This week, the Arctic Centre is welcoming 20 international guests and 6 keynote speakers for a PhD workshop on the notion of group in human rights research. The workshop is held April 10–12, and it includes a series of public lectures, too.
During the workshop organized by the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, PhD students and junior researchers will present discussion papers covering a broad range of research topics including for instance the protection of the rights of migrant and refuges families or the collective dimension of territorial and cultural rights of indigenous peoples.
In addition to the presentation of discussions papers by the participants, keynote speakers will deliver a series of public lectures addressing the theoretical element of group rights on Wednesday, as well as highlighting on recent development in the rights of indigenous peoples and the political representation of minorities in Europe on Thursday.
The workshop will conclude on Friday with a roundtable presenting Sami perspectives on the notion of group rights with speakers invited from Norway and Sweden. This roundtable will offer international guests with an opportunity to comprehend the notion of collective rights from a more regional perspective, building on the expertise of the University of Lapland. These public sessions are open to the public.
Please see the full program of the public sessions
For more information contact:
Researcher Sébastien Duyck, sebastien.duyck (at) ulapland.fi, tel. +358 40 484 4285
www.arcticcentre.org/CollectiveRights