Global Campus Open Knowledge Repository
Our Open Knowledge Repository is a digital service that collects, preserves, and distributes all digital materials resulting from the rich and varied production of the Global Campus of Human Rights. It is an ever growing collection which aims to give visibility to our research outputs, educational content, and multimedia materials; sustain open access for knowledge transfer; and foster communication within and beyond academia.
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- The Global Campus Human Rights Journal is a peer-reviewed bi-annual publication that serves as a forum for rigorous scholarly analysis, critical commentaries, and reports on recent developments pertaining to human rights and democratisation globally.
- Publications series about various projects developed by Global Campus of Human Rights.
- A selection of the best master theses of each regional programme (annual award) as well as the full collection of all dissertations.
- This collection includes the Global Campus of Human Rights Annual Report and specific activities reporting.
- The Global Campus of Human Rights Magazine is a quarterly promotional publication on the network activities. It is published both in English and Italian.
Dépôts récents
Beyond capacity or below obligation? Why Rohingya girls are excluded from education in Bangladesh
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2026-05-07) Abid, Fahim Abrar
Bangladesh hosts the world's largest Rohingya refugee population yet has no refugee law. Viewing the camp education system through an intersectional CRC lens reveals that Rohingya adolescent girls' exclusion from post-primary education is a governance choice that constitutes structural discrimination.
To Be or Not to Be Neuroenhanced? Personal Identity under Siege in the Age of AI-powered Neurotechnology
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2025) Castro, Clara : Nogueira de Sá Rosas de; Murphy, Thérèse
Recent advances in neurotechnology and artificial intelligence
have expanded the potential to influence brain function
beyond traditional medical applications to the enhancement of
healthy individuals. Growing investment in consumer neurotech
and experimental brain-computer interfaces signals a future
where we may be able to substantially improve our cognitive and
emotional capabilities – a prospect that raises profound ethical
and legal concerns.
Central to these concerns is the question of how neuroenhancement
technologies may impact personal identity. The brain
is often regarded not just as a biological system, but as the foundation
of who we are – shaping our experiences, guiding our decisions
and anchoring our sense of self. As individuals voluntarily
engage with advanced technologies intended to modulate their
cognition and emotions, they may disrupt their psychological continuity.
This indicates far-reaching consequences, not just for the
person undergoing neuroenhancement but for society at large.
International bodies such as UNESCO and the Council of Europe
have begun to discuss and address these risks, yet current
governance frameworks remain ill-equipped for the complex and
specific scenarios posed by non-therapeutic neuroenhancement.
Against this backdrop, this thesis examines whether and to what
extent limits should be placed on individual voluntary engagement
with neuroenhancement technologies in order to safeguard
personal identity.
Using an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates philosophical,
ethical and legal perspectives, this thesis seeks to contribute
to the growing discourse on neurotechnology governance,
advocating for a human-rights based and forward-looking approach.
The Security-Democracy Trade-Off? EU Policies and Civic Space in Morocco
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2025) Murillas García, Itziar; Koff, Harlan
This study critically examines how the securitisation of EU
external policy in Morocco affects the country’s prospects for
democratisation. It places civil society at the centre of the analysis,
framing it as a key actor in bottom-up democratic transformation.
The research argues that the EU’s securitised agenda undermines
these efforts by reinforcing authoritarian practices and
constraining the development of a genuinely free and independent
civic space. This occurs primarily through the instrumentalisation
of civil society engagement mechanisms to implement EU
migration objectives, and through the marginalisation of critical
or politically sensitive actors whose involvement might jeopardise
stable relations with the Moroccan government.
The study draws on critical literature and document analysis
to explore the intersection between the EU’s strategic interests
and its normative claims in Morocco, alongside an assessment
of the country’s associational landscape. It also presents a case
study based on fieldwork in the Melilla-Nador border region, incorporating
interviews with civil society representatives. These local
perspectives shed light on how EU actions are perceived on
the ground, and how civil society actors interpret the dynamics of
democratisation, securitisation and migration governance.
Lost for Words. The Silence of Peacebuilding on Minority Language Rights in the North of Ireland and Euskal Herria
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2025) Lyons, Ben; Kočan, Faris
Post-conflict peacebuilding has historically been centred upon
political and economic restructuring at the expense of cultural
and linguistic justice. Language rights, however, remain a vital,
if often overlooked, element of constructing sustainable peace.
Nowhere more so is this the case than in those societies shaped
by deep-rooted ethnolinguistic divisions. This thesis asks whether
minority communities, and particularly their linguistic rights,
have been left behind in the peacebuilding processes in the North
of Ireland and Euskal Herria.
Using Linguistic Human Rights theory as a foundation, the
research takes a comparative approach across six analytical concepts:
access to education, institutional support, public use, discrimination,
intergenerational transmission and links between
language and identity. It draws on domestic, regional and international
legal and policy documentation from the United Kingdom,
Spain and France, as well as semi structured interviews with
Gaeilgeoirí and Euskaldunak.
The findings show that while both regions have seen considerable
grassroots language revival efforts, institutional support remains
unbalanced and is often constrained by the politicisation
of the languages by state actors. Gaeilge continues to be marginalised
within the North of Ireland’s stagnant political system which
has struggled to accommodate cultural inclusion, while Euskara,
though better supported in Euskadi, continues to face institutional
obstacles in Nafarroa and a lack of state recognition in Iparralde,
despite the efforts of speakers there.
Ultimately, this thesis argues that language rights must be
brought to the centre of peacebuilding if it is to be truly inclusive
and lasting.
Between the Lines: Subtle Media Discourse and the Normalisation of Anti-Migrant Sentiment in the Run Up to the United Kingdom 2024 Riots
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2025) Bourne, Hebe; Blay Grabarczyk, Katarzyna
This thesis explores how anti-migrant narratives are constructed,
disseminated and normalised within British media discourse.
Focusing on the interplay between language, society and
power, it investigates the discursive strategies that frame migrants
as deviant threats and examines how such representations shape
public attitudes and policy responses. Drawing on moral panic
theory, critical discourse analysis and mythopoetic legitimation
it illustrates how recurring myths are perpetuated. The study traces
a shift from overt hate speech to more subtle, coded hostility,
an area that remains comparatively underexplored in existing research.
The 2024 United Kingdom (UK) riots are used as a case
study to demonstrate how a culture of permissibility surrounding
anti-migrant sentiment is cultivated through sustained narratives
of ‘othering’, analysed through a close reading of selected tabloids
and broadsheets. This thesis critiques the limitations of UK law
and press regulation in addressing such insidious forms of hate
and evaluates the tension between freedom of expression and the
need to protect against hate. Finally, it considers civil society initiatives,
journalistic ethics and corporate responsibility as alternative
approaches to mitigate discursive harm. By analysing the feedback
loop between media, politics and far-right mobilisation, this
thesis underscores the societal consequences of normalised hostility
and calls for greater accountability and ethical responsibility
in migration discourse.