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What the label doesn’t say: a Global Campus alumnus maps child labour in Madagascar’s vanilla and centella trade

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Vanilla and Centella asiatica are unglamorous words for glamorous industries. The first flavours ice cream and perfume; the second, a herb prized for its skin-soothing extract, turns up in the serums and creams that line pharmacy shelves the world over. Few buyers of either product think about who picks the pods or the leaves. GC Alumnus Rado Harintsoa Rakotosamimanana has spent the past several months making sure that companies, at least, have no excuse not to.

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Building Change Through Regional Solidarity: How ERMA Shaped an Alumna’s Human Rights Activism

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Iris Knežević joined the European Regional Master’s Programme in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe (ERMA) carrying many questions about her future. Studying in Sarajevo became a turning point that reshaped her understanding of human rights and ultimately led her to co-develop the toolkit ‘Invisible Children: The Legal Status of Children Born of Wartime Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia – Comparative Legal Analysis and Practical Recommendations’. Inspired by the experiences of activists and survivors from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the project seeks to strengthen regional dialogue and advance the rights of children born of wartime sexual violence in Croatia.

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A Rights-Based Response to an Invisible Workforce: APMA Alumna Launches Nepal’s First Toolkit for Unpaid Dementia Caregivers

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A pioneering leader in community mental health and healthy ageing, Global Campus Asia-Pacific (APMA) alumna Bidya Maharjan has led the development of Nepal’s first co-created toolkit for unpaid dementia caregivers, drawing on the mentorship of 2010 Right Livelihood Laureate Shrikrishna Upadhyay / SAPPROS-Nepal to translate years of rights-based community practice into a resource shaped directly by the people it serves.

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Global Campus Student Appears in ARTE Documentary on Human Rights Activism in Kyrgyzstan

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A new ARTE Reportage documentary exploring democracy and civic space in Kyrgyzstan offers a timely glimpse into the work of human rights defenders and civil society organisations navigating an increasingly challenging environment. Among those appearing briefly in the documentary is Mamatkazy (Kazy) Rasul uulu, a current student in the Master of Arts in Human Rights and Sustainability (MAHRS) at Global Campus Central Asia.

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Impunity Watch and the Global Campus Launch Policy Dialogue on AI and the Documentation of Serious Human Rights Violations

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How can artificial intelligence support the documentation of serious human rights violations while safeguarding victims’ rights? This question brought international experts to Venice for a two-day Policy Hub organised by Impunity Watch in partnership with the Global Campus, exploring the opportunities and ethical challenges of AI and emerging technologies in transitional justice.

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From Human Rights Research to Community Action: our Alumna Vita Luftiah Champions Women-Led Circular Economy in Indonesia

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Since graduating from the Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Asia-Pacific (APMA), Global Campus alumna Vita Luftiah has continued to put human rights research into practice. Her latest work—a policy brief and practical toolkit on community-based textile recycling in Indonesia—explores how environmental sustainability and women’s economic empowerment can reinforce one another through locally led initiatives.

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From theory to practice: a Moot Court to understand the African Human Rights System

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Each year, students on the Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) participate in a Moot Court Competition as part of their coursework. In this practical simulation, based on a fictional case that reflects contemporary human rights challenges facing African societies, students argue preliminary issues around jurisdiction and admissibility as well as substantive aspects spanning various dimensions of human rights.

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Syrian Refugees’ “Non-Return”: A Student-Led Report Sheds Light on a Human Crisis

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Amid rising discourse among decision-makers and actors globally about the imminent return of Syrian refugees following the regime change in Syria, little attention is given to the perceptions of those concerned themselves. What do Syrian refugees think, and how do they view return? Students from the 2025–2026 cohort of the Global Campus Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights (ArMA) at Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) in Lebanon asked this question and provided some answers through a new report entitled Understanding the Non-Return of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, which challenges assumptions with data, empathy and rigorous fieldwork grounded in the voices of those most affected.

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Children and Young People from Across the Global Campus Network Contribute to Global Drug Policy Debate

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How can drug policies better support and reflect the rights, needs and realities of children and young people? This question was at the centre of ‘Transforming Drug Policy: A Focus on Children and Youth’, a collaborative initiative led by the Global Commission on Drug Policy and involving Youth RISE and the Global Campus of Human Rights. The project sought to ensure that children and young people themselves could contribute to global discussions on drug policy and its impact on their lives.

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Global Campus students take human rights research into the field across South East Europe

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With the end of May, the 2025/26 cohort of the European Regional Master’s Programme in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe (GC SEE/ERMA) concluded its mandatory internship period — one of the most distinctive elements of this one-year, full-time master’s programme run jointly by the University of Sarajevo and the University of Bologna.

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