Updates from the Observatory
Conference: Intersectionality, Human Rights Justification, and Civil Society Engagement
23 May 2025 9:00-13:30
On 23 May 2025, the University of Valencia will host the international conference “Intersectionality, Human Rights Justification, and Civil Society Engagement” from 09:00–13:30 at the Faculty of Law. The event will unveil tools like the Intersect Observatory and HRJust Climate Claims Database to analyze climate litigation and human rights. Topics include gender-based violence, migration, digital…
Facts and Norms in Human Rights Assessment: Can human rights compliance be measured?
28.5.2025, 9:00 – 10:00
This webinar lecture will explore various models for relying on empirical facts in the assessment of human rights compliance. Drawing on over three decades of experience, the speaker will discuss insights gained from the UN Human Rights Committee’s examination of state reports, the development of human rights indicators within a UN project, and the EU-funded…
Exploring the Prevention of Conflict Related Sexual Violence in the Anthropocene: A Climate Justice Approach
11 June 2025 12:30 – 13:30 CEST
Join us for a lecture by Professor Susan Harris Rimmer exploring how feminist approaches to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) can inform responses to climate-related risks faced by women and girls. Drawing on international human rights law and climate justice, the talk examines gaps in global governance, links between climate, conflict, and gendered violence, and the…