Heckler & Koch and the Ayotzinapa case

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

29 May 2018, Berlin

Control - Neutralization - Elimination

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

29 May 2018, Vienna

Torture in Syria: How can Austria help investigate and prosecute international crimes committed by Syrian Intelligence Services?

29 May 2018

دعوة إلى جلسة حوار التعذيب في سوريا: كيف يمكن أن تساعد النمسا في التحقيق في الجرائم الدولية التي ترتكبها المخابرات السورية وملاحقتها؟

3 May 2018, Berlin

Diversification v. Accountability: The Case of German Arms Manufacturer Rheinmetall AG and the War in Yemen

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

24 April 2018, Berlin

New Digital Methods for Documenting Human Rights Violations in Closed Societies

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Zossener Str. 55-58 (Staircase D), 10961 Berlin

18 April 2018, Rome

Italian liability for human rights violations in Yemen: are authorities and arms manufacturer complicit in deadly Saudi-coalition airstrike?

15 March 2018, Berlin

"Mit Recht gegen die Macht" – Reisen und Begegnungen, Vision und Arbeit eines anderen Juristen

14 March 2018

Interventions against Push-Backs along the Balkan Route(s)

22 February 2018, Berlin

Multinational indicted for crimes in Syria: The French Case against Company Lafarge

7 February 2018, Bogotá

International and Colombian views in Coming to Terms with Past Atrocities

26 January 2018, Berlin

Colonial Repercussions/Koloniales Erbe

24 January 2018, Berlin

Tricky Business: Space for Civil Society in Natural Resource Struggles

5 December 2017, Berlin

Lawyering for the People, Pioneering the Use of Law: A Conversation with Right Livelihood Award Laureate Colin Gonsalves

20 November 2017, Berlin

The EU-Turkey Statement and its consequences for refugees in Greece, Turkey and Germany

8 November 2017, Berlin

Towards Accountability for International Crimes in Syria

2 November 2017, Berlin

"82"

10 October 2017, Berlin

Unternehmen vor Gericht. Globale Kämpfe für die Menschenrechte

25 September 2017, Italy

Armed Drones in Italy and Europe

16 May 2017, Berlin

Für ein Ende der Straflosigkeit: Syrische Kriegsverbrechen vor deutschen Gerichten?

11 May 2017, Berlin

Whistleblowers, Journalists and Lawyers

11 May 2017, Berlin

Mauern.

20 April 2017, Berlin

Vom Sommer der Migration zur Gegenwart der Balkanroute: Serbien, Mazedonien und das europäische Grenzregime

13 March 2017, Berlin

A Global Quest for Accountability

2 March 2017, Berlin

How to do Justice? Accountability for Mass Atrocities in Syria

24 February 2017, New York

Human Rights and the "War on Terror": Holding the United States Accountable in Foreign Jurisdictions

26 January 2017

The US Experience: Exceeding Legal Boundaries in Countering Terrorism

28 November 2016

Shadow World

22 November 2016, Berlin

Les Sauteurs – Those Who Jump

10 November 2016, Geneva

The Long Road to Justice for the Malaya Lolas

7 November 2016, Berlin

Anarchist Cookie Shop: Tempest of Vanity

18 October 2016, Berlin

From Washington to Sanaa via Ramstein: The Impact of Drone Wars on Law, Warfare and Society

29 September 2016, Berlin

Memory and Justice

20 June 2016, Düsseldorf , Frankfurt (Main)

Factory Fire in Pakistan: KiK Must Accept its Responsibility. Survivors Describe their Fight for Justice

8 June 2016, Berlin

Universal Jurisdiction in Germany? The Congo War Crimes Trial: First Case under the Code of Crimes against International Law

19 May 2016, Berlin

Come back Safely

3 May 2016, Berlin

Negative Publicity: Artefacts of Extraordinary Rendition

28 April 2016, Berlin

Time for Justice!

