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Online Courses
Online Course on the topic of Holocaust and Human Behavior
Event Fee: 325 $
Location:
Online (http://www.facinghistorycampus.org)
Dates:
Training
Courses
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The International
Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
Website: http://ishr.ch/
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Course: Genocide,
state crime and the law (post-graduate)
One
semester, Semester 2 (annually)
Description: Examines the
differing roles played by law and legal process in the wake of genocide and
other forms of state crime. It will examine the limitations and potentials of
law in addressing mass harm, in particular analyzing the role of law in
societal reconstruction and reconciliation.
Teacher: Dr
Jennifer Balint (jbalint@unimelb.edu.au)
Website: http://www.criminology.unimelb.edu.au/staff/jennifer.html
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University
of Melbourne (Australia)
Course: Violence and
the Nation State (3rd Year Bachelor)
Semester
2 (annually)
Description:
Examines the role of the nation-state in promoting, regulating and carrying out
violence via case studies.
Teacher:
David Tait
Website: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/HB/1998/subjects/191-426.html
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University
of Manitoba (Canada)
Course: Criminology
and genocide: Power, Terror and the Camps (Department of Sociology)
Offered
annually: three months
Description: Course
has the objective to explore the possibility of a criminological approach to
genocide.
Teacher:
Andrew Woolford (contact: Andrew_Woolford@unmanitoba.ca)
Website: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/sociology/media/woolford7450outline2007_08.pdf
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Course: Crimes in International Criminal Law
Course
offered annually, master level
Description: The aim of
this course is to provide in-depth insight into the elements of the four core
crimes: aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as they have
been developed in international treaties, customary International Law and
International and National Case Law. Each crime is discussed in detail in one
or two consecutive lectures. Some historical background is given and the
current definition of each crime is discussed mainly on the basis of the ICC
Statute and case law of the ICTY and the ICTR.
Teachers: Dr. Larissa van den Herik,
Dr. Jean D’Aspremont
Website: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=25&c=92#RGL07/08
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Course: Causes of Gross Human Rights Violations
(Faculty of Law)
8 week
course, offered annually (April-June), master level
Description: The
focus of this multi-disciplinary course will give more insight in the causes of
gross human rights violations by studying the role of the three main actors
involved in gross human rights violations: 1. perpetrator, 2. victim, 3. bystander. Who are these perpetrators? Why do they
commit their crimes? Can everybody become a perpetrator? Are
some of the main questions to be Answered during the
course. Case studies include for example the Greek torture school (1967-1974)
and
Teacher:
Fred Grünfeld
Website: http://www.unimaas.nl/default.asp?template=werkveld.htm&id=VV1A5GG14R06524N1N6U&taal=nl
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Sciences
Po, Paris (
Course: Génocides (Affaires Internationales) (French)
Offered
annually in the Fall semester (October-January) Master
Level
Description:
This course uses case studies and comparative studies to give a general
overview of the mechanisms involved in genocides. It attempts to understand the
development of the latter and will use primarily psychological and legal
approaches.
Teacher: Jaques Semelin
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Course: The Atrocity
Triangle: Perpetrators, Victims and Bystanders
8
week course, offered annually (November December), bachelor level
Description:
this course deals with causes of Gross Human Rights Violations and the linkage
between gross human rights violations and military conflicts in the world. The focus
is on both the perpetrators and the bystanders to these crimes This is done by an interdisciplinary approach and by the
analysis of different case studies.
Teachers:
Fred. Grünfeld
Website: http://www.ucm.nl/CourseCatalogue.pdf
(p.125 of course catalogue)
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Course: Psychologie
des auteurs et victimes d'actes violents (French)
Offered
annualy January-April, bachelor level
Description: First part of the course is an analysis of
different types of violent behavior in various aspects of the social life
(family, school, public transport etc). The course then discusses the limits of
what is considered normal, when do normal crimes develop into GHRV’s?
