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Rigmor Argren

Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences

Email: cmlnbW9yLmFyZ3JlbjtvcnUuc2U=

Phone: +46 19 303456

Room: L2513

Research subject

Legal Science

Research environments

LDA - Law, Digitalisation and AI

About Rigmor Argren

Rigmor Argren is Assistant professor of Public International Law and International Humanitarian Law at Örebro University. She has a Ph.D. in International Human Rights Law from Essex University (2012) and holds an LL.M. degree in International Human Rights Law from Essex University (2003) as well as a Master of Communications from Örebro University (2004). She also holds a Diploma in Humanitarian Leadership from the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership at the Deakin University (2014). She has published in Swedish and English, and her current research interest pertains to the intersection between international humanitarian law and other legal regimes such as international environmental law and international human rights law. In terms of substantial law, her work focuses on non-absolute rights with inherent limitations, such as the right to privacy and freedom of expression, including the right to information and new technologies.

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Publications

Articles in journals

Argren, R. (2024). Protection of biometric private life under the European Convention on Human Rights and the law of armed conflict. The Military Law and the Law of War Review, 62 (1), 61-88. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2024). What militaries need to know about data protection and the right to digital privacy/private life. International Review of the Red Cross. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2023). The Obligation to Prevent Environmental Harm in Relation to Armed Conflict. International Review of the Red Cross, 105 (924), 1208-1226. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. & Vaige, L. (2023). Vi talar om lagar – och med studenterna även om verkligheten. Texter om våld (1), 67-72. [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

Argren, R. (2024). Application of Article 18: Seeking to Uphold the Rule of Law under the ECHR. In: Rigmor Argren, Rule of Lawin a Transitional Spectrum (pp. 215-236). Uppsala: Iustus förlag. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2024). Teaching Law of Armed Conflict with Virtual Reality. In: Jean-Pierre Gauci; Barrie Sander, Teaching International Law: Reflections on Pedagogical Practice in Context (pp. 166-182). . Routledge. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2023). A Gender-Sensitive Reading of the Obligation to Prevent War Crimes Under the Law of Armed Conflict. In: Ivana Krstić; Marco Evola; Maria Isabel Ribes Moreno, Legal Issues of International Law from a Gender Perspective (pp. 91-112). . Springer. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. & Jonsson, J. (2023). Concluding remarks: Where to Next: Closing Gaps. In: Rigmor Argren; Jessica Jonsson, Child rights in humanitarian crisis: improving action and response (pp. 204-208). Abingdon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Jonsson, J. & Argren, R. (2023). Introduction: Children's crisis response in need of improvement. In: Rigmor Argren; Jessica Jonsson, Child rights in humanitarian crisis: improving action and response. Abingdon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2023). Making children's right to information meaningful in humanitarian crises. In: Rigmor Argren; Jessica Jonsson, Child Rights in Humanitarian Crisis: improving action and response (pp. 37-55). Abingdon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. , Evola, M. , Giegerich, T. & Krstić, I. (2023). The Evolving Recognition of Gender in International and European Law. In: Dragica Vujadinović; Mareike Fröhlich; Thomas Giegerich, Gender-Competent Legal Education (pp. 261-303). . Springer. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2023). Using the European Conventionon Human Rights to Shield Citizens from Harmful Datafication. In: Magnus Kristoffersson, Proceedings from the First Annual International FIRE CONFERENCE 10th–11th of November 2022, Örebro University, Sweden (pp. 43-60). Uppsala: Iustus förlag. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2021). Combatting Climate Change: A Matter of Human Rights. In: Eleonor Kristoffersson; Mais Qandeel, Law and Sustainable development: Swedish Perspectives (pp. 167-196). Uppsala: Iustus förlag. [BibTeX]

Collections (editor)

Argren, R. (ed.) (2024). Rule of Law in a Transitional Spectrum (1sted.). Uppsala: Iustus förlag. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (ed.) & Jonsson, J. (ed.) (2023). Child Rights in Humanitarian Crisis: improving action and response (1ed.). London: Routledge (Routledge humanitarian studies ). [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Argren, R. (2024). Disinformation and other Harmful Communication: Safeguarding Freedom of Expression while Harnessing Risk in the Post-truth Era. Paper presented at Workshop on Disinformation, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, October 24, 2024. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2024). Military in Security Operations (MiSO) and Biometrics under the EU AI Act. Paper presented at Workshop on the law applicable to the use of biometrics by armed forces, Tallinn, Estonia, May 7-8, 2024. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2023). Permissive Use of Biometric Data in a Transitional Spectrum. Paper presented at The War Studies Research Centre (WSRC) of the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) and the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCD COE), Workshop on the law applicable to the use of biometrics by armed forces, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 25, 2023. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2023). The Complementary Application of International Human Rights Law and the Law of Armed Conflict. Paper presented at International Law Day, Umeå, Sweden, September 27, 2023. [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2023). The Complementary Application of International Human Rights Law and the Law of Armed Conflict. Paper presented at War and Peace in International Law – 2nd Edition: The Fate of Human Rights, Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary, September 29-30, 2023. [BibTeX]

Reports

Argren, R. (2025). Socialisering i upplevelsebaserad undervisning: En genomgång av Bolagsspelet 2003–2019. Örebro: Örebro universitet (Arbetsrapporter från Högskolepedagogiskt centrum 7). [BibTeX]
Argren, R. (2021). Kollegialt lärande i en rättsvetenskaplig praktikgemenskap – ett pilotprojekt. Örebro: (Arbetsrapporter från Högskolepedagogiskt centrum 4). [BibTeX]