21 April 2016, Berlin

The Political and Legal Struggle against Impunity in Argentina

6 March 2016, Berlin

Unternehmen vor Gericht.

22 February 2016, Berlin

Colonia Dignidad: Is Germany Falling behind Chile in Efforts to Address Wrongs?

15 February 2016, Berlin

Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets and Fences: Did Europe Learn Anything from its Deaths in Ceuta?

8 February 2016

"Who Steals Their Stories?"

2 February 2016, Berlin

Menschenrechtsbewegung in Deutschland – Wie weit reicht der politische Einfluss?

15 December 2015, Berlin

United by the Basics of International Criminal Law: Exploring its Historical Origins

30 November 2015, Berlin

Los Juicios por sus Protagonistas.

25 November 2015, Berlin

Völkerstrafrecht vor deutschen Gerichten aus anwaltlicher Perspektive

7 November 2015, Berlin

"Definitions for an Island"

19 October 2015, Berlin

"Taxi to the Dark Side"

24 September 2015, Berlin

TerrorZones.

3 September 2015, Berlin

Strategies for the Improvement of Working Conditions within Global Supply Chains

15 August 2015, Berlin

Vor den Toren Europas: Marokkos repressiver Umgang mit Flüchtlingen und MigrantInnen

21 July 2015, Berlin

The Struggle for Human Rights and against Impunity in Argentina

7 May 2015, Berlin

Presentation of the ECCHR Annual Report and Exhibition Opening of “Picture of the Month” by Frank Rothe

27 April 2015, Berlin

Women Targeted by the Colombian Military – A Case for the International Criminal

11 March 2015, New York

Women in Armed Conflicts – Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes in Colombia and Beyond

4 February 2015, Berlin

Europe’s Treacherous Borders: Justice for the Ceuta Victims!

11 December 2014, Berlin

Menschenrechte und Geschlecht

27 November 2014, Berlin

Legacy of the Vietnam War: Crimes, Fleeing, Confronting the Past

4 November 2014, Berlin

Many Hurdles, little liability - How can victims of human rights violations enforce their rights against corporations in Germany?

15 October 2014, Berlin

German Liability for US Drone Warfare in Yemen

13 October 2014, Berlin

Being a Radical Female Lawyer: Challenges and Vision

23 September 2014, Berlin

Das Recht der Schwächeren: Argentinien, Guatemala, Sri Lanka und Irak – Strategien im Kampf gegen die Straflosigkeit

3 July 2014, Berlin

Unternehmen zur Verantwortung ziehen: Erfahrungen aus transnationalen Menschenrechtsklagen

24 June 2014, Tübingen

The Danzer Case: Current Developments in Jurisprudence on Liability of Senior Managers for Human Rights Violations

8 May 2014, The Hague

Communication to the ICC on Alleged War Crimes by British Armed Forces in Iraq

30 April 2014

The Secret of Return

28 April 2014, Berlin

From Berlin to Buenos Aires

10 April 2014, Berlin

Impressions of a Dictatorship & Chile Ayer-Hoy

6 April 2014, Berlin

Forensis: Forensics and Human Rights Abuse

30 March 2014, Berlin

Forensis: Forensics and Human Rights Abuse

16 March 2014, Berlin

Forensis: Forensics and Human Rights Abuse

13 March 2014, Berlin

Peace without Justice and Democracy? Colombia Trade Union Sinaltrainal on the Colombian Peace Process

17 February 2014, Berlin

Personal and legal perspectives on targeted killings by drones in Pakistan

14 January 2014, London

The Responsibility of UK Officials for War Crimes Involving Systematic Detainee Abuse in Iraq from 2003-2008

5 December 2013, Zurich

Human Rights Violations Abroad by Swiss Companies: Gaps in the Law and Obstacles for Legal Proceedings in Switzerland Discussion

3 December 2013, Geneva

Holding Corporations to Account for their Failure to Exercise Human Rights Due Diligence