Teacher:
Pierre Thys (contact: pierre.thys@ulg.ac.be)
Website: http://progcours.ulg.ac.be/cocoon/cours/CRIM1216-1.html
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Course: Political
Crimes and State Violations of Human Rights (Part
of Master Program in European Criminology)
Second
semester (annually)
Description:
This course pays attention to a number of criminal types of behavior linked to
political motives. Actions by state institutions or actions that happen in the
consent of state institutions are examined with a specific focus on relations
with society or with individual citizens
Teachers:
Stephan Parmentier
Website: http://www.kuleuven.be/onderwijs/aanbod/opleidingen/E/SC_50445026.htm
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Course: International Criminal
Prosecution of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity
Course
offered annually, master level
Description: The
course offers an overview of international criminal prosecution of genocide,
war crimes, and crimes against humanity since World War II. Special attention
will be paid to the two international ad hoc tribunals (for
Teachers: Prof.mr. W.J.M. van Genugten, Mr.
Ch. Paulussen
Website: http://studiegids.uvt.nl/it10.vakzicht?taal=E&pfac=FRW&vakcode=600259&prol=d
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VU
University
Course: Perpetrators and Bystanders
12 week
course, offered annually in Second Semester, master level
Description: This
course will focus on the perpetrators of international crimes. These crimes
often stand out because of their extreme and atrocious nature and the mass
scale on which they are committed yet research has shown that the perpetrators
are ordinary people. In the course we will try to understand what transforms
ordinary people into perpetrators. We will study the laboratory experiments on
obedience by Milgram and the prison experiment by Zimbardo. But we will also focus on the specific political,
ideological and institutional context in which perpetrators operate. We will
discuss whether it is true that everyone can be trained to become a torturer.
Lastly we will focus on the role of the individual bystander and try to
understand why some people act and others do not.
Teacher:
Alette Smeulers
Website: http://www.rechten.vu.nl/
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Course: State Crime
(3rd year undergraduate)
One semester, Semester 1 (annually)
Description: This course examines the theoretical perspectives that
underpin criminological writings on state crime. Through case-study
material, state crime is shown to be diverse in nature, destructive in impact
and, for the most part, hidden. The course evaluates how state officials
join with other actors - including personnel from corporations, militia groups,
private contractors and trans-national financial bodies - to commit criminal
activity. The course also examines debates within the 'transitional justice'
arena. Students evaluate a range of practical and political issues such as the
role of amnesties, truth-telling, prosecutions, reparations and reconciliation
in the wake of state crime.
Teacher: Dr Elizabeth (elizabeth.stanley@vuw.ac.nz)
Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sacs/staff/stanley.aspx
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Course: Modern
Genocide and other crimes against Humanity (undergraduate lecture)
Spring
Semester
Description:
Analyses Emergence. Evolution, varieties and underlying
causes of and confrontations with Genocide and other crimes against Humanity in
the 20th century.
Teacher:
Omar Bartov
Website: http://courses.brown.edu/page.php?crn=22816
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Concentration: Holocaust
and Genocide Studies (Undergraduate Concentration)
Director:
Shelly Tenenbaum
Description:
The undergraduate concentration in Holocaust and Genocide Studies provides
students with solid grounding in the history of the Holocaust and other
genocides. Students also take a series of courses in a variety of disciplines to
ensure a critical, analytical and sophisticated understanding of the various
facets of these atrocities. The undergraduate program of study emphasizes
history while encompassing sociology, government, literature, film and
psychology.
