The Human Rights Institute at the 11th International Congress “The Time of Rights”

The Deusto Institute of Human Rights took part in the 11th International Congress ‘The Time of Rights’, organised by the Time of Rights Network (HURI-AGE). The congress, held on 21 and 22 May at the Comillas Pontifical University, brought together specialists and researchers from various universities and centres belonging to the Network to discuss some of the main contemporary challenges in the field of human rights, including, among others, new perspectives on the foundations of rights, algorithmic discrimination and neuro-rights.

Deusto was represented by Gorka Urrutia, director of the Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute, who took part in a session dedicated to the National Human Rights Plan. Also participating were researchers Joana Abrisketa, Cristina Churruca, and researcher Gustavo del Orden, who led the session entitled: “European reforms in borders, migration and asylum: the time for their implementation.”

The programme included plenary sessions, roundtables and parallel spaces for academic discussion aimed at reflecting, from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective, on the current challenges of human rights. The Congress featured an opening address on “The interests of states and the human rights of migrants and refugees’. Is the European Court of Human Rights off target?” and a dedicated session on the situation in Gaza, in which discussion focused on what can be done in response to what the Palestinian people are experiencing.

The Tiempo de los Derechos Network was established in 2008 when 12 research groups joined forces and secured funding from the Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Programme: ‘El tiempo de los derechos’ (The Time of Rights) — HURI-AGE. Its aim is to promote strategic actions capable of marking a turning point and fostering a qualitative leap in legal research in the field of human rights. At present, the Network is made up of 15 groups and centres that carry out human rights studies, research projects, high-level academic meetings, training structures and policy impact reports. Intense research activity has allowed HURI-AGE to become the main Spanish academic reference in the field of human rights.