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Human Rights Training Courses and Summer Schools in 2008 and 2009


  • Below you will find mainly short introductory only courses on human rights, refugee law, and humanitarian law. We also list courses on special topics, and training on relevant professional skills like advocacy.

  • Also see the HREA Calendar, and OHCHR's training database, HRERN's listing, LJIL's listing.

  • In addition to the courses below, organisations like ISHR, HURIDOCS and Witness can provide organisation-based training.

  • Distance learning courses in human rights: see HREA.


    Country University Link Degree name Dates
    Africa - Senegal FAS and University for Peace Link Short Course on Gender and Conflict: Human Rights and Transitional Justice no update yet
    Africa - South Africa Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Link Human Rights in Africa 19 - 23 May 2008
    Africa - South Africa Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Link Good Governance - general course 14 - 25 July 2009
    Africa - South Africa Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Link Gender Equality 7 - 11 September 2009
    Africa - South Africa Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Link International Humanitarian Law 10 - 21 November 2008
    Africa - South Africa Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Link Development and Human Rights no update yet
    Africa - South Africa Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Link Management of Human Rights Institutions 1 - 5 September 2008
    Africa - South Africa Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Link Elections Monitoring 8 - 12 March 2008
    Africa - South Africa Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Link Commonwealth workshop of NHRI 23 - 27 June 2008
    Africa - South Africa Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Link Management of AIDS 6 - 10 September 2008
    Africa - Zimbabwe Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (SAHRIT) Link Regional Course on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights no update yet
    Africa - Zimbabwe Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (SAHRIT) Link Regional Inter-Disciplinary Course on Children's Rights no update yet
    Americas - Canada Witness, Montreal Link Video Advocacy Institute July 19 - August 2 2008
    Americas - Canada Equitas Link 28th International Human Rights Training Program 8 to June 27 2008
    Americas - Canada Centre for Refugee Studies, York University Link Summer Course on Refugee Issues 7 - 15 June 2008
    Americas - Canada Ottawa University Link International Humanitarian Law summer course 1 - 6 June, 2008
    Americas - USA Washington (American University, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, SIM) Link 2008 Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 27 May - 27 June 2008
    Americas - USA United States Institute for Peace (USIP) Link Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers no update yet
    Americas - USA School For International Training (SIT) Link Conflict Transformation Across Cultures Summer Institutes 28 - 20 June 2008
    Asia - Australia AIHI, University of Melbourne Link Disability in Developing Countries 22 - 26 September 2008
    Asia - Australia Diplomacy Training Program, University of New South Wales Link Indigenous Peoples, Minorities, Human Rights and Advocacy in the Asia-Pacific Region 15 - 19 October 2008
    Europe - Austria Salzburg University Link Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law 3 - 15 August 2008
    Europe - Austria Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) Link Summer Academy on Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 10 - 22 September 2008
    Europe - Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Link The Rights of the Child 11 March 2008
    Europe - Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Link Human Rights and Methodology 22 - 23 April 2008
    Europe - Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Link Differential Treatment and Discrimination 23 April 2008
    Europe - Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Link Internatinal Criminal Law 9 - 10 June 2008
    Europe - Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Link International Humanitarian Law 10 September 2008
    Europe - Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Link International Human Rights - Basic Course 24 - 26 September 2008
    Europe - Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Link CEDAW and the Rights-based Approach to Equal Rights for Women 23 October 2008
    Europe - Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Link Diversity in Working Life 11 November 2008
    Europe - Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen Link Prisons and Huma Rights 3 - 4 December 2008
    Europe - Finland Helsinki (Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights) Link Helsinki Summer Seminar on International Law - Tensions in the Law of Treaties 18 - 29 August 2008
    Europe - Finland Abo Akademi Institute for Human Rights Link Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights 18 - 29 August 2008
    Europe - France Centre Andre Cassin, Strasbourg Link Session annuelle d'enseignement 30 June - 25 July 2008
    Europe - France Centre Andre Cassin, Strasbourg Link Summer Course on Refugee Law 11 - 22 June 2008
    Europe - Germany Viadrina European University, Frankfurt Link Summer School - The European System of Human Rights Protection 7 - 20 September 2008
    Europe - Hungary Central European University Link Teaching Law, Human Rights and Ethics 7 - 11 July 2008
    Europe - Ireland IHRN, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Link Justice Sector Reform 16 - 20 June 2008
    Europe - Ireland IHRN, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Link Human Rights Fieldwork - Principles, Strategies and Skills" 26 October - 2 November 2008
    Europe - Ireland National University of Ireland, Galway Link International Criminal Court Summer School 21 - 26 June 2008
    Europe - Ireland National University of Ireland, Galway Link Minority Rights, Indigenous Peoples & Human Rights 15 - 20 June 2008
    Europe - Italy Sanremo (International Institute of Humanitarian Law) Link 8th Summer Course on International Humanitarian Law 30 June - 12 July 2008
    Europe - Belgium International Center for Transitional Justice Link ICTJ Essentials Course 26 - 28 March 2008 (French)
    Europe - Netherlands Amsterdam (Whittier Law School) Link Sexual Orientation and the Law 8 July - 5 August 2008
    Europe - Netherlands Leiden University, Grotius Centre of International Legal Studies Link Summer School on International Criminal Law 23 June - 4 July 2008
    Europe - Netherlands Leiden University, Grotius Centre of International Legal Studies Link Marie Curie Top Summer School on International Criminal Law 30 June to 11 July 2008
    Europe - Netherlands Washington University, Case Western Reserve University: Utrecht Link Summer Institute for Global Justice 9 June - 21 July 2008
    Europe - Poland Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights Link 19th International Summer School on Human Rights 21 - 28 June 2008
    Europe - Poland Warsaw (ICRC) Link Annual course on international humanitarian law (English and French) No update yet
    Europe - Sweden ATHA and HPCR Link Core training on humanitarian action 14 - 18 April 2008
    Europe - Switzerland Geneva (United Nations Information Service) Link Graduate Study Programme 7 - 25 July 2006
    Europe - Switzerland ISHR Link Advanced Geneva Training Course (English) 6 March - 28 April 2008
    Europe - Switzerland IHEID and HURIDOCS Link Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 5 - 9 May 2008
    Europe - UK Birbeck Link Introduction to human rights 1 October 2008 (weekly classes)
    Europe - UK Birmingham Link Development and Conflict 19 - 23 May 2008
    Europe - UK Intrac Link Advocacy and Policy Influencing 3 - 7 March 2008
    Europe - UK London School of Economics Link International Human Rights Law and Practice August 2008
    Europe - UK London School of Economics Link Law, War, and Human Rights 4 February - 8 March 2008
    Europe - UK LSE Link Understanding women's human rights June - July 2008
    Europe - UK Nottingham Link Annual Summer School of Human Rights Monitoring 16 June - 20 June 2008
    Europe - UK Nottingham Link International Human Rights Law Short Course October 2008 (three months course)
    Europe - UK Oxford (University of Oxford and George Washington University) Link Summer Programme in International Human Rights Law 6 July - 2 August 2008
    Europe - UK Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford Link International Summer School in Forced Migration 30 June - 18 July 2008
    Europe - UK Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford Link Short courses Information coming soon
    Europe - UK INCORE, University of Ulster Link INCORE Summer School 15 - 21 June 2008
    Middle East - Morocco International Center for Transitional Justice Link Transitional Justice: francophone Rabat fellowship program 2 - 25 May 2008



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