Concentration
includes the following courses:
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Genocide/Lecture, Discussion
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The History of Holocaust to
1933/Lecture, Discussion
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Mass Murder and Genocide Under
Communism/Lecture, Discussion
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Armenian Genocide/Seminar
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Genocide since 1945: Explanations
and Preventions/Seminar
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The Jewish Experience/Lecture,
Discussion
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The Holocaust Perpetrators
Website: http://www.clarku.edu/academiccatalog/program.cfm?id=5&c=1
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Clinical Course: International War Crimes Research
Clinic
Duration: 1
Semester (Spring)
Description:
Students undertake research and submit legal memoranda to assist the Office of
Defense of the
Teacher(s):
No specifications
Website: http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/careers/employers/why_cornellian/clinics.cfm#CP_JUMP_1681
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Course: The Politics of Genocide: Hitler, the Allies,
and the Jews
Fall, Spring
Semester
Description: The
course will describe and analyze Nazi policy toward Jews from the time of
Hitler's rise to power in 1933 until the end of WWII in 1945. It will further
look into the interplay between ideology, strategy and politics in Nazi Germany
and among the Allies, not only in Europe, but also the United States and
Palestine
Teacher:
Prof Shlomo Aronson, visiting Professor from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Website: https://fp.arizona.edu/judaic/jus_courses/jus_396h.htm
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Minor: Holocaust, Genocide and Peace Studies (HGPS)
Description: The
minor program in HGPS is designed to connect ideas and experiences by focusing
on social, historical, philosophical, political, cultural, and ethical issues
in a wide variety of disciplines. Students are challenged to think critically
and to examine the assumptions concerning issues of Holocaust, genocide, and
peace. All courses will have a strong writing and communications component.
Teacher:
Dr. Viktoria Hertling
Website: http://www.unr.edu/chgps/hgps/
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Course: Genocide: A Psychosocial Perspective
Description: The
Holocaust, the genocides in Turkey, Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda, the
disappearances in Argentina, the death squad killings in El Salvador, violence,
torture, the mistreatment of human beings. All of these raise questions about
evil. This course will examine the psychological, cultural, and societal roots
of human cruelty, mass violence, and genocide. We will examine the questions of
what enables individuals collectively and individually to perpetrate
evil/genocide and examine the impact of apathetic bystanders on human violence.
Teacher: L.M.
Woolf
Website: http://www.webster.edu./~woolflm/psgenocide.html
University
Masters
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Master: European
Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization
Duration:
Two semesters (offered annually) (Sep-Jan in
Description:
intensive one-year academic program to educate professionals in the
field of human rights and
democratization, and
provide its graduates with practical work experience. It is a multidisciplinary
program that reflects the indivisible links between human
rights, democracy, peace and development.
Teacher(s):
Distinguished scholars from all 39 participating universities
Website: http://www.emahumanrights.org/
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Master: Master of Advanced Studies in International
Humanitarian Law
Description: The Academy has been offering since 2002 the only available
master’s programme that provides complete training in the legal field related
to armed conflicts and emergency situations. It allows students to specialise
in branches of international law such as international humanitarian law,
international law relating to the use of force and peacekeeping, international
law of human rights, international criminal law and refugee law. To implement
this programme, the Academy has developed numerous partnerships with
international organisations based in
Website: http://www.adh-geneva.ch/
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Master: Joint European Master of Genocide Studies (MA)
Description:
This postgraduate degree is anchored in a set of
values that challenge the murderous thinking behind genocide – which always
involves the designation of others who must be eliminated because they do not,
supposedly, belong in a given society. It will equip you with the knowledge,
understanding and skills needed to make that challenge more effective and
successful.
The Joint European MA in Genocide Studies is a unique inter-disciplinary
postgraduate degree programme. The first of its kind in Europe, it will be
taught simultaneously in four universities:
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•
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• Collegium Civitas in
You will take courses in at least two of these universities during an 18-month
study programme.
Website: http://www.kingston.ac.uk/pggenocidestudies/
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Master: Holocaust
and genocide studies (in Dutch) (Faculty of history)
Description:
This master takes an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to genocide.
