[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] CfA: Human Rights School for Future Decision Makers, 6-20.6.2002, Dubrovnik

[Agron Alibali]

  Secretarait BHRN <secretariatbhrn at yahoo.com> wrote: From Secretarait BHRN Wed Mar 13 05:26:16 2002
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From: Secretarait BHRN 
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 05:26:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [balkans] CfA: Human Rights School for Future Decision Makers, 6-20.6.2002, Dubrovnik



BALKAN HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK
SUMMER SCHOOL

HUMAN RIGHTS SCHOOL FOR FUTURE DECISION MAKERS
DUBROVNIK, CROATIA
6 - 20 JUNE 2002

ORGANIZER: BALKAN HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK
URL: www.balkan-rights.net/school2002June.htm 
Language of instruction: English
Project Co-ordinator: Marija Rudic
Belgrade Centre for Human Rights
Mlatisumina 26 / I
11000 Belgrade
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Tel: +381 11 308 5328 / 432 572
Fax: +381 11 308 5328 / 432 572
E-mail: marija at bgcentar.org.yu

Contact persons within the region:

MONTENEGRO

Dragan Prelevic
CEDEM
Mose Pijade 40, 81 000 Podgorica
Tel/Fax: 081 623 091
E-mail: dprelevic at hotmail.com


MACEDONIA

Ana Adamcevska
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
Dame Gruzev 28, 1000 Skopje
Tel/Fax: 02 119 073
E-mail: helkom at soros.org.mk


SERBIA

Marija Rudic
Belgrade Centre for Human Rights
Mlatisumina 26 / I, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Tel/Fax: 011 308 5328 / 432 572
E-mail: marija at bgcentar.org.yu


BIH

Dino Abazovic
Human Rights Centre ,University of Sarajevo
Zmaja od Bosne 8 street, 71 000 Sarajevo
Tel/Fax: 033 266 580
E-mail: secretariat at balkan-rights.net


CROATIA

Maja Hasanbasic
Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
Ilica 15/III, 10 000 Zagreb
Tel: 01 48 12 322
Fax: 01 48 12 324
E-mail: hho at zg.tel.hr

KOSOVO 
Behxhet Shala
Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms
Ylfete Humolli 5, Prishtina, Kosova 
Tel/Fax: ++381 (0) 38 249 006, 
++381 (0) 38 244 029
Mobile: ++377 (0) 44 500 502, 
++377 (0) 44 112 128
E-mail: office at cdhrf.org



ALBANIA 
Saverina Pasho 
Albanian Center for Human Rights 
Rruga "Kont Urani" No. 10
Tirana-Albania. 
Tel: ++355 4 230630/ 239922
Fax: ++ 355 4 239121
Mobile: ++355 382240606
E-mail : qshdnj at albaniaonline.net
kozara at albmail.com


Venue

Courses will be held in Dubrovnik both in the Hotel
Lero and in Inter-University Centre, from 6 - 20 June
2002.


Statement of purpose

At the dawn of the XXI century, the countries of the
south-eastern Europe have all faced the challenge of
strengthening democracy and creating a system based on
the rule of law and the respect of human rights and
freedoms. The successful shaping of such a system may
only be attained through continuous reform and
improvement in the quality of democratic institutions.
It will be the task of the young generation, mostly
educated during the previous years of wars, constant
crisis and outrageous mismanagement, to overcome the
lack of the democratic identity in their states'
judiciary, administration, law enforcement bodies, but
also to change the public perception of the individual
and collective rights and freedoms. 
The enhancement of the rule of law and creation of a
human-rights-friendly environment among the
prospective decision-makers in the region is a crucial
step towards democratisation and European integration.
The Balkan Human Rights Network has committed itself
to contributing to the realisation of these goals. 
BHRN strongly believes that young, educated and
successful individuals would be the key players in
entrenching the culture of human rights into Southeast
European countries' legal systems and practice. The
School of Human Rights for Future Decision-Makers aims
to provide participants with the necessary knowledge
and skills in the fields of human rights and the rule
of law. It is essential for proper human rights
education to focus not only on constitutional and
legislative issues, but to enable the participants of
the School to gain an insight into the political and
theoretical aspects as well as the culture of human
rights. Besides, suggestions will be made for the
practical steps that may be taken by the governments,
political parties, NGOs and professional associations
in the region, in order to improve the human rights
situation.
Along with international procedures for the protection
of human rights, special emphasis will be given to the
jurisprudence of the European Court for Human Rights
and decisions of the United Nations treaty bodies.
Apart from the specific rights and freedoms,
particular attention will be given to other
substantial issues, such as discrimination, religion,
overcoming the past. The emphasis will also be on the
comparative analysis of the human rights jurisprudence
and practice in the countries of the Balkans. 
In addition, three-day intensive Internet workshop
will be held as the extension of the regular School’s
programme. Information Technology Specialist has
designed the workshop and will be in charge for its
implementation. The purpose of this workshop will be
to provide students with the knowledge and skills to
use the Internet to accomplish individual and
organisational objectives, to utilise the results of
computer-assisted research in human rights field and
to develop and use skills to locate, analyse,
evaluate, synthesise and design resources and services
on the Internet related to human rights. 


Envisaged Topics:

• Introduction to the Idea of Human Rights and Human
Rights Law
• International Organisations and Procedures for the
Protection of Human Rights
• Comparative overview of legislation, jurisprudence
and practice in the region
• Discrimination / Endangered groups
• Individual Rights
• Culture of Human Rights
• Media and Human Rights
• Overcoming the Past and Looking Forward to the
Future - Issues for the XXI century

+ Internet workshops, case studies and role-plays.


Reading Materials 

Photocopies of relevant international human rights
instruments, articles and reports of various human
rights, both national and international,
non-governmental and governmental organisations
dealing with wide range of topics concerning the human
rights issues.
Publications of the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights,
other publications related to human rights, and
photocopies of articles and documents available in
Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian or English. 


Application requirements:

Successful postgraduate or final year students of
law, international relations, political science,
economics, or young parliamentarians, government
officials or officials of political parties, as well
as young persons involved in the work of NGOs are
encouraged to submit their applications for the Human
Rights School. Eligible candidates must be the persons
coming from: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.
The number of participants is limited to 30. The
successful candidates will be selected on a
competitive basis. Since the language of the School is
English, applicants should demonstrate strong command
of English and be able to follow lectures and
participate actively in discussions. 
The Balkan Human Rights Network will ensure the equal
gender and geographical distribution of the selected
participants.
The deadline for application is 25 March 2002.

Costs:

Balkan Human Rights Network will cover housing,
transportation and meals and visa costs. Additionally,
participants will receive a modest contribution to
their expenses during the School. 


How to fill out the Application Form:

If you are filling the Application Form on-line,
please use the following instructions:
• Download the Application Form and paste it to your
Desktop
• Fill out the Application Form (using Tab key)
• Attach the scanned picture
• Save the Application Form to your Desktop
• Attach the filled Application Form on the e-mail and
send it to the recipient

If you are using the printed version of the
Application Form, please fill it out 
in printed, capital letters, paste your photo and send
it via ordinary post to the relevant Contact Person.


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