UNESCO Chair in Human RightsEstablished in 2011, the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights addresses - following an interdisciplinary approach - key issues related to human rights, especially those that fall within UNESCO’s competence as well as the UNESCO Strategy on Human Rights. Professor Jean-Paul Lehners served as the inaugural chairholder from 2011 to 2019. He was succeeded in 2019 by Professor Robert Harmsen. The UNESCO Chair in Human Rights acts as a builder of bridges between research and policy-making, academia and civil society, local communities and the private sector. The Chair acts as a think-tank on UNESCO's priority themes, namely the South-South Cooperation and North-South-South Triangular Cooperation as well as equal opportunities. Moreover, the commitments of the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights correspond to the Mission Statement of the University of Luxembourg: The Chair in Human Rights organises activities in 3 key areas:
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UNESCO Chair in Human Rights