International experts, legal scholars, historians, and human rights organizations, including the UN, describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, as the violence and destruction since Hamas’ attack have reached an exceptional scale. The discussion at HAU seeks to engage in Germany’s ongoing debate over the term by analyzing the facts on the ground and situating them within the history of genocides since the Holocaust.

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Serious human rights violations cause lasting harm, and impunity denies victims truth, justice, and reparations. Only by confronting the past can societies heal and build a more just future.

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The fourth edition of the HAU discourse series “On Justice” addresses the erosion of democratic principles by right-wing actors and strategies for defending the liberal constitutional state.

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The right to physical self-determination is far from being enshrined in law everywhere—not even in Germany—and is coming under increasing pressure from growing right-wing extremist movements.

Ahead of the 2025 federal elections, the future of pluralistic democracy is at stake – in view of growing authoritarian tendencies, basic consensuses such as inclusion, civil liberties and protection from the law are coming under pressure.

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After two world wars, the international community agreed on supranational principles that culminated in the UN Charter of 1945 and laid the foundations for a law-governed world order, human rights and international humanitarian law.

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In 1949, the Basic Law was adopted in response to the crimes of National Socialism in order to guarantee “never again” and to protect democracy from being abolished once more.

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AI and drones are reshaping modern warfare, challenging conventional forms of military power and raising major concerns about accountability and human rights - a conversation with Andreas Schüller and Prof. Jutta Weber.

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In this episode, listen to the live recording of an evening event hosted by Hanaa Hakiki from ECCHR’s Border Justice team as she is joined by guests to explore how deeply narratives on migration are still trapped in racism and colonialism.  

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Francesca Albanese, Fiona Thorp and Chantal Meloni speak about Francescas work as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories. The conversation touches upon challenges regarding litigation within international law and the role of public debate and media.

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Amira Tamim, Paula Zimmermann and Simin Jawabreh look at Germany´s interpretation of its “reason of state” in the context of Israel's ongoing war crimes in Gaza. What are the political, legal and societal ramifications of this, and what kinds of solidarity alliances are necessary to counter its repressive dimensions?

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This episode is about the debut novel The Blood of the Dawn — La Sangre de la Aurora by Claudia Salazar Jiménez. Salazar Jiménez and Karina Theurer discuss the enduring consequences of gender discrimination, using fiction as a tool for visibility and for sensitizing us to the suffering of others.

In this episode, curator and cultural historian Mark Sealy and Wolfgang Kaleck talk about the challenges of visual representation and different ways of dealing with photography produced in colonial and postcolonial contexts.

In this episode, we will look at several of Forensic Architecture’s investigations and working methodologies in Gaza, Germany, and Cameroon  with architect and former deputy director of Forensic Architecture, Christina Varvia, and ECCHR General Secretary Wolfgang Kaleck.

Guatemalan visual artist Ixmucané Aguilar joins Wolfgang Kaleck, ECCHR general secretary, to discuss her documentary photography practice exploring the enduring effects of German colonialism in Namibia and the genocide against the Herero and Nama.

Lebanese performance and video artist Rabih Mroué speaks with Wolfgang Kaleck about his artistic practice and the impact of violent images for his work

In this episode, author Maaza Mengiste and artist and photographer Laura Fiorio sit down with Wolfgang Kaleck to talk about Italy's colonial history in Ethiopia.

Eyal Weizman, founding director of the research agency Forensic Architecture and its Berlin based sister agency Forensis, and ECCHR General Secretary Wolfgang Kaleck speak about the new joint initiative between Forensic Architecture, Forensis and ECCHR: Investigative Commons.

Bénédicte Savoy, Art historian and professor at the Technical University of Berlin discusses with ECCHR Secretary General Wolfgang Kaleck about the restitution of stolen colonial art and her criticism of the debate surrounding the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.

Writer, activist and ECCHR Advisory Board member Priya Basil sits down with ECCHR General Secretary Wolfgang Kaleck to talk about legacies of colonial and postcolonial injustice and German memory culture.

In this episode ECCHR’s Michael Bader and Sarah Imani, activist Mnyaka Sururu Mboro (Berlin Postkolonial) and curator and artist Anguezomo Nzé Mboulou Mba Bikoro discuss the posthumous right to human dignity, the importance of legal restitution, and creating a space for mourning.

Fred Ritchin, photographer and dean emeritus of the International Center of Photography, and ECCHR General Secretary Wolfgang Kaleck discuss the  role graphic images have in photojournalism to raise political awareness.