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The Global Campus of Human Rights has released a new publication highlighting how children and young people across multiple regions are shaping human rights work through the Global Campus Child Leadership Team (CLT) and Youth Advisory Group (YAG).
Children and Young People Taking the Lead on Rights and Participation Worldwide Read More »
From 15 to 17 April 2026, GC Caucasus hosted the international conference ‘Climate Change, Justice and Human Rights’, bringing together representatives from academia, civil society, policy institutions and international organisations to examine the links between climate change, justice, human rights and security.
From Yerevan to Africa: Centering Children in Climate Justice Read More »
In refugee camps on the edge of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh), where more than sixty per cent of the population are children and youth, school is not something children take for granted. For many, education is irregular, limited or simply out of reach. It was in this setting that children from the Global Campus Refugee Child Leadership Team in Bangladesh began asking not why they were excluded, but what they could do about it.
The Courage to Be a Refugee Child Leader Read More »
What can meaningful child and youth participation look like in practice? From 30 March to 3 April, the Global Campus International Children’s Rights Workshop in Sarajevo explored a range of approaches shaped by different regional experiences.
Fahim Abrar Abid is a Visiting Researcher at the Global Campus of Human Rights (GCHR) in Venice, examining whether a child’s migration status can justify exclusion from public education in Europe—focusing on undocumented migrant children in Spain’s Melilla enclave.
How can research involving children move beyond procedural safeguards toward genuine, meaningful participation? On 22–23 January 2026, the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies (IHRP) at Mahidol University convened a regional workshop bringing together child rights practitioners from across South and Southeast Asia to reflect on ethical, inclusive, and rights-based approaches to engaging children in research, consultation and policy processes.
Ethical and Rights-Based Approach to Work with and for Children Read More »
The 15th edition of the recent EMA Human Rights Film Festival turned the Global Campus headquarters in Venice into a lively space dedicated to the right to play. Organised by GC Europe students, the festival—titled Un, Due, Tre… Stella!—placed children’s perspectives at the centre, combining films, performances, and intergenerational dialogue to explore play as a fundamental human right and a source of creativity and resilience.
EMA Students Celebrate the Right to Play Through Film and Dialogue Read More »
The students of the Global Campus Europe are proud to present the 15th edition of the Venice Human Rights Film Festival on 12 and 13 December 2025.
Venice Human Rights Film Festival 2025: ‘Un, Due, Tre… Stella!’ Read More »
Recent EMA graduate Vitória Viana Assis, recipient of the 2024–25 Global Campus–Right Livelihood Fellowship, is exploring how art and inclusive education empower children and persons with disabilities. Guided by Laureate Marthe Wandou, founder of ALDEPA, and supported by ShareMusic & Performing Arts, she describes the fellowship as a transformative journey. Vitória will soon begin an internship to deepen her research.
The Global Campus – Right Livelihood Fellowship: From Research to Internship Read More »
The OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosted an immersive and reflective course as part of the Master of Arts in Human Rights and Sustainability. Titled ‘Arts & Human Rights: Pathways to Sustainability’, the course was led by photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Nick Danziger, alongside human rights media trainer Claudia Modonesi of Picture People—a Scottish NGO that provides training on the use of visual media to expose human rights abuses, shift perceptions, and influence behavior, and with which the Global Campus has a long-standing collaboration.