We would like to take a moment to remember Professor Theo van Boven, who dedicated his life to the protection of human rights and who was a towering figure of human rights research in the Netherlands and internationally. A jurist and leading human rights schol...

What does meaningful Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) look like in practice? This hands-on workshop invites participants to move beyond “tick-the-box” compliance and engage with real-world challenges across global value chains. Hosted at Erasmus University Ro...

On 10 December 2025, International Human Rights Day, the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Awards 2025 were presented to the best doctoral dissertation, the best Master’s thesis, and the second-best Master’s thesis. The 2025 award-winning publications address a r...

Following the announcement of the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2025, we spoke with Dr. Masuma Shahid (Erasmus University Rotterdam), recipient of the award for the best doctoral dissertation. Her dissertation, “Queering courts: Analysing equal marriage...

The first book in the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR) Human Rights Research Series published by TMC Asser Press and Springer is now available for purchase. The volume, The Human Cost of Development – Situating Development-Induced Displace...

On 10 December 2025, International Human Rights Day, the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Awards 2025 were presented to Masuma Shahid (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Camille Teirlynck (KU Leuven) and Romy Babtist (VU Amsterdam). Coordinated by the Netherlands N...

The Research Centre for State and Law (SteR) of Radboud University, the Centrum voor Migratierecht of Radboud University, the Amsterdam Centre for Constitutional Culture & Democratic Governance (ACCu), the KU Leuven Institute for European Law, and the NNHR...

The Network has many PhD members, conducting innovative research on human rights. To get to know them and their research better, we interviewed them!   Oğuzhan Öztürk Oğuzhan Öztürk is a PhD candidate at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies ...

The 10th December is International Human Rights Day. On this occasion the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2025, organized by the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR), Tilburg Law School and Studium Generale, will be presented to honor exe...