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Since 2017, the Global Campus has been promoting the intersection of human rights education, science, artistic research with the contemporary arts with diverse international institutions. One of our long-time collaborators is Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen whose visionary work powerfully resonates with our commitment to human dignity, diversity, and intercultural dialogue.
From 2023 to 2025, the Global Campus of Human Rights and the Moldova State University, together with the Global Campus Caucasus programme, joined forces to strengthen human rights education in Moldova through institutional development, curriculum innovation, and academic cooperation.
The course programme is coordinated by Roberto Chenal, Italian jurist at the Court and scientific supervisor of all the Global Campus training initiatives on the ECHR since 2014.
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.
In a world marked by conflict, democratic regression and growing technological disruption, the role of human rights education has rarely been more significant. The Global Campus of Human Rights Annual Report 2025 offers a detailed overview of how a global academic network continues to respond to these challenges through education, research, capacity-building and international cooperation.
Navigating the Future Through a Human Rights Lens: the Global Campus Annual Report 2025 Read More »
The current 7th edition of the Global Campus Policy Observatory revolves around the research project on “Protecting, promoting and enjoying academic freedom: trends, challenges and impacts from a human rights-based approach”. It is funded by the European Commission.
7th Edition of the Global Campus Policy Observatory Read More »
“Throughout history, music has been central to how people imagine justice and how they demand it. From the blues to flamenco, across cultures and genres, in the face of oppression, music shapes identity, carries memory and voices aspiration.”
In 2025, Dorcas Francis Loly Werson made a decision that required extraordinary courage. Leaving her children in South Sudan, she enrolled in the Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) at the University of Pretoria — a step shaped by sacrifice, determination and a deep commitment to advancing the rights of women and girls.
From turbulence to transformation: the journey of a GC Africa student Read More »
The Global Campus Alumni (GCA) has launched the 2025–26 edition of its cross-regional alumni-led activities, reaffirming its commitment to supporting young graduates as they take their first independent steps and design and implement their own human-rights initiatives. Fourteen projects were selected for support — dynamic and diverse in scope, and led by alumni themselves.
Our Alumni Launch Cross-Regional Human Rights Initiatives Read More »
In Bangkok, at the foot of Wat Saket, Venerable Napan Santibhaddo Thawornbanjob has spent years working where dialogue is most fragile: the conflict-affected south of Thailand. A Buddhist monk and interfaith peacebuilder, he has long brought together Buddhist and Muslim communities, promoting non-violence and mutual understanding. Yet, after years of mediation and community healing, he realised that peacebuilding alone was not enough — lasting peace required a deeper engagement with human rights.