The main emphasis is on the genocides of the twentieth century, especially the
Holocaust and the genocide on
Coordinator:
Johannes Houwink ten Cate
Website: http://www.studeren.uva.nl/ma-holo/
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Master: LLM Human
Rights & Criminology
One
year, plus an additional semester to complete dissertation
Description:
This unique, interdisciplinary masters degree focuses
on the relationship between criminology, criminal justice, and the law and
principles of human rights. It explores the human rights standards applicable
to criminal justice institutions, and the study of human rights violations of
criminal behavior.
Courses
include:
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Democratic values and international
law
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International Criminal Law
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International Law of armed conflict
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International Law of Human Rights 1
+ 2
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Human Rights Violations
(undergraduate level) by A. Ward http://www.courses.hull.ac.uk/modules/0607S1/22118.html
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Restorative justice
Website: http://www.hull.ac.uk/law/courses/pg/llm_hrcrim.html
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Master: International
Organisations, International Criminal Law and Crime Prevention (LL.M)
Description: The Master of Laws in “International
Organizations, International Criminal Law and Crime Prevention”, is jointly
organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Turin and the United
Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute – UNICRI. The LL.M
is designed for those who seek a deeper understanding of International Criminal
Law and crime prevention, their implementation and the activities of
international organizations and tribunals in this area. The program will offer
students a combination of academic training and practical experience in an
unparalleled setting. It aims to provide an in-depth knowledge of the
theoretical and practical international instruments and tools for the
prevention and punishment of international and transnational crimes such as
terrorism or trafficking in persons.
Website: http://www.unicri.it/wwd/llm/index.php
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University
Master: Conflict Studies and Human Rights (MA)
Description: During
the last two decades, the world has witnessed a multitude of violent conflicts
that have affected people all over the globe. Millions of people have been
killed and many more have been forced to flee because of war. Societies have
been disrupted and economies have come to a standstill. Armed conflicts
continue to threaten the lives, livelihood, and future of millions of people.
The MA in Conflict Studies and Human Rights focuses on these contemporary
conflicts and on associated human rights issues.
Website: http://www2.let.uu.nl/Solis/homelet/master/conflict/
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VU
University
Master: Law and Politics of International Security
(LL.M)
Description: This
interdisciplinary one-year Master's programme gives students with backgrounds
in international law or social sciences, the opportunity to specialize in an
increasingly crucial field of studies. The programme offers a multidisciplinary
approach to the rapidly changing field of international peace and security. It
includes topics such as the United Nations system of collective security, the
transformation of war (including catastrophic terrorism and other forms of
political violence), human rights protection, the development of international
criminal tribunals and humanitarian law.
Coordinator:
W. Werner
Website: http://www.rechten.vu.nl/
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VU
University
Master: International Crimes and Criminology (MSc)
Description: The
programme aims to examines international crimes from
various perspectives. Its goals is to measure and map this type of criminality;
to define and conceptualize these crimes; to look at the consequences and
calculate the costs; to study the causes and analyze ways to effectively
prevent, stop and react to this type of criminality. The approach taken will be
multi- and interdisciplinary. Students will have to master elements of various
scientific fields such as criminology, law, political science, sociology,
psychology, history and philosophy. The focus will be on individuals, groups,
states and the international community and their interaction.
Coordinator:
A.L. Smeulers
Website: www.vu.nl/ICC
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The
Ph.D. Program: Graduate Studies Program
Description:
The Ph.D. program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies offers students a range of
courses covering a spectrum of topics pertaining to the history of the
Holocaust and other genocides. The goal of the Ph.D. program is to train
students in the historiographies of the Holocaust and genocides, and to teach
them to do independent research. Graduate training differs from undergraduate
education in that in graduate school the student is expected to achieve a
deeper understanding of his or her area of specialization, to become closely
familiar with the relevant methodologies and historiography, and to develop the
skills necessary for independent research.
