Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights is organizing the jubilee 20th International Summer School on Human Rights. The School will be held in Warsaw-Miedzeszyn, Poland, between 20 and 27 June 2009. The course is one of the Foundation’s oldest educational programmes.
The School is intended for human rights activists, university teachers and representatives of institutions from all levels of public administration dealing with human rights issues from Central, Eastern European and CIS countries. Unfortuntely the offer is limited only to those who have not yet participated in HFHR Summer or Winter Schools. The program is also open to university graduates or final-year university students. The program combines lectures and workshops on the historical and philosophical background of human rights, domestic and international systems of human rights protection as well as the applicability of rights of primary importance. The lectures will be given by renowned professors, university teachers and experts in the field of human rights and international law. English and Russian are the working languages of our Summer School.
Participants (65 people in total) will be chosen by a selection committee on a competitive basis. Out of 65 participants, 30 can attend the School free of charge (organizers will cover accommodation in double rooms and meals during the course). The other 35 people may participate in the School under the condition that they cover expenses themselves
The closing date for Summer School applications is 21 February 2009. For more information about the course and the recruitment procedure please see the HFHR website: http://www.hfhrpol.waw.pl/news196-en.html
