International Summer School on Human Rights

4th International Summer School: Navigating Change - Contemporary Perspectives on Human Rights @tudresden_de, August 25th to 29th 2025

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Finally, we are proud to announce our 4th #InternationalSummerSchool on #HumanRights: "Navigating Change – Contemporary Perspectives on Human Rights." August 25-29, 2025 in Dresden. Check out our programme here: https://t.co/B0BVPSmD9r

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How to handle actual #humanrights challenges? From August 25 to August 29, 2025, students from all over the world learned about #climatechange, #publichealth and #AI out of a human right‘s perspective at the #summerschool. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this happen.

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Great work so far! We have heard impressive and thoughtful presentations by our participants acting as #Representitives of the #InternationalLawCommission, multiple #States and #NonStateActors

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During the last day of our #SummerSchool, the participants can show what they have learned by presenting in a simulated #ILCConference on #ClimateChange, #PublicHealthThreats and #AIDevelopment.

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Classical #humanrights facing modern challenges of #neurotechnology. Thanks to @NoraHertz for her exciting presentation about the #freedomofthought and #AI.

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Balancing the threats posed by #AI #deepfakes against #freedomofexpression is becoming increasingly important. Philip Moreno discussed current approaches based on #humanrights at the #summerschool.

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#FacialRecognition - helpful tool for more #Security and #DataProtection or fuel for #Discrimination and the #ObjectivicationOfFaces? This pressing question was discussed by Dr. Natalia Menéndez González in our first lecture today.

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Starting our third day on #HumanRights and #AIDevelopment with a coffee talk in which Dr. Jan Hořeňovský and Prof. Dr. Roberto Calandra left us with a lot of food for thought on the future of #DataProtection with the fast development of #AITechnology

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Finishing the day with a very interdisciplinary lecture by @JamesWHazel investigating the emerging #technology of #DNA data and its #legal implications; from #humanrights to #regulation, leaving everyone with plenty #foodforthought.

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Behind the scenes: we not only have 80 participants on site, but also 70 online participants who are asking great questions and are thinking together about the future of human rights.

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Exploring further links between #internationallaw and #globalhealth with @kshitijbhu, who offered us a highly interesting look into #intellectualproperty of #vaccines on day 3 of our #InternationalSummerSchool.

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At a public event at @SummerOfRights, we are discussing how hybrid warfare involving migration flows should be assessed under European and international law, raising critical questions about how law and policy respond to migration as a tool of conflict.

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How can states fight #lifestylediseases? @NatalieAbrokwa presented her researches on #NDCs from a human right‘s perspective. Thanks for her really engaging and interactive presentation.

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How did the #covid-19pandemic influence #globalhealth mechanisms? When does a #privatehealthissue turn in to a #publicconcern? These are only few questions of this morning’s #coffeetalk with @AjlaSkrbic, #DrMetteHartlev and DrAnnaKühne.

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In the final lecture on our day on #EnvironmentalChallenges to #HumanRights Dr. Karen Oliviera Da Costa engaged with the participants on the subject of #DisasterRiskReduction

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What are they key challenges in integrating human rights into disaster risk reduction? Our participants have many answers—and solutions are also being developed.

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In our second lecture on the intersection of #climate protection and #humanrights, Dr. Sebastian Losch talks about sinking countries and the right to return. How can #territoriality be redefined or reinterpreted in the face of the climate crisis today?

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Join us for a discussion at @SummerOfRights: Migration as a New “Method of Warfare”: Legal Challenges for Individual Human Rights and the Demise of the Right to Asylum. Explore the topic with experts from the Landtag of Saxony, UNHCR, SWP, and TU Dresden at Frauenkirche Dresden.

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Continuing our day on #EnvironmentalChallenges to #HumanRights with a captivating and interactive lecture by #DenizGedik on the challenges of protecting human and #environmental rights during #MiningOperations conducted by #InternationalCompanies

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Great way to start the day: morning coffee talk with #romyklimke, @angelavandeBe1 and #MirandaSchreuers covering various topics such as #cities #SDGs #inequalty #smallislandstates #developingcountries and captured our attention with anecdotes about #impact & #responsibility

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In our #InterdisciplinaryTalk, Prof. Dr. Geir Ulfstein, Paul-Joël Kamtchang, Dr. Lys Kulamadayil, and Prof. Dr. Steiger discuss the opportunities and challenges of human rights in the 21st century. Many question marks, but also some room for optimism.