Director:
Deborah Dwork
Website: http://www.clarku.edu/departments/holocaust/grad/grad_index.cfm
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Master: Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MA)
Duration: 1
year
Description:
The Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies is an interdisciplinary
program that specifically studies the Holocaust and anti-Semitism and also
requires an exploration of other genocides. The core curriculum includes an
examination of the History of the Jewish People, the History of Anti-Semitism
and the Holocaust in Literature and Film. The program is unique in that it
emphasizes comparative genocides. Students examine at least two genocides and
can choose to focus on the Armenian Genocide, Genocide on the African Continent
(Colonial), Genocide in
Teacher: Dr.
Bernard Weinstein
Website: http://www.kean.edu/~keangrad/grad_CHSS_hgs.htm
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The
Master: Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MA)
Description:
The Holocaust is studied in its setting, with reference to the Jewish civilization
that was destroyed, and with regard to its impact on subsequent Jewish life and
culture. Many of the leading scholarly interpreters are present: on Stockton's
teaching staff; as visiting specialists; through cooperative arrangements with Yad Vashem, the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum, and other major centers of research and publication;
and through extensive book and video collections.
Teacher:
Marcia S. Littell
Website: http://talon.stockton.edu/eyos/page.cfm?siteID=73&pageID=116&program=MAHG
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Master: Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MA)
Duration: 1
year
Description: This
Master of Arts degree in Holocaust and Genocide Studies has been developed in
order to help scholars pursue the study of the Holocaust and other genocides
and to seek answers as to how they may be prevented. Because this study
involves more than the history of the development of genocides, various
departments are supplying courses that provide greater understanding of the
forces leading to them.
Teacher:
Dr. Jonathan Friedman
Website: http://www.wcupa.edu/_academics/holocaust/ma.htm
Summer Schools and Seminars
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Advanced Course on the International Protection of
Human Rights
Description:
The course aims at providing a profound insight into, and analysis of, the
system of international human rights protection in the light of contemporary
problems and relevant case law. The course is composed of lectures, case
studies in working-groups, seminars and an optional essay. The first week of
the course will concentrate on the European framework, and the second week on
international developments.
Website: http://web.abo.fi/instut/imr/courses/advanced/2009/info09.htm
2 to
International Summer Course on Genocide:
Never Again? Genocide in
Description: After
the horrors of the Holocaust, the international community drafted the UN
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and
pledged "never again" should such evil strike humanity. The pledge
proved empty; numerous cases of genocidal violence
followed.
Website: http://www.teol.ku.dk/cas/summer_courses/genocide/
20 to
"Towards
critical restorative justice practices"
Barcelona , Spain
Description: The purpose of the summer
school is to:
- Provide a supportive environment for restorative justice trainers and
practitioners in which to share their perspectives on critical issues that
confront the field of restorative justice practice
- Explore and adapt the European Forum recommendations on the training of
mediators in criminal matters
- Motivate trainers and mediators to have more international exchange.
Website: http://www.euforumrj.org/Activities/schools.htm
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Sessions on Human Right Law
Description: The sessions
are designed to provide high-level courses for students and are given by
leading authorities in the respective fields, both from the world of practice
and academia. Subjects of the courses are o.a. the
reparation of victims from war crimes, the role of the European Court of Human
Rights in armed conflict, the role of Human Rights Law in new types of armed
conflict
Teachers: o.a. A. Cassesse, L. Caflisch, O. Ben-Naftali.
Website: http://www.iue.it/AEL/SummerCourses/Index.shtml
22 June –
Summer School on International
Criminal Law
Description: The
focus of the Summer School will be on International Criminal Law. Invited
speakers are professors in international law and practitioners from the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Website: http://www.grotiuscentre.org/com/doc.asp?DocID=276
Marie Curie Top Summer School on International
Criminal Law
Description: Highly
respected academics and practitioners as well as prominent diplomats will
provide the training and tutoring and enhance students to discuss about current
topics of International Criminal Law. Topics that will be discussed are: Complementarity, Inability and Unwillingness (ICC Statute),
Alternative Accountability Mechanisms, Aspects of Prosecutorial Discretion,
Proliferation of Tribunals and Courts, Participation of Victims.
