States’ Practice of Human Rights Justification: a study in civil society engagement and human rights through the lens of gender and intersectionality

Project Information

HRJust

Grant agreement ID: 101094346

DOI

10.3030/101094346

Project closed

EC signature date 27 February 2023

Start date 1 March 2023

End date 31 May 2026

Funded under

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Total cost

€ 2 998 485,99

EU contribution

€ 2 998 485,99

Coordinated by

GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET
Sweden

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Publications

Other (51)

Production of theme-specific reports including recommendations on how to better protect the fundamental rights of migrants

Author(s): Lappalainen, Paul
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19733655

Fostering Dialogue Between Taiwanese and Swedish Civil Society: A Panel with John Stauffer, E-Ling Chiu, and Chao-Ju Chen

Author(s): Tai, Ching-Yun
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19818824

Civil Society Toolkit for Human Rights Justifications

Author(s): Carlson, Laura; Lappalainen, Paul
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19855404

Memo: A Suggestion of HRJ Typology

Author(s): Yang, Ya-Wen
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19820938

Human Rights Justifications (HRJs): an empirically developed methodology for the reinvigoration of an inclusive Civil Society and a complex intersectional critique of HRJs

Author(s): Huang, Yu-Ling; Tseng, Hsun-Hui
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19858387

How States Invoke Human Rights to Justify Their (In)Actions

Author(s): Sormunen, Milka; Ojanen, Toumas
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19732527

HRJust Intersect Observatory mission: notes on the methodological framework

Author(s): Cristani, Federica
Published in: 2025
Publisher: zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14888063

HRJust WP 2 – Deliverable 7.4 Toolkit for inclusive Civil Society Engagement including handbook, film, map on Practical summary of SODCSE

Author(s): Carlson, Laura
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19857413

HRJust Intersect Observatory´s Mission: Notes on the Methodological Framework. In WP7 Research Note Series

Author(s): Cristani, Federica
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14889561

Gender Parity in the making, Policy Paper

Author(s): Fornalé, E., Cristani, F., Heepen, R
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Institute of International Relations Prague

WP6 Preliminary Working Paper on the National Climate Litigation Case Reviews: State Accountability for Its Use of Human Rights Justifications

Author(s): Němec, E. N., Lhotský, J., Cristani, F., & Fornalé, E.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.10997255

HRJust WP 2 – Deliverable 7.3 3 peer reviewed publications on SODCSE process specific to Covid, Migration and Climate

Author(s): Carlson, Laura
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19857770

WP6 Report of the Climate Litigation Survey

Author(s): Lukešová, B., & Cristani, F.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17448502

Second Workshop on HRJust Civil Society Engagement and Discussion

Author(s): Chen, Shun-Ling; Huang, Yu-Ling; Su, Hui-Chieh
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19734276

Judicial Review in Sweden in the Context of Migration Law: Control Mechanisms and Human Rights Challenges

Author(s): Westlund, Martin
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19732774

Report on Climate-Related Litigation and the Separation of Powers

Author(s): Antoniazzi, Chiara Tea
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19733769

Focus Group Interview with Pilots, December 14, 2024

Author(s): Huang, Yu-Ling; Su, Hui-Chieh; Chen, Shun-Ling; Tai, Ching-Yun
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19733518

Civil Society Engagement Summary II

Author(s): Yang, Ya-Wen
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19820381

"Geopolitical Tensions, Rise of a ""Digital Democracy"" and Human Rights Implications"

Author(s): Chen, Shun-Ling; Tai, Ching-Yun; Han, Hsin-Yi
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19813918

Operationalizing Intersectional Human Rights in EU External Relations: A Roadmap for the Czech Republic

Author(s): Cristani, F., Herlin-Karnell, E.
Published in: Braun, M., Kovář, J., Cristani, F., Steuer, C. (eds.) (2026). Svět v Proměnách 2026: Analýzy ÚMV, 2026
Publisher: IIR publishing

