Events and Announcements: May 8, 2016

Sponsored Announcements

• Admissions to the Venice Academy of Human Rights – Backlash against Human Rights? (4 – 13 July 2016), organised by the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) are open until 22 May 2016. The Venice Academy of Human Rights is a centre of excellence for human rights education, research and debate. The  Venice Academy provides an enriching forum for emerging ideas, practices and policy options in human rights research, education and training. It hosts distinguished experts to promote critical and useful research, innovation and exchange of current knowledge. The theme Backlash against Human Rights? – International and regional human rights systems have witnessed remarkably outspoken critiques that emphasise a movement back towards the nation State and national sovereignty. The European Court of Human Rights is occasionally openly criticised, if not attacked, for overstepping its competencies and intervening in national affairs. National supreme courts reassert their own status and authority. Professor Robert McCorquodale, Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London, is the General Course Responsible “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Dancing to the Human Rights Beat”. Developments in human rights in recent years have seen the expansion of obligations on states, the extension of human rights responsibilities to international organisations and corporations, and the application in situations of armed conflict. There have also been resistance to these advances by groups within and across states. This series of lectures will explore these types of advance and resistance, and the opportunities and dangers these may indicate for human rights protections. The enrolment fee for the Venice Academy of Human Rights is – 1320 EUR including accommodation in a single room from 3-13 July – 1050 EUR including accommodation in a shared double room from 3-13 July – 700 EUR without accommodation. The fee includes: tuition, lunches on class days (Monday-Friday), refreshments, social events, accommodation (if applicable).
  Theme: Backlash against Human Rights?
  Dates: Monday, 4 July – Wednesday, 13 July 2016
  Faculty: András Sajó (opening lecture), Robert McCorquodale (general course), Helen Fenwick, Mark Goodale, Geir Ulfstein
  Participants: Academics, practitioners, PhD/JSD and master students
  Type of courses: Lectures, seminars, discussion sessions and panel presentations
  Number of hours: 34 hours
  Venue: Monastery of San Nicolò, Venice – Lido, ItalyInterested candidates should register by compiling the online application form. For any query about the Venice Academy please contact us at venice.academy@eiuc.org.
• Admissions to the Venice School of Human Rights – Human Rights as Our Responsibility (24 June – 2 July 2016), organised by the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) are open until 22 May 2016, early bird 15 April 2016 with 10% discount. The Opening Lectures of the School will be held by Prof. Manfred Nowak, Professor at the University of Vienna and EIUC Secretary General, one of the most renowned human rights experts (his academic career includes more than 400 publications) by Andrew Anderson, member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York, Front Line Defenders on the Board of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism, and by Hauwa Ibrahim, human rights lawyer who won the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize in 2005. After a first session common to all participants dedicated to a general introduction on international systems of protection of human rights and related mechanisms, the programme will develop into the three thematic clusters – Business and Human Rights, Technical Progress and Human Rights and Violence against Women as Gender Based Violence. From ‘CEDAW’ To Istanbul And Beyond – among which participants will have to choose.The Venice School is addressed to graduate students from all academic backgrounds, students from the different regional masters in human rights and democratisation, to E.MA alumni as well as to human rights practitioners willing to deepen and improve their knowledge in human rights issues. Training language: All courses will be held in English. It is, therefore, essential that all participants understand and speak English fluently. All participants attending the Venice School of Human Rights will receive a certificate of participation upon completion of the course.The enrolment fee for 2016 Venice School of Human Rights is 1100,00 € and it will include:
  • tuition fee
  • lunches on class days
  • accommodation with breakfast included in a shared double-room for 9 nights (23 June – 2 July 2016) in Venice at the Crociferi residence (Crociferi)
  • free shuttle to/from EIUC site on class days at the starting and ending of lectures

  Interested candidates should register by compiling the online application form. For any query about the Venice School please contact us at veniceschool@eiuc.org

Call for Papers

• The Editorial Board of UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence is pleased to call for submissions for the second issue of 2016. This will be our ‘City Issue’ and the Editorial Board welcomes submissions that engage with this general theme. The topic is broadly conceived and leaves scope for any area of law or jurisprudence (domestic, regional or international) that is deemed to be ‘City’ related. See here for a non-exhaustive list of potential topics. The editors accept articles of 8,000-12,000 words, case notes of 6,000-8,000 words and book reviews of 1,000-2,000 words. All submissions must comply with the Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). Contributions that have already been published or that are under consideration for publication in other journals will not be considered. The (extended) deadline for submissions is 15^th May 2016. Manuscripts must be uploaded via the submissions section on the website. For further information and guidelines for authors please visit the website.

Announcements

• The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added new lectures to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law website, which provides high quality international law training and research materials to users around the world free of charge. The latest lectures were given by Professor Alex Oude Elferink on “International Law and Negotiated and Adjudicated Maritime Boundaries: A Complex Relationship” and Sir Nigel Rodley on “United Nations Treaty and Charter-based Human Rights Bodies: Competitive or Complementary?”.

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