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Academy on Human Rights and 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


COURSES IN SPANISH : Course Schedule

 

 

 

 
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

 
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