Human Rights in Europe

Dates: 1-16 July 2002

Host Institution/Location: European Humanities University, Minsk, Belarus

 

Eligibility

Disciplines: Law, Political Science, International Relations, History

Region/Countries: Central, Eastern Europe, NIS

 

Language(s): Russian, French (with translation).

 

Course Director: Dr. Serguei Pankovski, Dean, French-Belarusian Department of Political and Administrative Sciences, European Humanities University

 

Contact Information for Applicants:

Coordinator: Tatiana Baranova

Postal Address: European Humanities University, ul. P. Brovki 3/2, room 319, Minsk, 220013 Belarus

Telephone/Fax: +375 17 284 0294

E-mail: franbel@ehu.unibel.by

Web Site: http://www.ehu.unibel.by; http://europa.ehu.unibel.by

    

The Summer School work is based primarily on discussion of various aspects and issues of human rights in Europe, including the philosophical and ideological sources of their modern conception, the juridical and institutional forms of the human rights implementation and current political practices in countries of Europe. The School will be lead by prominent specialists in the field of political science, political philosophy and public law from France and Belarus, and offer a combination of lectures, workshops, roundtables and discussions of the topics: the Principles and System of Advocacy of Human Rights and Minorities in Europe, and Human Rights in the Countries of Eastern and Western Europe: Concepts and Practices.