The Human Rights Law Centre Summer School on the Rights of the Child will run from 27 June-1 July 2016.
The objective of this exciting programme is to consider issues concerning the rights of the child that are a matter of current legal, political and societal attention, both internationally and comparatively. These include violence against children, refugee children, child participation, child poverty, business and children's rights, and child rights monitoring and advocacy.
The Summer School will examine international and regional child rights law, including the work of the international courts and treaty monitoring bodies mandated to consider violations of the rights of the child.
The Summer School is strongly participatory. The training methods include Q and A and group exercises. The working language for the Summer School is English. All participants will receive an extensive electronic file of resource materials. The Summer School faculty for 2016 are all highly experienced international experts on child rights, with backgrounds in advocacy, research and practice.
Less than a month to register for our Summer School on the Rights of the Child! Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!
Led by Professor Aoife Nolan (@commentator01), the Summer School faculty for 2016 includes:
- Dr Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Chairperson of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child of the African Union, and Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child;
- Patrick Geary, Children’s Rights and Business Specialist, UNICEF;
- Professor Matthew Happold, Professor of Public International Law, University of Luxembourg;
- Professor Laura Lundy, Director of the Children’s Rights Centre, Queen’s University, Belfast;
- Dr Najat M’jid , former UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and child rights expert;
- Lisa Myers, Consultant, former Director of Child Rights Connect;
- Dr Jason Pobjoy, Barrister, Blackstone Chambers, London and Research Associate, Refugee Law Centre, University of Oxford;
- Professor Ralph Sandland, Professor of Law and Difference, University of Nottingham;
- Veronica Yates, Director, Child Rights International Network (CRIN).
Issues covered include violence against children, refugee children, child participation, child poverty, business and children's rights, and child rights monitoring and advocacy. International and regional child rights law, including the work of the supra-national courts and treaty monitoring bodies mandated to consider violations of the rights of the child, will also be considered. For full details, see the Summer School programme.
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