Alumni

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.

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.

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.

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.