Human Rights Crimes, Norm Entrepreneurs, and the Implementation of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction in Germany. A Study on Human Rights Consciousness among Syrian Refugees

Project type
Third-party funded project
Links
Project webseite
Methods
Qualitative
Research fields
Human Rights Research; Migration Research; Peace And Conflict Studies
Objectives
Networking; Research; Transfer
Disciplines
Political Sciences
Topics
Civil Society Engagement; Self-Organization; Transnational Networks
Duration
–
Institutions
  • Zentrum für Konfliktforschung – Philipps-Universität Marburg leader
  • Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft – Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen partner
Persons
  • Prof. Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel leader
  • Maximilian Aigner editor
Geographical focus
  • Deutschland
Short description

The project investigates the scope, forms, and consequences of the expansion of human rights discourses among Syrian refugees in coming to terms with human rights crimes committed during the Syrian war. The focus is on how they appropriate discourses in which the validity of human rights is set as a legal, political, or moral premise, as well as how they negotiate these discourses and thereby shape practice. The discourses to be studied are initiated by various Syrian, German and/or international actors whose discursive practices are also analyzed.

The project is part of the interdisciplinary Research Group “Human Rights Discourse in Migration Societies” (MeDiMi). MeDiMi is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The overall project is coordinated at Justus Liebig University Giessen.

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