Focuses on the development of internationally recognized human rights. Since its inception, RC 26 has pursued the following research themes: Foundations of human rights in the context of political tension between universal human rights and cultural relativism; the nature of human rights as a political concept; the relationship between democracy, development and human rights; the causes of human rights violations; the place held by human rights in foreign policy-making; the role of international governmental and non-governmental organizations; and transitional justice.
- Artificial Inteligence, Human Rights, Democracy and the Judiciary
Chair: Prof. Jędrzej Skrzypczak - Artificial Intelligence Systems and Threats to Human Rights
Chair: Dr. Oscar Perez de la Fuente - Cultural and Identity Rights in Polarized Societies: Insights from Bhartiya Gyan Parampara
Chair: Prof. (Dr.)Mamta Chandrashekhar - Democracy and Constitutionalism in an Era of Political Upheaval: Exploring the Intersections of Development, Sustainability, and the Rule of Law
Chair: Prof. Cássius Guimarães Chai - Human Rights in Critical Times
- Human Rights in Political Science
- Human rights in the Polarized Societies
Chair: Dr. Meenakshi Bansal