Projects 2007
Date: 17 – 21 December 2007
Location: Human Rights Law Centre, Nottingham
Unit: Short Courses and Training
Core Staff: David Harris, Emilie Hunter, Laura Rogers
Funder: UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
Project Summary
HRLC organised a week of meetings and training sessions on human rights and criminal justice for a delegation of leading legal professionals from Kaliningrad, complemented by study visits to institutions of the British criminal justice system such as the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts, Victim and Witness Protection and the Crown Prosecution Service. Funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Dates: 19 - 30 November 2007
Location: Nottingham
Unit: Short Courses and Training
Core Staff: David Harris, Emilie Hunter, Caroline Przybylla
Student Research Assistance: Nele Bostoen, Sophia Soares, Ting Lu, Sofia Ashraf
Funder: Office of the Judiciary of Thailand
Project Summary
In 2007, HRLC developed and organised a two-week residential human rights training programme for 40 high level judges from the Judiciary of Thailand, designed around different thematic areas related to international human rights law and the criminal justice process, supported by practical study visits to key legal institutions in the UK. The Seminar was funded by the Office of the Judiciary of Thailand.
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Date: 9 November 2007
Location: Nottingham
Unit: International Criminal Justice
Core Staff: Olympia Bekou, Emilie Hunter, Will Lowe (Methods and Data Institute)
Funder: University of Nottingham Cross Disciplinary Research Group and Research Strategy Fund
Project Summary
In collaboration with the University of Nottingham Methods and Data Institute , in November 2007 the International Criminal Justice Unit organised an international conference, The International Criminal Court and the State, to address the role and impact of new technologies on the implementation and practice of the International Criminal Court system.
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Date: July 2006 - July 2007
Location: Nottingham
Unit: Business, Trade and Human Rights
Core Staff: Dr. James Harrison, Unit Head
Student Research Assistant: Alessa Goller
Funder: British Academy
Project Summary
This project scrutinised existing social impact assessments of international trade agreements from a human rights perspective, and developed guidance for the production of human rights impact assessments (HRIAS) of trade agreements in the future. For this purpose a catalogue of social impact assessmentswas created, an analysis of which contributed to two publications.
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Date: 2 - 13 July 2007
Location: London and Nottingham
Unit: Short Courses and Training
Core Staff: David Harris, Emilie Hunter
Student Assistants: Laura Rogers, Sophia Soares
Project Summary
A two week residential training programme was held for Iranian Family Court Advisors, which included academic study of relevant human rights and women’s rights standards, complemented by skills-based training and sessions with relevant UK experts in a range of relevant subject areas. Participants were provided with a range of tools to promote women’s rights in accordance with international human rights standards within the particular context of the family court system in Iran.
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Date: 15 - 19 April 2007
Location: Nottingham
Unit: International Criminal Justice
Core Staff: Dr Olympia Bekou, Dr James Harrison, Ms Emilie Hunter
Student Research Assistance: Lena Sherif
Funders: Government of Germany, Government of Netherlands, Government of United Kingdom
Project Summary
The fourth in a series of training and capacity building programmes on ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court provided training to 20 government officials and lawyers from the Middle East and North African region. Held in Nottingham in April 2007, the training programme considered a range of legal issues that national practitioners will face in connection with the ratification and national implementation of the Rome Statute, including advanced introductions to the operations and functions of the ICC system.
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