20th Anniversary of the Human Rights Master of the University of Minho

The twentieth anniversary of the Human Rights Master of the University of Minho was celebrated on 10 December 2024 with an international conference on human rights.

The programme included a keynote speech on the fundamental rights case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), by Nuno Piçarra, Judge at the CJEU; ten thematic panels on the various research topics in which the Human Rights Master has conducted outstanding research (international migration, cultural diversity, the rights of persons with disabilities, access to justice, AI, environment, health and bioethics, gender equality, armed conflicts, democracy and good governance), with presentations by faculty and researchers from the University of Minho and other universities in Portugal and abroad, Human Rights Master’s alumni, judges and members of civil society organisations; and concluded with a round-table on the future of teaching and researching in human rights, with the participation of the present and former directors of studies of the Human Rights Master.

Patrícia Jerónimo, que presidiu à Comissão Organizadora da conferência, interveio no painel sobre acesso ao Direito e aos tribunais com uma comunicação intitulada “Assistência linguística e acesso à justiça em Portugal”. Manuela Ivone Cunha interveio no painel sobre diversidade cultural e religiosa com uma comunicação intitulada “Racismo, anti-racismo, anti-anti-racismo: Como distorcer um debate antes de iniciar a conversa”, A. Sofia Pinto Oliveira interveio no painel sobre migrações internacionais com uma comunicação intitulada “Revisitando os Pactos Globais seis anos depois da sua adoção” e Nicole Friedrich apresentou, em coautoria com Charize Hortmann uma comunicação intitulada “Racismo ambiental: Um desafio multinível à proteção dos direitos humanos”, no painel sobre ambiente e direitos humanos.

The conference programme is available here.