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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The DAVO Committee on Academic Freedom (DAVO-CAF) <\/strong>is committed to monitoring and defending academic freedom in research, teaching, and learning related to the study of the contemporary Middle East\/West Asia and North Africa, both in the German-speaking academic sphere and globally, including institutions within the region. More information on DAVO-CAF can be found in Section 16 of the DAVO Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As stipulated therein, the DAVO-CAF\u2019s work is grounded in the constitutional guarantee of freedom of art, science, and research (GG, Article 5, paragraph 3), as well as the 1997 UNESCO \u201cRecommendation concerning the Status of Higher Education Teaching Personnel.” It interprets academic freedom as \u201cthe right to teach and discuss freely without restriction by any prescribed doctrine, to conduct research and disseminate and publish the results freely, to express one’s opinion freely about the institution or system in which one works, free from institutional censorship, and to participate freely in professional or representative academic bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The current spokespersons for the DAVO-CAF are Sevil \u00c7ak\u0131r and Nils Riecken. You can send inquiries to DAVO-CAF by email at academicfreedom@davo1.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The following statements are published in their original language without translation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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13.03.2026<\/strong>: Public statement: DAVO-CAF, the Alliance for Critical Scholarship in Solidarity (KriSol)<\/a>, and the Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics (PJA)<\/a> express their concern regarding recent developments at the Hertie School and within the Hertie Foundation in response to the resolution adopted by the Hertie Student Representatives: \u201cResolution to Endorse the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Campaign and to Divest Hertie Student-Controlled Funds from Organizations Complicit in Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)\u201d >> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

12.03.2026<\/strong>: Public statement: Open letter in support of the symposium \u201cOn the critique of freedom and its repression\u201d >> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

20.01.2026<\/strong>: Public statement: The BRISMES-CAF and DAVO-CAF strongly condemn the Israeli military attack on Birzeit University on 6 January 2026. >> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

20.01.2026<\/strong>: Supporting statement for the film screening at the D\u00fcsseldorf Art Academy with internationally renowned artist Ms. Basma al-Sharif. >> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

18.11.2025<\/strong>: Public statement by the Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics (PJA)<\/a>, the Alliance for Critical Scholarship in Solidarity (KriSol)<\/a>, and DAVO-GfW on the cancellation of the LMU event \u201cThe Targeting of the Palestinian Academia.\u201d >> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

17.11.2025<\/strong>: Statement by DAVO-CAF regarding the possible cancellation of the event \u201cThe Targeting of Palestinian Academia\u201d at LMU. >> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

12.11.2025<\/strong>: Joint statement with BRISMES, SeSaMO, and MESA on the cancellation of the symposium \u201cPalestine and Europe\u201d organized by the Chair of Contemporary History of the Arab World at the Coll\u00e8ge de France and the CAREP (Arab Center for Research and Political Studies) >> PDF<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The DAVO Committee on Academic Freedom (DAVO-CAF) is committed to monitoring and defending academic freedom in research, teaching, and learning related to the study of the contemporary Middle East\/West Asia and North Africa, both in the German-speaking academic sphere and globally, including institutions within the region. More information on DAVO-CAF can be found in Section 16 of the DAVO Statutes. As stipulated therein, the DAVO-CAF\u2019s work is grounded in the constitutional guarantee of freedom of art, science, and research<\/p>\n

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