Website: http://www.grotiuscentre.org/com/doc.asp?DocID=333
21-
Justice
Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches
Description:
The aim of this annual IHRN training programme is to enhance skills of
participants in applying Human Rights Based Approaches to Justice Sector
Reform. It will facilitate the development of knowledge and
skills regarding the legal principles, policies and practice underpinning human
rights based approaches to justice sector reform. The inter-linkages between
justice sector actors, the relationship between the justice sector and related
terms. Human Rights Based needs assessment, programming tools and checklists.
Case studies from national contexts as well as international field
missions. And finally teamwork, advocacy and strategic
partnerships.
Website: http://www.ihrnetwork.org/hr-fieldwork_204.htm
17-
Description: Taught
by international experts in the field of Human Rights, the various intensive
courses that make up the Academy are designed to provide high quality legal education
in comparative international human rights and in humanitarian law, with an
emphasis on the practical aspects in various fields.
Website:
http://www.law.uu.nl/ihra/
Summer
Course on International Humanitarian Law
Description:
The course takes place over a period of 2 weeks, the last 3 days being spent in
Website: http://iihl.org/site/5442/default.aspx
27
July –
Public
International Law
Description:
This summer programme enables students all over the world to meet "great
names" of international law and to attend courses of a very high level.
The "summer courses"
also provide an opportunity, in the city which has become the "Capital of international law",
to have contacts with the International Court of Justice, the international
criminal courts, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, the Bureau of the Permanent
Court of Arbitration, the Conference on Private International Law, and other
institutions.
Website: http://www.hagueacademy.nl/?summer-programme/public-international-law
20-
Annual summer school on the
International Criminal Court
Description:
The Summer Course on the International
Criminal Court is offered by the Irish Centre for Human Rights. At the end of
the intensive course, students can expect to have an excellent working
knowledge of the establishment of the Court, its applicable law, structures and
operations. Lectures also speak to related issues in international
criminal law, including universal jurisdiction and immunities.
Teachers: o.a: H. Friman,
R. Murphy, W. A. Schabas, M. Scharf,
S. Williams
Website: http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/icc_summer_school.html
Summer Course on Human Rights
Description:
Human rights become real only when proper mechanisms exist for protection and
enforcement. This Summer Course on Human Rights focuses on the universal and
regional systems of human rights protection. Attention will be paid to
procedures and institutions for human rights monitoring at the universal and
regional level, their co-existence and effectiveness.
Website: www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/humanrights/course.html
6-
Graduate
Study Programme
Description:
The theme for the 47th Graduate Study Programme will be: “The United Nations: Working to Reduce the
Impact of the Economic Crisis on Human Rights, Development and the Environment. ”The programme will focus on the role the UN plays
or can play in seeking multilateral solutions to global issues, such as those
mentioned in this year’s theme. The programme will consist of an intensive
three-week series of lectures and panel discussions focusing on United Nations
activities. Participants will also meet in working groups to formulate
conclusions and proposals of their own. The working groups will prepare a joint
report based on their research and study at the end of the Programme.
Website: http://www.unog.ch/80256EDD006AC19C/(httpPages)/8E865A1942E8E45B80256EF30034C255?OpenDocument
12 July-
Summer School in International Human Rights Law
Description:
The course examines the philosophy, history, doctrine and practice of
international human rights law. The programme offers an introductory course on
the fundamentals of international human rights law, an advanced seminar on
human rights lawyering and afternoon electives that address important
contemporary issues in the field. The aims of the programme are to develop
participants' advocacy and dissemination skills, as well as their formal
knowledge of human rights law and the means for its enforcement. More broadly,
the programme is intended to prepare students to contribute to the improvement
of human rights conditions in their homelands and around the world.
