Events and Announcements: August 7, 2016

Sponsored Announcement

• EIUC – Master in Democratic Governance – Democracy and Human Rights in the Mena Region The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) and its partners International University of Rabat (Rabat, Morocco), Birzeit University (Birzeit, Palestine), St Joseph University (Beirut, Lebanon), Ca’ Foscari University(Venice, Italy), University of Carthage (Tunis, Tunisia) are proud to open the Call for Applications to the third edition of the Master in Democratic Governance – Democracy and Human Rights in the Mena Region (DE.MA), starting in September 2016.
  DE.MA is a multidisciplinary curriculum offering courses in law, political science, sociology and other fields relevant to the study of democratic governance and Human Rights. Open to professionals and graduates, it will combine a theoretical and practical approach and will deliver a professional Master’s degree (60 ECTS) from Ca’ Foscari University, Venice. The first semester from mid/late September 2016 until January 2017 is held at Ca’Foscari and EIUC premises in Venice. During the second semester students will be placed in one of the Universities of the Consortium on the basis of the compatibility of their research and internship interests with the supervision expertise of the partner universities. Students will write a Thesis of 15,000 words which could be based on field and Internship work. Thesis defense and graduation ceremony will be in July 2017.
  The Master is meant to play an active role in the ongoing debate about the principles underpinning the transition of political regimes to democracy. It aims to:
• Create high-profile experts in the fields of democratic governance and the protection of human rights, allowing them to act as promoters of a process leading to the affirmation of the democratic principles;
• Foster the creation of an élite group of people committed to the promotion of democratic institutions;
• Build a network of experts to be active in political institutions, in national and international, governmental and non-governmental organizations in the Region.
  Interested? Here are the practicalities:
  Deadline: 30 June 2016
  Language: English, (knowledge of French and Arabic recommended)
  Teaching method: Face to face teaching
  Tuitions Fees: 4.000.00 euro.
  Tuition Waivers/Scholarships: EIUC offers financial support in the form of a partial contribution towards living expenses and/or a full or partial tuition waiver. This type of financial support is awarded to a limited number of students on the basis of academic achievement, need and geographical distribution.
  More information on DE.MA, criteria for admission and a detailed programme can be found here: http://eiuc.org/dema

Event

• The Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law is delighted to announce the first of three Law & Justice Fora for the academic year 2016-17. The first forum is on the topic ‘Human Rights and Development’, and will feature some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in the world working at the interface of human rights and development. The aim of this forum is to address the place that human rights have in rigorous and effective thinking about development policy. There will be a special focus on the socio-economic rights, such as the rights to health, food and education etc. found in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966). You will be able to RSVP in September via The Dickson Poon School of Law website.

Call for Papers

• The Goettingen Journal of International Law (GoJIL) dedicates its 8th Student Essay Competition to the topic Transparency in International Law. The GoJIL invites you to actively take part in the illumination of the concept and/or reflect on its implementation on the international level. The deadline for your submission is 30th November 2016. The maximal word count is 5000 words (excluding footnotes). The winning submission will be published in one of the upcoming GoJIL issues. The Student Essay Competition gives young scholars the chance to gain practical experience and get their own professional scientific publication. We strongly encourage you to take advantage of this great opportunity and hand in your submissions. For further details, see www.gojil.eu/essay-competition or contact the Editors at essay.competition@gojil.eu.

Announcements

• The Department of Law at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense is currently advertising a post as Assistant Professor in Public International Law with starting date 1 January 2017 or soon thereafter. The successful applicant will have a strong profile in both research and teaching and also be interested to work in a multidisciplinary environment. This will include contributions to the University’s Centre for War Studies and the interdisciplinary master degree in “International Security and Law”. The candidate is expected to be able to teach in English and Danish within three years from the start of employment. For more information and the application form see the official job advert (via the general list of vacancies). Applications are accepted until 21 August 2016.
• Vacancy announcement: Registrar (Assistant Secretary-General) United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. All applications should include the curriculum vitae of the candidate and a cover letter and must be sent to registrarvacancy@un.org by 14 September 2016.

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