As algorithms, sensors, and data systems quickly reshape our daily life, the question of who they serve, and who they might harm, has become impossible to ignore. It is a question that made this year's theme, Safeguarding Human Rights in the Technological Age,...

On the occasion of the publication of the first book in the reinvigorated Human Rights Research Series, Estephany Leon Rodriguez and Marianna Peroni, research interns at the T.M.C. Asser Institute, interviewed Christophe Paulussen (senior researcher, strand co...

          We are pleased to announce that the About Us section of the NNHRR website has been expanded with two new pages celebrating the history and development of the Network. Building a Human Rights Community: The History of the NNHRR – Discover ho...

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Professor Brigit Toebes on 8 May 2026. Professor Toebes was an exceptional scholar in the field of health law and human rights and a valued member of the NNHRR community. Throughout her distinguished acade...

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...