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Ethical and Rights-Based Approach to Work with and for Children

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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.

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EMA Students Celebrate the Right to Play Through Film and Dialogue

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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.

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Unleashing Human Rights Education: Reflections from the Budapest Forum and Our Journey to Exercise the Human Right to Joy

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From 9 to 11 December 2025, we, a small team of GC alumni and Youth Advisory Group members, joined more than 250 participants in Budapest for the Forum on Human Rights Education — Unleashing Human Rights, organised by the Council of Europe and OHCHR with the European Youth Forum, Amnesty International, and the support of the Global Campus. Representing GC hubs across Brazil, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, South Africa, Palestine and Cameroon, our group contributed diverse regional perspectives to the discussions.

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Five-Week On-line Seminar Cycle Explored Key Human Rights Challenges in Belize

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In October and November, the Global Campus and the University of Belize ran a series of online seminars, engaging 52 participants from academia and civil society. The programme concluded with an in-person networking event, where participants received certificates and the University President was recognised with an appreciation certificate for the institution’s support of human rights education.

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“Human Rights for Everyday Life!” GC Asia-Pacific human rights advocacy week

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Students from the Asia-Pacific Master of Arts in Human Rights and Democratization (APMA) and its sister MA programme recently transformed the Mahidol University campus into a week-long exhibition of student-led human rights campaigns under the theme “Human Rights for Everyday Life!” The initiative focused on three key concerns for young people today: mental health, digital freedom and climate justice.

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GC and Italian MOfA renew their commitment to train Asia-Pacific human rights defenders in Timor-Leste

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The Global Campus of Human Rights (GC), the Human Rights Centre of the National University of Timor-Leste (HRC-UNTL), and the Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) hosted by the University of New South Wales (Sydney) are pleased to continue their collaboration in advancing human rights education and capacity building. With renewed support from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI-DGMO), the three partners will join forces once again in 2026 to organize the Human Rights and People’s Diplomacy Training Program for Human Rights Defenders from the Asia-Pacific Region.

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