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Stephan Streuber (Computer and Information Science)
"Studying Collective Behavior using Virtual Reality"

Cornelia Klocker (Law / Postdoctoral Fellow)
"The European Court of Human Rights and non-discrimination: Exploring collective dimensions"

Abstract:

Although the European Convention on Human Rights does not contain group rights per se, the European Court of Human Rights had to deal with a variety of situations bearing a "collective dimension" so far. These situations include cases on armed conflict, the discrimination of ethnic groups in the education system and the limitation of free speech of the LGBT+ community, just to name a few. My past research focused on cases arising from armed conflict and affected groups such as ethnic minorities in the context of collective punishment. Now this research project proposes a study based on the Court's case law on non-discrimination and the groups it considers to fall within its scope in a broader sense. By analyzing the ways in which the Court has addressed groups in its non-discrimination case law and whether this approach is limiting or supporting rights held by groups on a theoretical level, this study aims to contribute to the body of group rights research from a practical perspective.