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Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

28 May-14 June 2002

The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the American University's Washington College of Law (WCL), Washington, DC, is a joint endeavor of WCL's Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and its International Legal Studies Program and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht University. The Academy offers a program of courses to meet the needs of, inter alia, legal practitioners; counselors in international relief agencies, government agencies, and international organisations; and law students specialising in human rights.

Courses offerings will include European Human Rights Law, Inter-American Human Rights Law, Skills, Values and Ethics in Human Rights Advocacy. This year for the first time, a core set of courses will be offered in Spanish.

Classroom curricula will be complemented by a series of distinguished lectures, workshops, career panels and visits to several international organisations and NGOs based in Washington, DC. Attendees may register for a Certificate of Attendance, or, if they are attending an ABA approved law school, they may apply for academic credit.

Level: graduate, professional

Location: Washington D.C., USA

Participants: lawyers or law students with a demonstrated interest in international human rights law. Other professionals in related fields with some academic or practical experience in human rights will also be considered to the program on a case-by-case approval. Candidates planning to take courses in English may apply to the Academy either for American Bar Association (ABA) approved credits or for a Certificate of Attendance. Candidates taking the courses in Spanish may apply only for a Certificate of Attendance.

Tuition, fee, lodging: For ABA credits: Tuition per credit $923 and $21 one-time student activity fee. Most courses are for 2 or 3 credits. For a Certificate of Attendance: One course - $1000; Two courses - $1600; Three courses - $2100. Note that tuition and fees do not include other expenses such as books, reading materials or housing. Lodging information available upon request. Registration takes place from 15 February-30 April 2002.

Contact Information:
Ms. Rakhi Sehgal, Program Assistant
Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
American University, Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 615
Washington, D.C. 20016-8084
USA
Tel: +1 202-274-4070
Fax: +1 202-274-4198
E-mail: hracademy@wcl.american.edu
Web: http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/hracademy