D2.2. Recommendations on policy, legislation and regulations, EU role and addressing gaps in regulations and individual human rights protection as effects of States' HRJs

Author(s): Grahn-Farley, Maria
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19877798

EU Migration Governance: Competences, Human Rights Justifications and the Internal-External Divide

Author(s): Westlund, Martin
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19734174

First Workshop on HRJust: COVID-19 Governance in Taiwan, October 26, 2024

Author(s): Su, Hui-Chieh; Chen, Shun-Ling; Huang, Yu-Ling
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19733284

Memo: HRJs in Taiwan Human Rights Reviews and Court Cases-Institutional Backgrounds and Initial Observations (For D5.1)

Author(s): Yang, Ya-Wen
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19819956

Civil Society Engagement and Climate Policy-Making: First Recommendations from HRJust Fieldwork Activities

Author(s): Cristani, F.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15586720

WP 2 Reclaiming Human Rights for Effective Epidemic Control: Lessons from COVID-19 – a suggested policy approach for the EU

Author(s): Sarkar, Swarup
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19865020

The EU's Role – Globally, Multilaterally, Internally – as a Human Rights Actor (in the Face of State HRJ Practices)

Author(s): Ghavanini, Anna W.
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19734016

Mapping out HRJs in Taiwan

Author(s): Yang, Ya-Wen
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19819694

Systematic Ongoing Direct Civil Society Engagement (ODCSE). WP6 Report

Author(s): Cristani, F., Heepen, R., Lukešová, B., Němec, E. N., Ditrichová, P., Lhotský, J., & Bílková, V.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15773156

Institutional Human Rights Protection without a UN-membership: Taiwan's Domestication of International Human Rights Law

Author(s): Tai, Ching-Yun; Han, Hsin-Yi
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19813749

Polarization, Party Line and Taiwan's dilemma under the shadow of China: Unified government with weak parliamentary oversight or divided government paralyzed by political showdowns?

Author(s): Chen, Shun-Ling; Liu, Guan-Hung; Tai, Ching-Yun
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19813523

Expert Panel Survey on Healthcare Professionals

Author(s): Huang, Yu-Ling; Chen, Shun-Ling; Su, Hui-Chieh
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19732634

A Normative Core for a Geopolitical Europe

Author(s): Kouvo, Sari
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19734081

WP6 Climate Interviews Report

Author(s): Lukešová, B, Heepen, R, Naz Němec, E., Ditrichová, P. Cristani
Published in: 2025
Publisher: zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16894621

Completed Theory of States' HRJs, addressing legitimacy, transparency and State accountability, including Typology and Evaluation of Human Rights Justifications, submitted for publication (CUP for consideration)

Author(s): Yang, Ya-Wen
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19858154

Focus Group Interview with frontline health professionals, November 30, 2024

Author(s): Huang, Yu-Ling; Chen, Shun-Ling; Su, Hui-Chieh; Tai, Ching-Yun
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19733391

Memo: Civil Society Engagement Summary I

Author(s): Yang, Ya-Wen
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19820770

A report on how human rights organisations respond to the use of Human Rights Justifications in Swedish legislative preparatory works

Author(s): Al-Amaritha, Haidar; Nääv, Maria
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19696286

Internal and External Competences of the EU in Migration Law

Author(s): Westlund, Martin
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19732399

"Report on the Concept of ""Related Notions"""

Author(s): Antoniazzi, Chiara Tea; Milo, Caterina
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19733904

Civil Society Engagement Report: Expert Panel Survey on Legal Experts

Author(s): Su, Hui-Chieh; Huang, Yu-Ling; Chen, Shun-Ling
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19733174

Illuminating Human Rights Justification: Cross-Border Perspectives and Dialogue on COVID-19 and Migration

Author(s): Tai, Ching-Yun
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19819113

Engaging the Next Generation of Human Rights Advocates: A Panel with John Stauffer and Yen-Tu Su

Author(s): Tai, Ching-Yun
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19819300

