Human Rights Summer Schools in Galway

The Irish Centre for Human Rights at the School of Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway is pleased to announce the updated details of their summer school programmes for 2013.

The International Criminal Court summer school 2013

17-21 June 2013, NUI Galway, Ireland

The annual International Criminal Court summer school at the Irish Centre for Human Rights is the premiere summer school specializing on the International Criminal Court. The summer school allows participants the opportunity to attend a series of intensive lectures over five days. The lectures are given by leading academics on the subject and by legal professionals working at the International Criminal Court. The summer school is attended by legal professionals, academics, postgraduate students and NGOs. Participants are provided with a detailed working knowledge of the establishment of the Court, its structures and operations, and the applicable law. Participants are also given the opportunity to network with the speakers throughout the week. Lectures also speak to related issues in international criminal law, including: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, the crime of aggression, universal jurisdiction, immunities, and the role of victims.

For more information and to register please visit our website at http://conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=199 or email iccsummerschool@gmail.com.

The closing date for applications is 31 May 2013.

Summer School in Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy

27th June to 6th July 2013, NUI Galway, Ireland

Following the success of the last seven years in Venice and Galway, this is the fourth year that this summer school is hosted in Galway jointly by the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUIG. Elements of the summer school include information on the fundamentals of human rights, how to raise awareness of human rights on camera, the development of ideas and how these ideas should be pitched. This year’s programme will feature the Human Rights Cinema Event on 5th and 6th July, organized in collaboration with Amnesty International, Ireland and Galway One World Centre, in order to give participants the chance to assist human rights films which forms a basis for critical discussion.

The closing date for applications is 30th April 2013. Limited scholarships available!

 For faculty and speakers, this year's program, and more information please visit www.chra.ie or email to info@chra.ie. All events associated with the summer school could be followed from our Face Book page, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Summer-School-in-Cinema-Human-Rights-and-Advocacy/128962737217375.

Summer School on Human Rights, Migration and Globalization

8 to 12 July 2013, NUI, Galway

The Irish Centre for Human Rights will host its inaugural Summer School on Human Rights, Migration and Globalization from 8 to 12 July 2013. The inaugural year’s subtopic is Defining and Promoting Human Rights of Migrants in an Era of Globalization. The five days of intensive sessions will be led by leading specialists including Professor Francois Crépeau, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. The Summer School will familiarise participants with the sources of migrants’ rights and the available protection mechanisms. It will also provide participants with an understanding of the major tensions underlying the issue of the protection of migrants’ rights and of how globalization shapes these tensions. The programme will include social activities that will allow participants to network with each other and the panel in a relaxed environment. The Summer School is open to anyone interested in the contemporary challenges of migration and human rights protection. Participants will have an opportunity to propose their research ideas for discussion.

For more information, please visit:  http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights

Please address any additional queries to: hrandmigrationsummerschool@gmail.com

The closing date for applications is 31 May 2013.