3 December 2013, Bern

The Nestlé Court Case

28 November 2013, Berlin

Human Rights Claims against Corporations: Possibilities and Limits

27 November 2013, Berlin

"El Juicio" (The Trial)

16 November 2013, Berlin

Chile Yesterday Today

20 October 2013, Vienna

Crimes against Humanity in Colombia: The “Falsos Positivos” Cases and the Responsibility of Top Military Figures

17 October 2013, Berlin

Dirty Wars - Schmutzige Kriege

30 September 2013, Berlin

The Pinochet Effect – Impact of Transnational Court Cases

27 September 2013, Berlin

"Fight Nestlé to the Death"

18 September 2013, Berlin

Germany and the Chilean Military Dictatorship – The Colonia Dignidad

11 September 2013, Berlin

Resistance in Chile / Impressions of a Dictatorship

16 May 2013, Berlin

A Conflict without End: Legal Human Rights Work via Mobile Task Forces in Chechnya

25 April 2013, Tübingen

Liability for Human Rights Violations? German Companies and their Foreign Activities: The Danzer Group in the Democratic Republic of Congo

16 January 2013, Berlin

Responsible Sourcing – Baumwolle ohne Zwangs- und Kinderarbeit

22 November 2012, Berlin

Internationaler Strafgerichtshof und Friedens­verhandlungen in Kolumbien – ein Widerspruch?

20 November 2012, Berlin , The Hague

Gewalt gegen Gewerkschafter in Kolumbien – Ein Thema für den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof?

10 November 2012, Berlin

El Hotel

9 November 2012, Berlin

Strategic Human Rights Litigation

10 October 2012, Aachen , Berlin

Violence against Trade Unionists in Colombia – A Case for the International Criminal Court? Discussion

14 September 2012, Berlin

The Kissinger Project

28 August 2012, Berlin

ESPACIOS de MEMORIA - Orte der Erinnerung

2 July 2012, Berlin

International Criminal Law in Germany: Promise and Reality

2 July 2012, Berlin

Schweigen und Verschweigen

16 June 2012, Berlin

Eine Frage des Überlebens.

15 May 2012, Berlin

Ten Years Code of Crimes against International Law in Germany – Opportunities and Shortcomings

15 May 2012, Berlin

How Can Corporations Be Held Accountable for Grave Human Rights Violations? The Case of Kiobel v. Shell before the Supreme Court

9 May 2012, Berlin

An Unpunished Crime

25 April 2012, Berlin

Verschwindenlassen als Verstoß gegen die Menschenrechte - (K)ein Problem für Deutschland?

25 April 2012, Stuttgart

Der Fall Murwanashyaka

16 April 2012, Berlin

Turning a Blind Eye? Ten Years of the International Criminal Court

6 March 2012, Berlin , Bern , Vienna , Zurich

The Case of Luciano Romero. Murder of Trade Unionists in Colombia – Is Nestlé Legally Responsible?

1 March 2012, Berlin

From the Uzbek Cotton Fields to the Termez Military Base

1 December 2011

International Criminal Justice & Africa – The Case of Hissène Habré

25 November 2011

Meeting of Experts from European Law and Practice for the Prohibition of Torture

21 November 2011, Berlin

Rights and Responsibility: The Way ahead for Business and Human Rights

12 November 2011, Berlin

"Even Trees can Fly"

3 November 2011, Berlin

Transitional Justice − Ein Weg gegen sexualisierte Kriegsgewalt?

