Bergen Lecture 2016

“Deprivation of Liberty, Penal Policy and Proportionality in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights”, lecture by Robert Spano, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.

Journeys – Migration Week

Luigi Achilli (European University Institute), Daniela Debono (Malmö University) and Sine Plambech (DIIS).

Ending global poverty: why wait until 2030?

Open lecture by Andy Sumner, King’s College, London.

Life Under Siege – Targeting Civilians in Aleppo

Mads Harlem, Norwegian Red Cross, professor Knut Vikør, UiB, and Åse Gilje Østensen, CMI.

Policing Against Sexual Violence in Haiti

Centre on Law & Social Transformation Breakfast Seminar with Jon Christian Møller (Police Directorate’s section for international police cooperation), Lisa-Marie Måseidvåg Selvik (CMI) and Åse Gilje Østensen (CMI).

“No” – And What Now?

The Colombian Peace Agreement and the Peoples Vote. Diego Marín Ríos, UiO and Leiv Marsteintredet, UiO and UiB in conversation with Catalina Vallejo, Los Andes University and Centre on Law & Social Transformation.

When Voting is Not Black and White

Ethnic Proximity and Voter Preferences in Africa’s New Democracies. Breakfast seminar with Adam Harris.

Judges for Justice in Guatemala

Meet four high-profile judges from Guatemala and listen to their struggle for the rule of law and justice: Yassmin Barrios, Haraldo Vasquez, Miguel Angel Galvez and Claudia Gonzales in dialogue with Elin Skaar (CMI).

From Guns to Government

Sinn Fein’s transformation and the peace process in Northern Ireland. Open lecture by Sissel Rosland, Bergen University College.

Salafism – Global Ideology and Local Practices

What is Salafism in terms of religious doctrine and ideology? Dr. Martijn de Koning (University of Amsterdam/Radboud University and Dr. Terje Østebø, University of Florida.

Muslim and Christian reform-movements; From Pious Hermits to Political Activists

Terje Østebø, Associate Professor at the University of Florida and Hans Geir Aasmundsen, Researcher at UiB Global in conversation with Åse Gilje Østensen, CMI.

European Constitutional Language

Author András Jakab in conversation with Siri Gloppen (CMI/UiB).

2016 Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation

Racial Disparities in Policing in the United States: Toward Understanding & Reform

This open lecture is part of the 2016 Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation.

Lives & Law in Flux: migrant mobilization & refugee rights

Joins us for a day on Migration and Refugee Rights here at Bergen Resource Centre. The program is part of The 2016 Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation.