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From 7 to 9 June 2024, the CHREN Conference took place. It began with a Panel Discussion on the increasing role of human rights in the promotion of justice and the protection of rights and freedoms at the regional human rights courts. On the panel, Patricia Wiater (CHREN, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) discussed current trends and challenges with Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei (African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights), Judge Verónica Gómez (Inter-American Court of Human Rights), Judge Tim Eicke (European Court of Human Rights) and James Thuo Gathii (Loyola University Chicago School of Law). On the next day, the idea of expanding human rights protection to non-human subjects was deliberated in a Symposium. Lastly, the CHREN Conference finished with the Human Rights Talks “Artificial Intelligence as a Human Rights Chance or Challenge?” where FAU students could discuss their research with the human rights judges.
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The interdisciplinary research project, Interactions of Islamic Radicalisation, supported by the German Ministry for Education and Science explores the political and social context of islamistic radicalisation. Patricia Wiater is presiding over the legal subproject on human rights effects and cascade effects in proceedings against islamistically motivated terrorism, in which Charlotte Jawurek is a Research Assistant.