Derechos: Human Rights Listings

Citizen Rights Lawyering (CRL) welcomes you to its monthly study session on international/domestic human rights law and practice.

The essence of these sessions are to teach and inculcate current but fundamental principles of human rights law.CRL aims to bring bare through these sessions current trends and development within this field.

For the citizenry, you are well informed of your right to enable same to be well defended when encroached. For the student you will learn of current jurisprudential and legal developments on specific areas of the session.

You would have the opportunity of inculcating opinions from seasoned teachers; opinions that will cut your wisdom tooth!For the Human rights worker you will learn of developments which may have effect on your work and importantly where necessary, essential skills.

For the law officer it is an important update on current best practise. As participation is not restricted to any specific region, our sessions are an important tool for networking between practitioners, students and citizens.

The next session will take place in London between 29-30 March, 2009.

For further details please call Ken on +442084386666 or e-mail events@citizen-rights-uk.org
Website: http://www.citizen-rights-uk.org/

SPECIALIZED HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM
Washington D.C., May 25 – June 12, 2009

The 2009 Specialized Human Rights Program of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law is now accepting applications.

The 2009 program will offer 17 courses, in English and Spanish, taught by 33 leading experts in the field. Participants can earn ABA credit, a Diploma or a Certificate of Attendance. The program brings together over 180+ participants, from more than 35 countries, with diverse backgrounds and levels of experience including law students, lawyers and human rights advocates.

Please visit our website at www.wcl.american.edu/hracademy for more information or contact us at hracademy@wcl.american.edu or 202-274-4070

Human Rights Fieldwork - Principles, Strategies and Skills

Dates: Sunday 31 May – Saturday 6th June 2009
Venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

The aims of this annual IHRN training programme are to explore the principles underpinning effective human rights fieldwork, enhance the skills of participants needed to carry this out safely before/during/after armed conflict, ensure that human rights fieldwork is relevant, effective, sustainable, participatory and accountable and raise participants' self-awareness of skills required to undertake international human rights fieldwork. The training programme is intended for development and humanitarian aid workers, civilian/military peace-keepers, NGO and IGO field staff.

Overview:

Evolution of international human rights law and implementation mechanisms relevant to human rights fieldwork

The full cycle of human rights monitoring from information gathering to stimulating sustainable progress in conflict/post-conflict environments

Case studies for monitoring the full spectrum of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
Interviewing and reporting techniques
Applying development programming to human rights fieldwork
Working with field partners, co-operating and building relationships
Personal preparedness including, safety/security, stress/trauma etc
Core field challenges, such as intercultural sensitivities, teamwork, leadership etc.

Application form and further information at: www.ihrnetwork.org/programmes-2009_203.htm

17 - 31 October 2009, Cape Town South Africa

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.

The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) is calling for applications for its 2009 Human Rights Advocacy and Business Capacity Building Program for advocates to be held in Bangalore, India from 13-20 July. The program aims to assist non-government and community advocates from Asia-Pacific countries and Indigenous Australia to respond practically to the challenges for human rights posed by the growing power and influence of corporations. Participants will explore how emerging human rights standards and codes of conduct relevant to corporations can be applied in practice by developing practical skills for holding business accountable to its human rights responsibilities, including research skills, lobbying and working with the media. The program will include a focus on the work of the UN SRSG on Human Rights and Business.

An application form and brochure of additional information about the program may be accessed via the dtp website (http://www.dtp.unsw.edu.au/). All applications must be received by DTP by 24 April 2009. Please distribute this email to your networks, colleagues and contacts who might benefit from the course. For further information please contact the Diplomacy Training Program by phone: (612) 9385-3549 or by email: dtp@unsw.edu.au.

SPECIALIZED HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM
Washington D.C., May 25 - June 12, 2009>

The 2009 Specialized Human Rights Program of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law is now accepting applications. Application due date is: May 1, 2009.

The 2009 program will offer 17 courses, in English and Spanish, taught by 33 leading experts in the field. Participants can earn ABA credit, a Diploma or a Certificate of Attendance. The program brings together over 180+ participants, from more than 35 countries, with diverse backgrounds and levels of experience including law students, lawyers and human rights advocates.

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.

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

The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Swiss Red Cross are co-organising the 22e Cours francophone de droit international humanitaire from 31 August to 9 September 2009, in Sion, Switzerland. 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.

The Washington Statistical Society Data Collection Methods and Human Rights Groups, and the Washington-Baltimore Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research are pleased to invite you to the seminar, "Is it Culturally Ethical? Human Rights Challenges in International Survey Research," to discuss examples from around the world of challenges faced in social and behavioral projects, along with the use and abuse of cross-cultural ethics, lessons learned and future considerations.

RSVP: If you are planning on attending this seminar, please email Carol Joyce Blumberg at carol.blumberg@eia.doe.gov. It is, however, fine to come to seminar without sending an RSVP.

Background on Seminar: In a global research world the need continues to arise for an umbrella of standards to shield human participants' rights and research ethics. When a team of survey researchers works on an international project where a mix of cultures, languages, or regions is handled, careful eyes should look at ethical and human rights issues. Although the basics of research ethics tend to seem simple, cultural considerations, differences of laws and regulations, level of vulnerability of the population, and many other factors add a twist to the situation. This calls for special handling due to inherent differences in the population of interest and their surrounding environment.

Speaker: Safaa Amer, Senior Statistician, NORC at the University of Chicago

Discussant: Mary Gray, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, American University

Chair: Michael P. Cohen, Senior Consultant, NORC at the University of Chicago

For further information, please contact Carol Joyce Blumberg at carol.blumberg@eia.doe.gov or (202) 586-6565.

Training: Aiding Survivors of Torture - Physical and Psychological Documentation of Asylum Seekers
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Physicians for Human Rights is pleased to invite you to a training for health professionals on how to diagnose, evaluate and document the physical and psychological after-effects of torture and other severe human rights violations.

There is no cost to attend this course. Registration is required to attend the course. Register at: http://actnow-phr.org/phr/events/nola_asylum_training/details.tcl

The International Institute of Humanitarian Law will hold the 136th Foundation Course in International Humanitarian Law (Law of Armed Conflict) at Sanremo, Italy from March 8th ­ 19th 2010. TThe course will be run in English with a class in Arabic.

For 2010 our Foundation Course has been completely revised and updated by a team of leading experts in the field to reflect the contemporary operating environment and the IHL challenges it poses to military forces and civilian personnel around the globe.

The Institute for Human Rights at Abo Akademi University organizes the
Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights from
16 until 27 August 2010, in Turku, Finland. The course aims at
providing a profound insight into, and analysis of, the system of
international human rights protection in the light of contemporary
problems and relevant case law. It is composed of lectures, case
studies in working-groups, seminars and an optional essay.

More information and application forms can be obtained from

http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/courses.htm

or from Ms Johanna Bondas (courses.imr@abo.fi)

Application deadline: 20 April 2010.