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.
Recent Submissions
Croatia: The ‘Thompson Effect’ and the rise of neo-nationalism
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2026-09-10) Matović, Marko
Marko Perkovic Thompson's concerts show how popular culture can celebrate nationalism in a familiar and emotionally comfortable way. However, can democratic countries respect artistic freedom but also protect the dignity and rights of those excluded by normalisation of such ideas?
“Mwana wa Mzungu, Mwana wa Mu-China?” Assessing the Impact of Foreign-Funded Business Enterprises on the Rights of Children in Uganda. The case of Kampala Industrial and Business Park, Namanve
(Global Campus Alumni, 2026) Taremwa, Kansiime Mukama
This baseline assessment examines the impact of foreign-funded and foreign-affiliated business enterprises on the rights and welfare of children in Uganda, using the Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP), Namanve as a case study. It addresses an important evidence gap: while foreign investment and industrialisation are commonly assessed in terms of economic growth, employment and infrastructure, their child-specific impacts remain under-documented and discussion of children and business is often confined to child labour.
Combining legal and policy review, thematic analysis, field observation and limited primary data collection, the study considers children as independent rights-holders and examines five areas in particular: the best interests of the child; the right to health; the right to education; the right to participation; and the right to a clean and healthy environment. It identifies gaps in the integration of children’s rights into investment governance and highlights concerns relating to access to health and education, environmental pollution and safety, and the limited participation of children and affected communities in decisions concerning industrial development.
The assessment concludes that foreign investment and industrialisation should be evaluated not only through economic indicators but also according to their effects on children living in the communities most directly affected. It proposes measures for more child-sensitive investment governance, including child-rights impact assessments, stronger environmental and social safeguards, meaningful community and child participation, improved support for health and education, child-sensitive grievance and remedy mechanisms, and stronger monitoring.
The research was produced within the framework of the Global Campus Alumni Cross-Regional Projects 2025–2026, in partnership with Right Livelihood.
Digital exclusion in times of crisis
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2026-09-03) Zekhethelo, Cele
Rapid digitalisation has transformed public service reaction to emergencies. Yet the southern African response to COVID-19 exposed how technology excludes many already marginalised groups and individuals. Human rights preparedness requires a more inclusive foundation in preparation for the next crisis.
Children’s Right to a Healthy Environment in Extractive Contexts: A Comparative Study of Kyrgyzstan and Puerto Guzmán in the Colombian Andean Amazon
(Global Campus Alumni, 2026) Valle, Alejandra; Ramos, Camila; Erkaev, Navruz
Children’s Right to a Healthy Environment in Extractive Contexts: A Comparative Study of Kyrgyzstan and Puerto Guzmán in the Colombian Andean Amazon examines how extractive activities affect children’s rights to health, education and clean water, comparing mining-affected communities in Kyrgyzstan with Puerto Guzmán in Colombia’s Andean Amazon.
The study identifies a significant gap between the formal recognition of children as rights-holders and their effective protection in extractive contexts. While the pathways of harm differ—from heavy-metal exposure and threats to water security in Kyrgyzstan to mercury contamination, ecosystem degradation, poverty and armed-conflict dynamics in Puerto Guzmán—the research highlights common shortcomings in child-specific safeguards, participation, monitoring and access to remedy.
The study calls for a more preventive and child-rights-based approach to extractive governance, recognising children not only as vulnerable future generations but as present-day rights-holders and participants in environmental decision-making. It was produced within the framework of the Global Campus Alumni Cross-Regional Projects 2025–2026, in partnership with Right Livelihood.
Voices from the Global South, Testimonies from the Climate Emergency. A human rights dossier
(Global Campus Alumni, 2026) Herrera Martínez, Luis Fernando; Jolicoeur, Marie Rebecca
This 'dossier' brings together the lived experiences of Indigenous peoples, local communities, environmental defenders, youth advocates and civil society actors from the Ecuadorian Amazon and Mauritius to examine the climate emergency as a human rights crisis. Adopting a comparative South–South perspective, the publication combines first-hand testimonies with human rights analysis, scientific evidence and recent developments in international law, demonstrating how climate change threatens fundamental rights, territories, cultures and livelihoods.
The publication's distinctive contribution lies in placing the voices of frontline communities at the centre of the research. Rather than speaking about land and environmental defenders, Indigenous peoples and climate-affected communities, it enables them to speak for themselves. Through carefully documented testimonies, the publication captures lived realities, local knowledge and community resilience, offering a perspective on climate justice that is grounded in the experiences of those confronting its impacts every day.
This publication was developed in partnership with Right Livelihood, including contributions from the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC), and was produced within the framework of the Global Campus Alumni Cross-Regional Projects 2025–2026.
The publication's full version includes the complete testimonies, expanded regional and legal analysis, detailed methodology, maps and full references.