The Helsinki Foundation For Human Rights (HFHR) will be organizing the 14th International Summer School on Human Rights in Poland in the period 6-14 September 2003. The School is intended for human rights activists, teachers and young lawyers from Central, Eastern European and CIS countries. (13 May, 2003)

We are pleased to inform you that the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights is organizing the 14th International Summer School on Human Rights. The School will be held in Warsaw-Miedzeszyn, Poland, in the period 6 – 14 September 2003. 

The School is intended for human rights activists, teachers and young lawyers from Central, Eastern European and CIS countries. Seventy persons will attend.

Our program combines lectures and discussions on the historical and philosophical background of human rights, domestic systems of protection of human rights, international systems of protection of human rights, and aspects of some selected rights:  rights of minorities, rights of refugees etc. (See: program). 

English, Russian and Polish are the languages of our Summer School. Ability to communicate well in one of the above languages is required.

Directly following the Summer School a seminar on free elections will take place on 15 – 16 September. Thirty Summer School participants will be admitted to this seminar from among those who declare interest. The seminar will deal with such issues as election systems and voting techniques, and above all, methods of election observation applied by non-governmental institutions. The seminar will be taught by specialists from the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights in Costa Rica. A detailed program will be sent to Summer School participants in July. Seminar languages: Russian and Spanish. 

The organizers will cover round-trip travel expenses (train or air – economy rates), accommodation in double rooms and meals.

Application forms you should send back to our Foundation by 22 June 2003 (deadline) by e-mail or post (please attach 1 page curriculum vitae and letter of recommendation from your organization).  Please note that the organizers will choose participants from amongst applicants: not all applicants will be accepted. Applicants will be notified by 31 July 2003. 

Relevant documents:

Program Coordinator: Adam Pyre
E-Mail: pyrek@hfhrpol.waw.pl

Address:  Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
ul. Bracka 18 m. 62 
tel./fax: (#048 22) 828 1008, 828 6996, 826 9875, 
00-028 Warsaw, POLAND