HR Summer Course Announcement: Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, September 2001
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Subject: HR Summer Course Announcement: Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, September 2001
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HR Summer Course Announcement
Summer Course
The European System of Human Rights Protection
10 - 22 September 2001
Europa-Universität Viadrina
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
This Summer Course, held in English, will deal in detail specifically
with the European system of human rights protection. Although there
are numerous summer courses and other special study programs within
Europe on human rights protection, this course provides an integrated
treatment of the various supra-national European systems and of
specifically European issues of human rights protection, that is, with
important matters relevant to over forty European countries with very
diverse political, economic and social systems. The subject matter,
therefore, includes human rights protection within the regimes of the
Council of Europe (the European Convention of Human Rights and the
European Social Charter), the European Community, the Organisation for
Security and Co-operation in Europe (Helsinki Accords), as well on the
niversal level of public international law where relevant. The
treatment of the substantive regimes and their specific rights
catalogues is set against the background of a consideration of the
philosophical, historical, political, economic and sociological
aspects of human rights, and includes practical institutional matters
such as complaint procedures as well as developments such as the
so-called 'New Rights'. Practical and contemporary issues, such as the
protection of human rights in situations of war or civil disorder,
will also be addressed.
This comprehensive course has been organised by and will be presented
by a dedicated group of experienced and experts teachers from
universities in eleven European countries, co-ordinated by the
Viadrina European University Frankfurt (Oder) (Germany). The other
participants are the Universities of Lund (Sweden), Oviedo (Spain),
Utrecht (Netherlands), Turku (Finland), Aberystwyth (United Kingdom),
Rennes I (France), Uppsala (Sweden), Lublin (Poland), Maribor
(Slovenia), Eötvös Lórand Budapest (Hungary) and Salzburg (Austria).
The program in broad outline includes the following:
Part I: General and Institutional Issues: overview of regimes and
institutions; philosophical, conceptual, sociological and historical
aspects; issues of national implementation; control procedures; the
role of non-governmental organisations.
Part II: Substantive Human Rights: civil and political rights; the
right to work; the rights to health and to development; the right to
self-determination and minority protection; non-discrimination;
migration and refugees.
This course is designed for advanced undergraduate students or recent
graduates from all countries of both Western and Eastern Europe and
aims at providing them with an opportunity to expand their knowledge
of human nights law and policy within the transnational European
context. Participants are expected to attend for the whole duration of
the program.
Participating students must:
- have a good working knowledge of English;
- be at an advanced stage of their studies or recent graduates;
- have at least a basic understanding of public international law.
Participants from international organisations or NGOs are also
welcome.
The total fee for the program is DM 850. This charge includes:
- full tuition costs;
- accommodation for full period of the program (14 nights
accommodation);
- all meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) Monday-Friday throughout both
weeks of the program.
In cases of demonstrated need (especially in the case of students from
Eastern European Universities), a small scholarship may be provided
(subject to funding availability). Further details can be obtained on
request by e-mail or fax.
For more information please refer first to our homepage:
http://www.hrcourse.euv-frankfurt-o.de
To contact the course administration for information not available on
the homepage, please email to: [email protected]
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