Academy on Human Rights & Humanitarian Law

ESPAÑOL

HUMAN RIGHTS COURSES


May 26 - June 13, 2008
The 2008 Specialized Summer Program of the Academy will offers 10 courses in English and 7 in Spanish which can be taken for Academic Credit, a Diploma or a Certificate of Attendance. Below are the readings for the first two sessions of these courses.

COURSES IN ENGLISH : Course Schedule European Human Rights Law (2 credits) 8:30 a.m - 10:20 a.m. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2 credits) 8:30 a.m - 10:20 a.m. Terrorism & Human Rights (2 credits) 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. International Humanitarian Law (2 credits) 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Regional Approaches to Human Rights Law: Africa, America & Asia (2 credits) 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. United Nations Human Rights System (2 credits) 2:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. Women & International Human Rights Law (2 credits) 2:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. Election Observation & the Right to Political Participation (1 credit) 4:30 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.*New dates are: May 27 - June 4 International Justice For Human Rights Violations (2 credits) 4:30 p.m. - 6:20 p.m. Human Rights & Development (2 credits) 4:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. COURSES IN SPANISH : Course Schedule International Humanitarian Law (1 credit) 8:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Women and International Human Rights Law (1 credit) 8:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. United Nations Human Rights System (2 credits) 8:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Inter-American Human Rights Law (2 credits) 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Litigation & Activism in Human Rights (2 credits) 2:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. Implementation of Human Rights in Domestic Law (2 credits) 4:30 p.m. - 6:20 p.m. Impunity & International Justice (2 credits) 4:30 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.

Time	Course	Syllabus	Day 1	Day 2
8:30 - 10:20 a.m.	European Human Rights Law	Syllabi
8:30 - 10:20 a.m.	Economic, Social & Cultural Rights		Reading No.1 - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - A Universal Challenge Reading No.2 - International Covenant	Reading No.1 - Chapter 5 - Intl HR in Context Reading No.2 - General Comment No. 3 Reading No.3 - Limburg Principles
10:30 - a.m.12:20 p.m.	Terrorism & Human Rights		Reading No.1 Nature and Sources of International Criminal Law	Reading No.1 Section 1 Terrorism - The Problems of Definitions Reading No.2 Section 2 The Multilateral Legal Framework
10:30 a.m.- 12:20 p.m.	International Humanitarian Law	Syllabi	Reading No.1 - Vol 1- Chapter 1- Historic Development of the Law p.p.- 3-20 and 30-50	Reading No.1 - Military Necessity and the Principle of Humanity pp 59-88 Reading No.2 - Scope of Application of IHL during armed conflicts pp. 120-136 Reading No.3 - Characterization and Aplication of IHL in Non-international conflicts pp. 1-6
10:30 am. - 12:30 p.m.	Regional Approaches to Human Rights Law	Syllabi
2:30 - 4:20 p.m.	Women & International Human Rights Law	Syllabi	Reading No.1 - Andrew Byrnes - The Convention on the Eliminination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Reading No.2 - Rebecca J. Cook - Reservation to teh Convnetion on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Reading No.3 - Sandra Fredman - Beyond the Dichotomy of Formal and Substantive Equality - Towards a New Definition of Equal Rigths	Reading No.1 - Claire LHeureux-Dube - Beyond the Myths - Equality Impartiality and Justice Reading No.2 - K Anthony Appiah - Stereotypes and the Shaping of Identity Reading No.3 - David Gans - Stereotyping and Difference - Planned Parenthood v Casey and the future of Sex Discrimination Law Reading No.4 - Maria Eugenia Morales de Sierra v Guatemala - Case 11.625 Reading No.5 - Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
2:30 - 4:20 p.m.	United Nations Human Rights System		Reading No.1 - Universal Declaration book - pages 3-25 and 41-73	Reading No.1 - Universal Declaration book - pages 701-723 Reading No.2 - Monitoring Mechanisms pages 381 - 390
4:30 - 6:20 p.m.	Election Observation and the Right to Political Participation	Syllabi	Reading No.1- Key provisions regarding to participation contained in international human rights instruments Reading No.2 - Human Rights Committee - General Comment No. 25 Reading No.3 - Greg Fox - The Right to Political Participation in International Law Reading No.4 - A. Keyser - The Right to Vote	Reading No.1 - Sauve v. Attorney General of Canada et al. Reading No.2 - August and another v. Electoral Commissions and others - Constitutional Court of South Africa Reading No.3 - New National Party of South Africa v. Government of the Republic of South Africa Reading No.4 - Guy Goodwin Gill - Free and Fair Election Reading No.5 - NDI - An Assessment of the Senegalese Electoral Code Reading No.6 - J. Brian Atwood - Reflections on the Transitions
4:30 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.	International Justice for Human Rights Violations	Syllabi
4:30 - 7:15 p.m.	International Human Rights and Development	Syllabi	Reading No.1 - Peter Uvin - Human Rights and Development Reading No.2 - Human Rights and Development Report 2000	Reading No. 1 - Jack Donnelly - Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice Reading No.2 - Pathologies of Power

May 26 - June 13, 2008