Top Human Rights Courses, Traineeships,
and Jobs
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This section provides an overview of the top LLM, MA, & MSc Human Rights programmes, Short Human Rights Courses & Summer/Winter Schools in Europe, and Human Rights Traineeships in Europe.
We are pleased to invite highly motivated students, researchers, members of civil society organisations and policymakers to the 3rd Edition of the Summer School ‘Human Rights & Persons Deprived of Liberty’.
Curated by Prof Dr Clara Burbano-Herrera (Director Human Rights in Context, Ghent University) and Prof Dr Manfred Nowak (Former UN special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Director Global Campus of Human Rights), this course is a great opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of the structural problems around prisons through the lens of international human rights law, public health, criminal law, and practice from world-leading academics from Europe, Africa and North & South America.
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The Summer Course will take place on the Teams platform from Tuesday 18 June to Friday 21 June 2024.
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The deadline for submission of applications is Friday 3 May 2024
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Successful candidates will be informed of their place on Wednesday 8 May 2024
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Find the Summer School Programme and practical information here
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All applications must be completed via the Summer School online application platform
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Some Scholarships will be awarded to participants from the Global South.
ORGANISERS
The course is offered by the Programme for Studies on Human Rights in Context, IMPACTUM ERC team, Ghent University (Belgium), and the Global Campus on Human Rights. We are committed to the promotion of human rights. Our goal is to preserve the standards of quality education and to continue our mission of preparing students to meet the growing challenges to the rule of law, democracy and human rights around the world. Candidates who self-identify as belonging to vulnerable or minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply
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Central European University - Legal Studies Department, Budapest*
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European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice**
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European University Viadrina - Faculty of Law, Frankfurt am Oder*
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London School of Economics and Political Science - Department of Law - Human Rights Law**
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National University of Ireland, Galway - Irish Centre for Human Rights**
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School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London - School of Law *
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Instituto de Derechos Humanos 'Bartolomé de las Casas'**
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University of Geneva - Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights**
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University of London - School of Advanced Study - Institute of Commonwealth Studies**
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University of Lund - Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law**
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University of Nottingham - School of Law - Human Rights Law Centre**
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University of Ulster - Transitional Justice Institute, Newtownabbey/Londonderry*
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Academy of European Law - European University Institute, Florence
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Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies - Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin
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Centre for the Study of Human Rights - London School of Economics
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Collège Universitaire Henri Dunant - Université d'été des droits de l'homme, Geneva
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Human Rights for Development, Belgium
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International Human Rights Law - University of Oxford
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Irish Centre for Human Rights - National University of Ireland, Galway
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Poznan Human Rights Centre, Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Short Human Rights Courses &
Summer/Winter Schools in Europe
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International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe)
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International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
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Public International Law and Policy Group Law Fellows (PILPG)
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Internships (UNHCHR)
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Bureau for Europe (UNHCR)