31 October 2011, Berlin

International Counterterrorism and Intelligence Cooperation

19 October 2011, Berlin

Palestine at the United Nations

15 September 2011, Berlin

Medien der Rechtsprechung

12 September 2011, The Hague

Compensation for Gross Human Rights Abuses: Contemporary Relevance and Challenges for State Immunity

11 August 2011, Berlin

Corporate Responsibility in International Production Chains, with Special Consideration of Gender-Specific Labor and Human Rights Violations

4 July 2011, Berlin

Wirtschaftsunternehmen und die argentinische Militärdiktatur

28 June 2011, Berlin

Ten Years After 9/11: Looking Back, Moving Forward

22 June 2011, Douala

Strategic Litigation against Transnational Firms

19 April 2011, Berlin

Afrika vor dem großen Sprung

7 March 2011, Berlin

Arbeit an der Grenze – Feminizide und Maquilas an der Nordgrenze Mexikos

21 February 2011, London

Blacklisted: Targeted Sanctions, Preemptive Security and Fundamental Rights

10 December 2010, Berlin

Blacklisted: Targeted Sanctions, Preemptive Security and Fundamental Rights

13 November 2010, Berlin

Discussion, Exhibition and Office Party

11 November 2010, Berlin

Usbekische Baumwolle aus Kinderhand in den deutschen Markt?

6 October 2010, Berlin

South Korean Human Rights Movement and the North Korean Problem - Some Lessons for Global Human Rights Movement

30 September 2010, Brussels

Fight against Impunity: The Case of Argentina

29 September 2010, Berlin

Menschenrechte und Profite.

27 September 2010, Berlin

Kampf gegen die Straflosigkeit.

22 September 2010, Geneva

Human Rights in Sri Lanka

15 September 2010, Bogotá

Strategic Litigation against Transnational Corporations

31 August 2010, Berlin

Zum ersten Jahrestag: Der Fall Kundus und das Tötungsverbot im Krieg

22 June 2010, Berlin

Mit Verbraucherschutzrecht gegen unmenschliche Arbeitsbedingungen?

11 June 2010, Berlin

Gericht und Gedächtnis: Der deutschsprachige Holocaust-Diskurs der sechziger Jahre

21 May 2010, Berlin

Neuer Schritt zum Feindstrafrecht? Die EU-Terrorlisten in Verbindung mit dem §34 des Außenwirtschaftsgesetzes

12 May 2010, Berlin

Verfolgung von Gender-Based Crimes vor dem Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

4 May 2010, Berlin

Infrastructure and Human Rights

26 April 2010, Berlin

Guantánamo and the Prosecution of Torture after One Year Obama

16 March 2010, Vilnius

CIA-"Extraordinary Rendition" Program: "What’s Next for Lithuania?"

31 January 2010, Berlin

Femicide in Oaxaca, Mexico - Impunity and Counterstrategies

29 January 2010, Berlin

Business as usual? Über die Entschädigungsklagen der Opfer des südafrikanischen Apartheidregimes

21 January 2010, Berlin

Current Challenges in Refugee Protection

3 December 2009, Berlin

Between State Immunity and Individual Compensation Claims

25 November 2009, Berlin

Universal Jurisdiction in Spain

19 November 2009, Brussels

No more Killing of Women - No more Impunity

12 November 2009, Berlin

Information Session on the Argentine Dictatorship Trials

9 November 2009, Brussels

European Lawyers' Meeting on the Prosecution of International Crimes

8 November 2009, Brussels

Universal Jurisdiction

30 October 2009, Berlin

Analyse des Rechts und seine praktische Anwendung

19 October 2009, Brussels

Terrorism Lists, Executive Powers and Human Rights

9 July 2009, Berlin

Fight against Terrorism and Human Rights

3 April 2009

Impunity for Torture: The Long-Desired End or Continuity?

1 April 2009, Strasbourg

60/60: The Role of NATO Post-9/11

2 March 2009, Berlin

Economy and Human Rights in Times of Globalization

9 October 2008, Berlin

Transnationale Unternehmen und Menschenrechte

7 July 2008, Madrid

Universelle Strafjustiz

4 December 2007, Copenhagen

Cooperation and Torture

4 October 2007, Berlin

The "War on Terror" and Human Rights

3 October 2007, Berlin

ECCHR Workshop on CIA Rendition Flights and Torture

1 October 2007, New York

Rendition, the War on Terror and Human Rights: A European Approach

1 January 1970, Berlin

Multi-Stakeholder-Consultation on the Right to Food