HRUG regular seminar: China’s Efforts and Contributions in Addressing Global Climate Change

On June 28, 2024, the HRUG regular seminar on “China’s Efforts and Contributions in Addressing GlobalClimate Change” was successfully held. The session was chaired by Joe Finnerty (socialpolicy analyst, School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork,Republic of Ireland) and was lectured by Prof. Guo Zhenwei ( School ofGeosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University). Prof. … Read more

Law – A Set of Contradictions

The importance of the rule of law is frequently emphasised – and there are surely good reasons for such emphasis; this remains valid even if it is widely accepted that the application and even the process of law making are biased, oriented towards securing the status quo not least of inequality; importantly, the role of … Read more

Righteousness and Justice – Individual and Society

It seems that it has never been as valuable as today: the protection of privacy and the right to freedom of speech. While this is in general terms appreciated, it is in reality often treated in a rather casual manner, already since a long time. Leaving control of letters, telephone tapping and other intelligence measures … Read more

Answering Society and Humanity under Threat – The Value of Law, Expertise and Opinion

There are obviously two major, and somewhat opposed, developments putting humanity and the way humans organise themselves to test: on the one hand we find the development of digitalization and so-called artificial intelligence, questioning the independence and exceptionality of humankind; on the other hand, nature and the perception of nature respectively are equally putting humankind … Read more

Model Constitution?

23rd of Mai Germany celebrated the 75th anniversary of the constitution – that is what they say. It is interesting how casually data is handled. In fact, the Basic Law had been originally seen as temporary – and as such agreed upon; only layer, after the former GDR had been taken over, had been taken over, the … Read more

Freedom

It is again and again emphasised the freedom is one of the core values and right of human beings and central middle of societies and society to togetherness. The meaning of freedom, however, remains often unclear and what is more, conditions behind freedom not really investigated, at least in a deeper meaning – going beyond … Read more

UPCOMING HRUG REGULAR SEMINAR ON MAY 6TH

Topic: Community matters – law and pre-legal/informal settings. Presenter: Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Professor and Principal Investigator, Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute and Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2023 Chinese Government Friendship Award. He focuses on the ecological habits of large mammals in Asia, working with local communities in remote areas of … Read more