The FAU Research Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN) is an association of academics from various faculties and disciplines who contribute to research on regional, national, and international developments in the field of human rights. Here you will find information on our work as well as regular updates on current events and developments.
News
FAU Human Rights Award goes to Professor Xu Zhangrun

FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Honors Chinese Legal Scholar Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has awarded this year’s Human Rights Award to Chinese legal scholar, activist, and former professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Xu…
Human Rights expert Dr Teng Biao visits CHREN

Activist, lawyer and professor Dr Teng Biao at FAU CHREN A protagonist of human rights defense At a moment when the global legal order is under threat, the defence of…
Cooperation Partners
Since 2018, the FAU CHREN is a member of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI). The AHRI has more than 60 member organizations active in human rights research and education.
We are also internationally networked with university institutions that conduct research and provide further training on human rights:

We also maintain close cooperation at the national level with: