International and Domestic Mechanisms of Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms

Dates: 4 – 24 August 2002

Organizing Institution: Moscow School of Human Rights, Moscow, Russia
Host Institution/Location: Volga Academy of Public Administration, Saratov, Russia

 

Eligibility

Disciplines: Law and other related disciplines within the social sciences

Region/Countries: Central, Eastern Europe, NIS, Mongolia

 

Language(s): Russian

 

Course Director: Dr. Anatoly Azarov, Moscow School of Human Rights

 

Contact Information for Applicants:

Postal Address:

Moscow School of Human Rights, Luchnikov per. 4, Entr. 3, Room 2, Moscow, 101000 Russia

Telephone/Fax: +7 095 577 6904

E-mail: mshr@mshr.ru

Web Site: http://www.mshr.ru

 

The School offers an intensive interdisciplinary review of human rights legislation and mechanisms of human rights protection. Part I (Introduction to Human Rights) examines human rights underpinnings, norms, institutions and processes. Part II (International and Domestic Mechanisms of Human Rights Protection) opens the subject of forms and methods of human rights protection in place in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Part III is dedicated to examining and developing the content and methods of human rights education in the region. The target group is young university teachers and advanced graduate students with teaching responsibilities in various areas of social sciences focusing on the study of human rights issues.