Normalizing the Exception: Pandemic Governance, Data Use, and Human Rights in Taiwan Multi-layered Crises, Mobilized Solidarity and Stringent Measures

Author(s): Chen, Shun-Ling; Su, Hui-Chieh
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19814167

Deliverable 7.6 Overview of States' practice of HRJs including findings in three thematic WPs

Author(s): Grahn-Farley, Maria
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19878024

Preliminary WP6 Working Paper on the Methodology for Conducting Interviews

Author(s): Němec, E. N., Lhotský, J., Cristani, F., Fornalé, E., & Heepen, R.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.10996864

From a Theoretical to an Empirical Approach: First Notes on a Methodological Framework for the HRJust Project

Author(s): CRISTANI, FEDERICA
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15382355

Focus Group Interview with People Who Underwent Quarantine, December 28, 2024

Author(s): Huang, Yu-Ling; Chen, Shun-Ling; Su, Hui-Chieh
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19732906

Sharing findings and the Observatory (final version)

Author(s): Grahn-Farley, Maria
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19857906

Inclusive Democracy, Reflecting Gender and Intersectionality, The Rings-on-Water methodology and the Complex Intersectional Critique as a single, mutually anchored

Author(s): Huang, Yu-Ling
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19734381

Expert Panel Survey on Civic Tech

Author(s): Chen, Shun-Ling
Published in: 2026
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19733020

Monographic books (1)

Child Rights, Legal Theory and Social Advocacy

Author(s): Maria Grahn-Farley
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/9781009366953

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Safeguarding Climate Policy in Third Party Funded Investment Arbitration Through Legal Solidarity Mechanisms: The Potential Role of the Forthcoming UNCITRAL’s Advisory Centre

Author(s): Cristani, F.
Published in: International Investment Law Journal, Issue 5, no. 2, 2025, ISSN 2734-8830
Publisher: ADJURIS – International Academic Publisher
DOI: 10.62768/IILJ/2025/5/2/03

Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations in the Area of Climate Change: Why the European Union Should Take Them Seriously

Author(s): Antoniazzi, Chiara Tea
Published in: European Papers, 2024, ISSN 2499-8249
Publisher: European Papers
DOI: 10.15166/2499-8249/768

Why the Temporary Protection Directive was Activated: Solidarity, Geopolitics, and Humanitarian Considerations

Author(s): Martin Westlund, Olena Chernenko
Published in: Europarättslig tidskrift, 2026, ISSN 1403-8722
Publisher: Stockholm Law Faculty's Trust Fund for Publications
DOI: 10.53292/8C345DE7.66BA37A2

Environmental and Human Rights Justifications in Investment Arbitration: Probing the Limits of ISDS for the Adjudication of Climate-Related Disputes

Author(s): Milo, Caterina
Published in: The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 2025, ISSN 2211-9000
Publisher: Brill
DOI: 10.1163/22119000-12340365

Book chapters (5)

Assessing Innovative Sources for the Loss and Damage Mechanism: The Role and Prospective Regulation of Climate-Friendly Foreign Investment

Author(s): Federica Cristani
Published in: Sea Level Rise, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-89171-7_11

Marmara Gölü ve Ötesi: Bir iklim davası argümanı olarak gerilememe İlkesi

Author(s): Elif Naz Němec
Published in: 2024, ISBN 9786256580145
Publisher: Legal Publishing (Istanbul)

Sea Level Rise and Human Rights

Author(s): Veronika Bílková
Published in: Sea Level Rise, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-89171-7_5

Human Rights and Justifications in Climate Litigation: A First Attempt at Conceptualization

Author(s): Federica Cristani, Elisa Fornalé
Published in: Sea Level Rise, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-89171-7_8

Parità di genere e cambiamenti climatici in tempi di “polycrisis”

Author(s): Elisa Fornalé
Published in: 2024, ISBN 9791256000791
Publisher: Ledizioni LediPublishing