The Human Rights Law Centre Summer School is a unique, expert-led programme aimed at people working in government, national human rights institutions, NGOs, international governmental organisation, legal professionals and academics, as well as interested students. the programme provides a small group with knowledge, skills and insight. Each Summer School is devoted to a specific aspect of effective human rights promotion and protection, with an emphasis on the practical application of human rights.
The Summer School is led by Professor Michael O'Flaherty, HRLC Co-Chair, and presented by leading international experts.
Summer School 2012
Protecting Human Rights through United Nations Mechanisms
11 June - 15 June 2012
The Human Rights Law Centre Summer School on Protecting Human Rights through United Nations Mechanisms runs from 11 June to 15 June 2012. The Summer School gives participants an insider's understanding of the mechanisms and equips them with the tools to best use the UN system for the protection of human rights. The focus throughout is practical and applied.
The School devotes sessions to the human rights treaty bodies (the reporting and individual communications procedures), the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Procedure, Special Procedures (UN human rights special rapporteurs, etc.), and the work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and its field presences.
Members of the 2012 Summer School faculty include:
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Richard Bennett, Chief of Staff, UN Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Sri Lanka, former head of UN Field Operations in East Timor, Afghanistan and Nepal;
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Rachel Brett , Human Rights and Refugees Representative, Quaker UN Office, Geneva;
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Professor Cees Flinterman, Former member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and member of UN Human Rights Committee;
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Marie-Eve Friedrich, Petitions Team, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Professor Michael O'Flaherty , Co-Chair of the Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham; Member of the UN Human Rights Committee; former head of various UN human rights field presences;
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Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan , former Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights;
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Professor Sir Nigel Rodley , Chair of the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex; Vice-Chair, Member of the UN Human Rights Committee; former Special Rapporteur on Torture
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Professor George Ulrich, Rector, Riga Graduate School of Law;
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Tanya Ward , Deputy Director, Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
The programme for Summer School 2012 is available here.
Please follow this link to download the Summer School leaflet as a pdf file.