Programme for Studies
on Human Rights in Context
Latest news
IMPACTUM in CONTEXT Podcast – Episode 29 is now online!
In this month’s episode, our host Prof Dr Clara Burbano-Herrera visited Villa Cristina women’s penitentiary in Armenia, Colombia, where she spoke with incarcerated women and interviewed Director Dr. Tatiana Jiménez Arcila. The episode discusses topics such as drug-related detentions, the prison’s ACCA human-rights certification, and Colombia’s “public utility” law, from which some women have already benefited. Listen now on our website (here) and on Spotify (here).
New book release: Human Rights in Latin American Prisons
We are delighted to announce our new book, "Human Rights in Latin American Prisons: Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding", is out!
Edited by Prof Dr Clara Burbano Herrera & Prof Dr Yves Haeck, it explores violence, overcrowding & human rights in Latin American prisons.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
About Us
Our research vision is to conduct studies on the promotion, advancement, and respect of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. We reflect on how international human rights bodies function, and how to inspire better interaction between domestic and international law within its wider social and political context.
The programme is embedded within the Faculty of Law and Criminology and the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University.
