DH – Human Rights
The Human Rights research group (DH) is dedicated to conducting high quality and policy-relevant research in the field of human rights and to fostering public engagement in human rights issues beyond the academy.
It draws on the expertise built by its predecessor – the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Human Rights (DH-CII) – while streamlining its research focus to prioritise four research strands which correspond to four key concerns in the implementation of human rights standards:
- equality and non-discrimination (gender, race, religion, disability, and age);
- health and bioethics (including medically assisted procreation, elderly care, privacy and informed consent);
- international migration and migrant integration (including cross-border migration, refugee protection, citizenship and cultural diversity); and
- human rights in a network society (including privacy and data protection).
DH fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, drawing members from different legal disciplines and from disciplines other than law (e.g. Sociology and Psychology). Also, its research strands allow for a number of collaborations across group lines within JusGov, such as research on Human Rights and Sustainable Development (with Glob), Human Rights and Electronic Profiling (with E-Tec and JusCrim), Gender Violence and Victimology (with JusCrim), and Citizenship and Migration (with CEDU).
DH contributes to the advanced training of young researchers through the Master Programme in Human Rights as well as through the organisation of regular workshops and seminars on ongoing research projects.
As part of its dissemination and outreach activities, DH continues the annual tradition of organizing a conference on International Human Rights Days and taking part in awareness-raising sessions hosted by junior high and high schools in the region. Since 2017, DH has published an online peer-reviewed journal – Yearbook in Human Rights – as a forum to promote human rights scholarship.
Integrated Researchers of the R&D Unit who hold a PhD
Teresa Coelho Moreira (Principal Investigator), Anabela Susana de Sousa Gonçalves, Andreia Sofia Pinto Oliveira, António Rui Braga Lemos Soares, Benedita Mac Crorie, Cristina Dias, Eva Cristina da Silva Gonçalves Macedo, Francisco Pacheco de Andrade, Gonçalo Nicolau Cerqueira Sopas de Melo Bandeira, Irene Portela, Isa António, Jorge Martins Ribeiro, José Marco Tayah, Madalena Sofia Alves de Oliveira, Marciele Berger Bernardes, Marco Gonçalves, Margarida Santos, Maria Clara Calheiros, Maria de Assunção do Vale Pereira, Maria de Fátima Pacheco, Maria Leonor Machado Esteves, Mário Monte, Marisalva Fernandes Fávero, Miriam Vieira da Rocha Frutuoso, Patrícia Jerónimo, Pedro Carlos da Silva Bacelar de Vasconcelos, Pedro Jacob Morais, Ricardo Alexandre Sousa da Cunha, Rossana Martingo da Costa Serra Cruz, Rui Garrido, Sónia Moreira da Silva, Valéria Sousa Gomes and Ximene Rego.
Integrated Researchers of the R&D Unit who do not hold a PhD
Afonso Carvalho de Oliva, Alexandre Gonçalves Lippel, Ana Carolina Trindade Soares Cohen, Ana Catarina Pontes, Ana de Campos Cruz, Ana Maria Coelho dos Santos Pereira Rodrigues, Ana Rita Maia, Bruno Sarmento Barbosa, Carolina Beck, Cecília Bojarski Pires, Daniel de Souza Ramos, Diana Sofia Araújo Coutinho, Gutemberg Alves de Araújo, Helena do Passo Neves, Inês Granja, João Edson de Souza, João Nuno Barros, José Carlos Cidade Oliveira, José Ribamar Fonseca Júnior, Luis Felipe M Ramos, Larissa Araújo Coelho, Luciano José Alvarenga, Magda Elsa de Araújo Cerqueira, Maira de Souza Almeida, Man Teng Iong, Olívia Maria Cardoso Gomes, Ricardo Cavalcanti, Rina Catalina Pazos Padilla, Rui Sloboda Bittencourt and Tiago Branco da Costa.
Collaborator Researchers of the R&D Unit
Alexandre Corte-Real, Ana Isabel Soares Quintas, Ana Paula Loureiro, Ana Rita Gil, Andréa Moraes Lago, Andreia Rute da Silva Baptista, Christina Oliveira, Clodoaldo Silva da Anunciação, Douglas Ribeiro Weber, Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Filipe Venade de Sousa, Flávio Miguel Gonçalves Vicente, Frédéric Teixeira, Henrique Curado, Hugo Espínola Mangueira, Iran Chaves Garcia Junior, Isabel Maria Estrada Carvalhais, João Carlos Macedo, João Cardoso Rosas, José Noronha Rodrigues, Letícia Oliveira, Manuela Ivone Cunha, Maria Cristina dos Santos Pereira, Maria do Céu Pinto, Maria Elisabete Santos, Mariana Schafhauser Boçon, Nilva Leonardi, Pedro Freitas, Rebaz Rasul Khdir, Rui Filipe Polónia and Tatiana Severino.
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II Webinar of the project Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Legal Challenges for the XXI Century_AI & Robotics: Challenges to the Judiciary | April 30th 2021
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CHILDREN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – The look of Law and Psychology | April 29th 2021
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I Webinar of the project Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Legal Challenges for the XXI Century_Health Law and (Bio)Ethics: Challenges of the Technosciences | April 9th 2021
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Workshop Rights and Courts in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A comparative perspective from Spain and Portugal | March 25th 2021
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Webinar Human Rights, Inequalities and Covid-19 | July 20th 2020
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10th Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy | June 13-15, 2019
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V Jornadas de Direitos Humanos | May 22nd 2019
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I Global Congress on Human Rights | January 16-19, 2019
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International Conference – 70 years after the UDHR: More free and more equal? | December 4th 2018
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Workshop – The participation of the defendant in the criminal procedure | November 30th 2018
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I International Conference on Law and Bioethics | November 23rd 2018
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Support for the Moldovan Call Centre for Migrants | April – November 2018
The Action is funded by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and is designed to support the Moldovan Bureau of Migration and Asylum (BMA) by addressing the operational needs of its Call Centre for Migrants. The Action will involve, for example, an assessment of the material and human resources available, the training of BMA staff members, the provision of bespoke software for the Call Centre and the drafting of the Call Centre Regulation. The Action will have a duration of seven months and a global financial input from ICMPD of 171.193,84 Euro.
For further information contact
Patrícia Jerónimo (Action director) ppmj@direito.uminho.pt
Fanny Tittel-Mosser (Action manager) fannytittel@gmail.com -
International Seminar on Democracy and Constitutionalism (Jurisdictional Issues) | October 22-23, 2018
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Workshop – Medically Assisted Procreation | June 27th 2018
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III Iberian Meeting of Labour Law | April 19-20, 2018