Website: http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/SSIHRL/index.php
9-
Description: The
Website: http://www.salzburglawschool.com/
6 June –
Summer
Institute for Global Justice -
Description:
Taught by prominent experts in the field from Europe and the United States,
including Distinguished Visiting Jurist David Crane (former Chief Prosecutor of
the Special Court for Sierra Leone), the six-week program focuses on courses
related to comparative law and the international institutions located in The
Hague and Brussels.
Website: http://law.case.edu/summer-institute/
2-
Courses on International Criminal Law and
International Legal Approaches to Terrorism
Description:
The Summer Law Program in
Website: http://www.wcl.american.edu/hague/
Academy on Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law
Description: The 2009
Specialized Human Rights Program of the Academy will offers 10 courses in
English and
Website: http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/hracademy/humanrights.cfm?CFID=6575626&CFTOKEN=85214885
Seminars
in Christian Scholarship: Deliver Us from Evil: Genocide and the Christian
World.
Description:
“Deliver Us From Evil: Genocide and the Christian
World” will explore the role of the church as a social institution, with
institutional actors, and how it shapes a culture in which genocidal
violence may occur and how it responds to such a culture both during and after
the genocidal violence. Over a three week
period, participants will critically examine the role of the Christian churches
in 20th century genocide and the subsequent consequences for Christian thought
and practice in the contemporary world. Embedded throughout these
analyses are questions of the moral responsibilities of the institutional
church; the churches’ standing as manipulated or independent actors; how and
why churches become linked with power holders in genocidal
regimes; how institutional church leaders use rhetorical and theological
devices to develop religious justifications for genocidal
belief systems; the variability of institutional churches’ responses; the
motivations behind churches’ interventionist role in reconciliation after the genocidal violence, etc. Such questions remain keenly
relevant for church-state relations in contemporary international affairs – for
instance, the ongoing genocide in Darfur; the escalating violence in Zimbabwe
(about which church leaders are warning could reach genocidal
levels); and the recent move in Russia to coronate the Russian Orthodox Church
as the de facto official state
religion, reinforcing a nationalistic ideology while promoting state-sponsored
religious intolerance.
Website: http://www.calvin.edu/scs/2009/Waller/
June- August 2009 Centre
for Advanced Holocaust Studies,
Summer
Research Workshops for scholars
Description:
The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (CAHS) of the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) invites proposals from workshop
coordinator(s) to conduct two-week research workshop at the Museum during
June-August 2009. The Center’s Summer Research
Workshop program provides an environment in which groups of scholars working in
closely related areas of study can gather to discuss a central research
question or issue; their research methodologies and findings; the major
challenges facing their work; and potential future collaborative scholarly
ventures.
Website: www.ushmm.org/research/center/workshops/#workshop
Summer 2009 Harvard Summer School,
War
Crimes, Genocide, and Justice
Courses
run in traditional eight week settings
Description:
This course examines the legal regulation of warfare, including the historical
evolution of the law of war; war crimes and crimes against humanity, and their
punishment; the Geneva Conventions; the growth of international human rights;
and the concept of genocide. There will be an examination of the trial of Nazi
war criminals at
Website: http://www.summer.harvard.edu/2009/courses/31212.jsp
6-
The Thirteenth Annual Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization
Description:
The summer institute offers an intensive two-week course of study designed to
broaden and deepen the background of current and prospective Holocaust
educators. It is open to current faculty at the college or university level and
to advanced graduate students. The Institute curriculum consists of courses,
lectures, and seminars taught by leading scholars on the following themes: the
religious practice and history of the European Jews, problems in Holocaust
interpretation, the Holocaust in literature and film, the Holocaust and modern
thought, and the pedagogy of the Holocaust. In addition, the Institute
offers a rich program of guest lectures on occasional themes and of cultural
and recreational outings and events.
Website: http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/summernu/programs/holocaust.cfm
Spring
Semester
Seminar & conferences:
Genocide Studies Program
Spring
Semester (offered annually)
Description:
The Genocide Studies Program at
Seminars are
hosted by Yale Professors and visiting Professors (ex.
Website: http://www.yale.edu/gsp/