ACADEMY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW INTENSIVE THREE-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 1-18 2004 The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is accepting applications through May 14, 2004 to participate in the 2004 summer program. Following is information about program and courses. Further details and applications are available on our web site at http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/hracademy INTRODUCTION The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is the only program in the world in English and Spanish that offers three weeks of intensive summer courses with world-renowned scholars and activists in the human rights field. The Academy is an innovative and diverse program tailored to meet the needs of counselors in international organizations, government agency workers, international relief agency workers, policymakers, NGO representatives, academics and students specializing in human rights. Each year, the Academy offers intensive, specialized courses on regional human rights law, universal human rights law, international humanitarian law, as well as other thematic courses. In addition to classes, the Academy offers panel discussions, on-site visits to national and international institutions in Washington DC, conferences by distinguished lecturers and human rights practitioners, and a film festival. In 2004, the Academy will be joined by distinguished professionals and human rights experts, who will teach the following courses: COURSES IN ENGLISH* - European Human Rights Law, Leo Zwaak, University Lecturer, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. (2 credits) - Women and International Human Rights Law, Kelly Askin, Director, International Criminal Justice Institute. (2 credits) - Regional Approaches to Human Rights Law: Africa, America, and Asia, Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Human Rights Principal Specialist, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS, Christof Heyns, Director and Professor of Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and David Kinley, Professor of International Law and founding Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Melbourne's Monash University. (2 credits) - International Justice and Domestic Accountability for Human Rights Violations, Cherif Bassiouni, President, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University, and Sandra Coliver, Executive Director, The Center for Justice and Accountability. (2 credits) - Human Rights Advocacy, Reed Brody, Special Counsel for Prosecutions, Human Rights Watch. (1 credit) - Terrorism and Human Rights, Tom Farer, Professor and Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, and former President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. (1 credit) - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Asbj=F8rn Eide, Former Director and present Senior Fellow of the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway. (1 credit) - International Humanitarian Law, Robert K. Goldman, Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law, and Brian Tittemore, Human Rights Principal Specialist, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS. (2 credits) - United Nations Human Rights System, Gudmundur Alfredsson, Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the University of Lund, Sweden and former staff member of the UN Centre for Human Rights, Geneva. (1 credit) - Teaching Human Rights: Design and Methods in Law School Clinics, Richard Wilson, Professor of Law and Director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic at American University. (1 credit) * English courses can be completed for academic credit or for a Certificate of Attendance. COURSES IN SPANISH - Inter-American Human Rights Law a) The Role of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Claudio Grossman, Dean and Professor, American University, Washington College of Law, and Claudia Martin and Diego Rodr=EDguez-Pinz=F3n, Co-Directors of the Academy and Visiting Professors, American University, Washington College of Law. b) The Role of the Inter-American Human Rights Court, Antonio Can=E7ado Trindade, President of the Inter-American Human Rights Court. - International Humanitarian Law, Alejandro Valencia Villa, Advisor, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia. - United Nations Human Rights System, Diego Garc=EDa Say=E1n, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Per=FA and member of the Assembly of the Andean Commission of Jurists and Fernando Mari=F1o Men=E9ndez, Professor of Public International Law, University Carlos III de Madrid. - Litigation and Activism in Human Rights, V=EDctor Abramovich, Executive Director, Center for Legal and Social Studies and Adjunct Professor, University of Buenos Aires, School of Law; and Felipe Gonz=E1lez, Professor of Law, University Diego Portales, Chile. - Impunity and International Justice, Jos=E9 Antonio Guevara, Coordinator Human Rights Program, Universidad Iberoamericana and Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court; and Federico Andreu Guzm=E1n, Senior Legal Advisor, International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, Switzerland. - The Right to Freedom of Expression, Santiago Cant=F3n, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights; and Eduardo Bertoni, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, Professor of Criminal Law, and Institute of Human Rights Scholarship Recipient, Columbia University School of Law. ACADEMIC CALENDAR Registration Ends: May 14, 2004 Classes Begin: June 1, 2004 Classes End: June 18, 2004 Exams for candidates applying for academic credit: June 21 & 22, 2004 TUITION AND FEES Certificate of Attendance One (1) course $1,050 Two (2) courses $1,700 Three (3) courses $2,200 Four (4) courses $2,600= Academic Credit Tuition Per Credit $1,067 Student Activity Fee $ 25 (one-time fee) Non-refundable $55 dollar application fee VISAS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Please note that because visa issuance may take up to 6 months, participants should contact the U.S. consulate in their home countries as soon as possible. For inquiries and requests for applications, please contact us at: American University Washington College of Law Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Prof. Claudia Martin and Prof. Diego Rodr=EDguez-Pinz=F3n Co-Directors 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016-8181 USA Tel: (202) 274-4070 Fax: (202) 274-4198 Email: hracademy@wcl.american.edu <3d.htm>www.wcl.american.edu/humright/hracademy Washington College of Law, American University Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), University of Utrecht, The Netherlands ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education@hrea.org>. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education/markup/maillist.php If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-hr-education@hrea.org>. **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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