[ALBSA-Info] CfA: Human Rights and Human Wrongs in Southeastern Europe, 25.8.-8.9.2002, Ohrid

[Agron Alibali]

  Florian Bieber <bieberf at gmx.net> wrote: 
Subject: [balkans] CfA: Human Rights and Human Wrongs in Southeastern Europe,
25.8.-8.9.2002, Ohrid

Summer school title      “Human Rights and Human Wrongs in Southeastern Europe“
Country            Macedonia
Location            Ohrid
Course director      Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Benedek
Course Coordinator      Mag. Minna Nikolova

Organizers:      
European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Graz 
in cooperation with the Human Rights Focal Point of the University of 
Skopje and the Human Rights Centre of the University of Sarajevo

Contact Information      
      phone: + 43-316-380 3413/25
      fax: + 43-316-380 9455
      e-mail: summerschool2002 at see-hrc.net
      e-mail: lf at see-hrc.net
      e-mail: minna.nikolova at kfunigraz.ac.at

Discipline(s)       Human Rights
Course(s) Offered      
      1.Theoretical Human Rights Module (morning sessions)
      2.Moderated Topical Discussions, Workshops,
      case-studies and simulation games (afternoon sessions)
      3.Group assignments and Participatory exercises
      (final group project)
Dates (duration)       25 August - 8 September 2002
Language(s) of Instruction      English
Number of Participants      25 participants--advanced (graduate students), 
teaching assistants, lecturers, NGO trainers or junior scholars and 
researchers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, 
Montenegro and Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Albania;  exceptions 
can be made for outstanding candidates from Hungary, the Check Republic and 
Poland specializing in relevant SEE regional issues
Preferred academic background of applicants: law, political science and 
international relations, journalism, sociology, psychology, history, 
literature, arts, anthropology, economics or related disciplines




The summer course “Human Rights and Human Wrongs in South-eastern Europe“ 
25.08.-8.09.2002 in Ohrid, Macedonia will be taking place for second 
consecutive year and is envisioned as a two-week modular course of 
lectures, workshop discussions, case-studies, curriculum and project 
development exercises.  A general overview of the UN and the European human 
rights protection systems with an extensive focus on issues of importance 
to South-eastern Europe (Dayton Agreement, Kosovo Agreement, Stability 
Pact) will accompany the interactive methods for learning about human 
rights.  An analysis of the main human rights protection instruments at 
place, their applicability, effect and implementation in the South-eastern 
European context  will be discussed and assessed.  An important accent of 
the course will be the introduction of innovative HR teaching 
methodologies, role plays and the development of common project ideas by 
the course participants.

The topics which the course will cover are:
·      An introduction to the origins, philosophy and nature of the Human Rights 
concept
·      Identification of current Human Rights issues in South-eastern Europe
·      The universal and regional norms for Human Rights Protection in 
South-Eastern Europe
·      The Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National 
Minorities and Minority Rights Protection issues in the South-eastern 
European context
·      Ethnicity and Minority Rights Protection in South-eastern Europe
·      Discussion on the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees as well 
as issues related to refugee and internally displaced people flows and 
returns in South-eastern Europe
·      Organized Crime
·      Women’s Rights with a special focus on Violence against Women in 
South-eastern Europe
·      Civil Society and Human Rights in the Southeast European Context
·      The role of higher education in the development of Culture of Human 
Rights in South-eastern Europe
·      Human Rights education:  new technologies and innovative methodologies 
for teaching Human Rights
·      Human rights curriculum development workshop
·      Civil Society and Human Rights in a regional perspective
·      Venues for Regional Information and Documentation Exchange and Human 
Rights Centers/info points networking in South-eastern Europe
·      An introduction and debate on Human Security as an alternative and 
complement of the concept of national security
·      Human Rights Learning as Strategy for enhancing Human Security
·      Stability Pact and the perspectives for regional educational co-operation 
under Working Table I on Human Rights and Democratization

More information and application forms can be downloaded from:
www.see-hrc.net


Application DEADLINE:  1 June 2002


The Summer School is supported by the European Union, HESP Program of the 
Open Society Institute and the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs within 
the framework of the project Establishment and Networking of Human Rights 
Centers in Former Yugoslav Republics



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