As a general rule, the HURI-AGE Programme undertakes twelve lines of research, which are planned through the different activities and actions composing the Programme and which correspond to the great challenges now existing in the field of human rights.

• Line 1: Rights in the ethical, political and juridical context
• Line 2: Organization and International Justice
• Line 3: Democracy, Governance and Participation
• Line 4: Implementation and effectiveness of human rights
• Line 5: Multiculturalism
• Line 6: Science and Technology 
• Line 7: Humanitarian Action
• Line 8: Emerging Rights
• Line 9: Economic, social and cultural rights
• Line 10: Development and the Environment
• Line 11: Vulnerable Groups
• Line 12: Freedom and Security