Author Archives: UB

SupportVoC Book – From universal rights to individual protection

We are happy to announce that the book: ‘From universal rights to individual protection: The application of the “Victims’ Directive” across Europe‘ has been published today. The official presentation of the book will take place next Friday 25 at the Final Conference in Athens, Greece. In the meanwhile, you can download the digital version here: From universal rights to individual protection   More information […]

MDC Series – Beyond Borders: Reframing The Migration Debate

As part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science Palgrave Macmillan will host a free to attend panel discussion on the 7th of November. Dynamic and rapidly evolving across disciplines, particularly in the face of political developments across the globe, it is an theme that too easily attracts myths and bias, and social science holds a […]

Final Conference – SupportVoC

We are happy to announce that next Friday 25 of October from 9h to 15h the SupportVoC international project will hold its final conference at the Technopolis cultural centre in Athens (Greece), with the title “A single view for a multiple reality: the feminicide case”  [Download the PROGRAMME by clicking here] Registration is free but pre-registration is necessary: https://forms.gle/kJLd9zfgVHPe2xFz6 More information on the SupportVoC project: https://www.supportvoc.eu/

Final Conference – REACT

Today Brussels has hosted final conference of the project REACT: “The rise of online hate speech as a new alarming global social phenomenon: reasons and remedies” (PROGRAMME): The conference has reunited European experts on hate speech to “animate a wide European debate on the most effective cultural and educational strategies and policies […] to raise […]

New Project – Let’s Go By Talking

We are pleased to announce that the ESRU has received funding from the European Commission’s Justice Programme for the project Let’s Go By Talking: Protecting and defending the rights of victims of anti-LGBT hate crimes: Innovative paths trough restorative justice. The project aims to increase understanding about the perspectives of victims and key professionals about […]

COMPAS seminar, Oxford – 4th of July

On the 4th of July, Olga Jubany will be presenting at the COMPAS seminar in Oxford with a talk titled Screening Asylum in a Culture of Disbelief: The Hidden Legacy: In their relation with the State, hard borders have gained relevance due to the increasing politicisation and criminalisation of migration, and securitisation discourse and policies. Both […]

SupportVoc – Workshop in Cyprus

SupportVoC project organised the workshop “Guaranteeing the rights of victims of crime through the implementation of Generic Support Services”, on the 6th and 7th of June in Cyprus. The workshop, which brought together experts and professionals from different EU countries, aimed to share experiences and possibilities for the implementation of these services in Member States […]

Droit et Cultures – Divercity

This week Droit et Cultures has published its latest issue, a compilation of contributions related to Divercity project. The journal has an Open Access Licence, access full texts through the links below: Contents:  Olga Jubany et Isabelle Carles Présentation [Texte intégral] Une approche expérientielle, intersectionnelle et située de la diversité sexuelle et de genre Erica Howard Protection des personnes LGBT+ […]