A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
Past events
Book Launch: Tax Justice and Global Inequality
Erika Siu (Editor), Krishen Mehta (Editor), Tina Søreide (NHH), and Astrid Haas (IGC) in conversation with Bjørn Enge Bertelsen (GRIP).
Tension on the Border: Refugee Flows and Clashes over Land at the Sudan-Ethiopia Frontier
Lovise Aalen (CMI), Gunnar Sørbø (CMI) og Adam Babekir (University of Gadarif).
Violent Conflicts over Indigenous Peoples’ Land
José Francisco Calí Tzay (UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) gives the 4th annual lecture on Indigenous Peoples ’ rights.
Tatiana Alfonso (ITAM, Mexico City) and Eva Maria Fjellheim (University of Tromsø) in conversation with Rachel Sieder (CIESAS, Mexico and CMI/LawTransform).
Samehets og rasisme – hvordan kommer vi videre?
Aina Madelén Nordsletta Aslaksen (Nordkalottfolket), Ivar Bjørklund (Universitetet i Tromsø), Runar Myrnes Balto (NSR/Sametinget) og Skjalg Fjellheim (Nordlys) møter Marita Monsen (Bergen sameforening).
Repeal Abortion Crime: a New Path in the Fight for Legal Abortion in Colombia
Ana Cristina González Vélez (UPB), Catalina Martínez (Latin America and the Caribbean at the Center for Reproductive Rights), Mariana Ardila (Women’s Link Worldwide), Ana María Méndez Jaramillo (Universidad de Los Andes ) and Siri Gloppen (UiB).
Invisible Minority? Experiences of Young Norwegian Jews in School
Kristoffer Løkken Økland (UiB)
Academic Freedom and Democratic Backsliding in Comparative Perspective
Gökhan Sen (CMI-LawTransform), Marta Machado (Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in Sao Paulo), Namita Wahi (Centre for Policy Research) and Péter Molnár (Central European University) in conversation with Tom Keck (Syracuse University).
Det amerikanske valget og veien videre
Gunnar Grendstad (UiB) og Hilmar Mjelde (NORCE) i samtale med Jens Kjeldsen (UiB)
Klimasøksmålet og dommen i Høyesterett
Hans Petter Graver (UiO), Marius Gulbranson Nordby (Fagbokforlaget), Eirik Holmøyvik (UiB) og Sigrid Eskeland Schütz (UiB) i samtale med Henriette Sinding Aasen (UiB).
Paths for Recognising LGBT Rights in Latin America: the Cases of Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica
Bruce Wilson (University of Central Florida), Ana Côrtes (LawTransform, CMI) and Lívia Buzolin (São Paulo Law School).
Nagorno-Karabakh from a historical perspective
Lene Wetteland (Norwegian Helsinki Committee), Kåre Johan Mjør (UiB/HVL) and Helge Blakkisrud (NUPI) in conversation with Terje Knutsen (UiB).
Human Rights Cities explained – why do we need them?
Gerd Oberleitner (Graz), Ulrika Dagård (Lund), Hans Sakkers (Utrecht), Lubna Boby Jaffry (Bergen) in conversation with Jostein Kobbeltvedt (Rafto).
Cessation of refugee status in the Nordic region
Gisela Thater (UNHCR), Jessica Schultz (CMI/UiB), Nik Tan (Danish Institute for Human Rights), and Peter Varga (UNHCR), with comments from Jens Vedsted-Hanse (Aarhus University) and Maria O’Sullivan (Monash University)
Ethiopia’s Armed conflict in Tigray: causes, consequences and possible ways out
Asnake Kefale (Addis Ababa University), René Lefort (independent writer/author on Ethiopia) and Lovise Aalen (Chr. Michelsen Institute).
Netthets mot kvinner – en trussel for demokratiet
Eirin Eikefjord (BT), Linn Kristin Langley Engø (Ap) og Sunniva Andresdottir Vik (Rødt) i samtale med Ida-Elise Seppola Asplund (LawTransform). Med en introduksjon av Nina Langslet (Amnesty).
