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The "Droits de l'Homme" tram stop in Strasbourg, France, with the European Court of Human Rights building visible in the background.

Everyone uses it, no one defines it: Anaïs Brucher on the “essence” of rights

What is the "essence" of a human right? In this #MyEUIResearch story, doctoral candidate Anaïs Brucher traces how the European Court of Human Rights uses this concept widely present in human rights law, but never clearly defines it. What she found challenges how we think about the language of rights.

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Law without limits: 50 years of legal scholarship at the EUI

As part of the #uniquelyEUI anniversary series, the EUI Department of Law explores 50 years of influential legal scholarship, tracing how ideas, interdisciplinarity, and experimentation have shaped research at the Institute. 

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EUI bestows Saniya Amraoui with a posthumous doctoral degree

#MyEUIResearch with Joo Cheong Tham | Labor law, climate change, and democratic solidarity

The EUI PhD programme in Law

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