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Venice Academy of Human Rights Inaugural Session, 12-17 July 2010
With,
Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor at Harvard University and Jochen Abr. Frowein, Former Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg Douglas A. Johnson, Executive Director of the Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis Theodor Meron, Judge and Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Manfred Nowak, Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (Vienna) and UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Giorgio Sacerdoti, Professor of International Law and European Law (Jean Monnet Chair) at Bocconi University (Milan) and Former Member of the WTO Appellate Body Kathryn Sikkink, McKnight Presidential Chair in Political Science at the University of Minnesota
The first session of the Venice Academy of Human Rights will take place from 12-17 July 2010 with a thematic focus on sovereignty and development. Key Facts Participants: Academics, practitioners and Ph.D./J.S.D. students
Type of courses: Lectures and smaller seminars
Dates: Monday 12 July - Saturday 17 July 2010 (1 week)
Location: Monastery of San Nicolò, Venice - Lido, Italy
Fees: € 500
Application deadline: 7 June 2010 Scientific responsible: Prof. Florence Benoit-Rohmer, EIUC Secretary General Project responsible: Mr. Knut Traisbach General Description
The Venice Academy of Human Rights is a new centre of excellence for human rights education, research, and debate. It forms part of the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation which is a leading centre for research and education in Europe. The mission of the Venice Academy is to provide a forum for emerging ideas, practices, and policy options in human rights research, education, and training. The Academy hosts distinguished experts to participate in critical and useful research, innovation, and exchange of current knowledge. The Academy offers interdisciplinary thematic programmes open to academics, practitioners and Ph.D./J.S.D. students from anywhere in the world who have an advanced knowledge of human rights. A maximum of 50 participants is selected for each session. Participants attend lectures, small seminars, and workshops. An important part of the programmes is the opportunity to participate in high level round table exchanges of views, ideas, and arguments with leading international scholars and other experts. At the end of the session, participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance issued by the Academy. |
