Derechos: Human Rights Listings

The International Institute of Humanitarian Law would like to announce:

Registration now open for the 9th Summer Course on International Humanitarian Law www.iihl.org

29 June to 11 July 2009 in Sanremo (Italy) and in Geneva (Switzerland).

The Course will include a study trip to Geneva, with visits to the United Nations Office (UNOG) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

At the end of the Course, all participants will be awarded a certificate of participation.

The Director of the Course is Prof. Michel Veuthey, Vice-President of the Institute and Associated Professor, IDPD, University of Nice, assisted by Patricia Panizzi, IIHL Sanremo, and Bertrand Loze, IIHL Geneva.

The registration fee amounts to 1.500 Euros. The fee includes tuition, lunch and coffee breaks during course days, transportation from and to Nice Airport, documentation, the study trip to Geneva (by bus, Sanremo-Geneva round trip and 2 nights accommodation in Geneva with bed and breakfast), and documentation in print and on a DVD as well as access to the library of the Institute, its technical facilities and entire documentation during the Course.

The registration form, the information sheet, and the provisional program of the course are available on the website www.iihl.org

The deadline for applications is May 15th.

For more information, please contact Patricia Panizzi at summer@iihl.org

The International Human Rights Academy is a Human Rights course of two weeks, organized every year in South Africa or in Europe under the auspices of six reputable universities from The Netherlands, Belgium, The Republic of South Africa and the United States of America.

The 7th International Human Rights Academy will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 until 31 October 2009. The various intensive courses that make up the Academy are designed to provide high quality legal education in comparative international Human Rights and in Humanitarian Law, with an emphasis on the practical aspects in various fields.

Strasbourg, 11-12 May 2009

Registrations reaching ERA before 11 April 2009 will be eligible for a 10% discount.

The objective of this seminar is to provide participants with the knowledge necessary to appear before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg. With the growing numbers of applications lodged before the Court, the Court becomes ever stricter concerning the fulfilment of the admissibility criteria. It is therefore indispensable for a defence lawyer to know and to respect them.

Rights & Democracy is currently accepting nominations for the John Humphrey Freedom Award, which is presented every year to an organization or person who has made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of human rights and democratic development. The award consists of a grant of $30,000 as well as a speaking tour of Canadian cities to help increase awareness of the recipient's human rights work. The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2009. To obtain information on eligibility criteria, consult our
Website: http://www.dd-rd.ca.

The Senior Counsel with HRW's Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program will have principal responsibility for investigating and analyzing U.S. counterterrorism policies and practices, developing HRW's response to them, and communicating HRW's policy recommendations to officials in the executive and legislative branches of the US government. The Senior Counsel will draft legal and advocacy documents targeted at government officials, the press, and the general public. S/he will also undertake research and prepare reports documenting U.S. counterterrorism practices. S/he will lead advocacy efforts relating to U.S. counterterrorism policies and practices with U.S. officials in Washington, DC, including by engaging new constituencies and building new alliances. The aim of this work is to maximize pressure for counterterrorism policies that respect internationally recognized rights. The position will be based in HRW's Washington, DC Office.

We are seeking an undergraduate or graduate student to assist in the writing and editing of annotations for our online Human Rights Education Library and to update human rights study guides.

The online Library contains over 2,000 free downloadable educational materials that are used by trainers, teachers and researchers to develop curricula and training programs, among other activities.

PAE Government Services, under contract for the US Department of State, is seeking to nominate qualified US-citizen applicants for a position within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE):

Human Rights Officer, Yerevan, Armenia
Senior Professional

Deadline for applications: 14 April 2009

Link to the full job description: https://www.osce.org/employment/show_vacancy.php?id=3264

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has unveiled its new guide for civil society actors - Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/NgoHandbook.aspx

The new user-friendly guide explains how the different United Nations human rights mandates and mechanisms work, and how members of civil society, such as human rights defenders, non-governmental organizations and academic institutions, can engage with them most effectively.

The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Polish Red Cross are co-organising the 27th Course on International Humanitarian Law from 29 June to 9 July 2009, in Warsaw Poland. Through lectures and case studies, participants will acquire a solid understanding of the law regulating armed conflicts.

The course in open to European- and North American-based graduate students and lecturers with knowledge of public international law, as well as to professionals dealing with IHL-related situations in their work.

To apply, please contact your Red Cross National Society before 15 May 2009. Contact details of National Societies can be found on the website of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: www.ifrc.org

Detailed information about the programme can be found here:
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/events-ihl-course-poland-210409

Description:
Start Date: July 2009
Location: New York City

The Center for Constitutional Rights, a public interest litigation and education organization, is seeking a legal worker to join the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative team.

The Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at CCR resulted from the Supreme Court victory in Rasul v. Bush in June of 2004 which asserted the right of Guantánamo detainees to challenge their detention. Since then, CCR has recruited and trained hundreds of attorneys from across the country and secured habeas representation in federal court for the vast majority of the men imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay. CCR has been a leader in both coordinating this effort and in implementing the litigation, international advocacy and public education strategies for this human rights movement.

APRIL 2009

For more than 30 years, Human Rights First has worked in the United States and abroad to create a more secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law. Human Rights First believes that building respect for human rights and the rule of law will help ensure the dignity to which every individual is entitled and will stem tyranny, extremism, intolerance, and violence.

Human Rights First protects people at risk: refugees who flee persecution, victims of crimes against humanity or other mass human rights violations, victims of discrimination, human rights advocates who are targeted for defending the rights of others, and those whose rights are eroded in the name of national security. Human Rights First is practical and effective. We advocate for change at the highest levels of national and international policymaking. We seek justice through the courts. We raise awareness and understanding through the media. We build coalitions among those with divergent views. And we mobilize people to act.