Researcher on the Balkans and Eastern Europe, Human Rights Watch, Berlin/Budapest‏

Researcher on the Balkans and Eastern Europe
Human Rights Watch
Berlin/Budapest, Multiple Countries

Deadline for Applications: September 31, 2011
Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking highly-qualified applicants for the position of Researcher on the Balkans and Eastern Europe.
Description:

The Researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division will be responsible for developing and implementing a research and advocacy agenda on the Western Balkans (particularly Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo) and EU member states in Eastern Europe (particularly Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia). The primary objective will be to curb human rights violations in the region through, among other things: conducting timely fact-finding missions on issues of acute or pressing concern; writing quick, concise and accurate reports, briefing papers, letters, news releases, and op-eds; the effective and timely marketing of those written products and Human Rights Watch’s agenda to the media; developing and implementing strategies to change abusive laws, policies, and practices, in close collaboration with colleagues inside Human Rights Watch and with international and national NGO partners; advocating effectively for human rights change with government officials in the region, with other EU member states, in Brussels, Washington, DC, and elsewhere; working closely with partner NGOs across the region to ensure that HRW’s efforts reinforce their agenda; monitoring and responding to critical legislative and/or policy developments, including at European Union level; and liaising with relevant regional organizations, particularly the European Union and Council of Europe.
Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have at least five years of directly-related experience working on the countries of the Western Balkans and/or EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe, including significant time spent living and working in the region. An advanced (graduate) degree and practice in journalism, law, international relations or social sciences is strongly preferred. Solid field research and documentation skills are essential. Expertise in building and maintaining NGO networks and working in coalition with other organizations is highly desirable. Fluency in both written and spoken English, as well as familiarity with international human rights law, is required. Thematic expertise in anti-discrimination is highly desirable and expertise with migration and asylum and/or documenting abuses in closed institutions is desirable. Fluent written and spoken Bosnia/Serbian/Croatian is preferred and German and other relevant regional languages are desirable.

The Researcher must be able to identify, research, analyze and effectively communicate important human rights developments in a timely and sophisticated fashion, setting priorities in consultation with other Human Rights Watch staff. The Researcher must be an agile and productive writer and dynamic speaker with accurate, analytically sophisticated, and persuasive oral and written communications skills. S/he must be able to think strategically about international and local media environments and how to use the media (including electronic and social media) to further advocacy goals, maintaining regular contact with key local, national and international media contacts relevant to the researcher’s issues. He or she must be able to develop and implement realistic and effective local and international advocacy strategies and tactics in order to identify and seize advocacy opportunities and thus insert HRW’s position into public debate. Creativity, initiative, perseverance, and flexibility are required while maintaining HRW’s high methodological standards.

The Researcher must be able to travel in the region for two or more weeks at a time, four to six times a year. The researcher will preferably be based in Budapest or in HRW’s Berlin office, although location in other HRW offices in Europe may be considered. The incoming Researcher must be prepared to spend significant periods of time in HRW’s London, Berlin and/or New York offices, particularly in the first year of employment for purposes of orientation, integration into the organization, and training, and thereafter for regular consultation.
Salary and Benefits:

HRW seeks exceptional applicants and offers competitive compensation and generous employer-paid benefits. HRW will pay reasonable relocation expenses and will assist employees in obtaining necessary work authorization, if required; citizens of all nationalities are encouraged to apply.

PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY (no calls or email inquiries, please) by emailing in a single submission: a letter of interest describing your experience, your resume, names or letters of reference, salary requirements, and a brief writing sample (unedited by others) no later than September 31, 2011 to ecajobs@hrw.org. Please use “Researcher Ref ECA-11-1048-F” as the subject of your email. If emailing is not possible, send materials (please do not split a submission between email and regular post) to:

Human Rights Watch
Attn: Researcher Search (Researcher Ref ECA-11-1048-F)
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
Fax: (212) 736-1300

Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices and, in order to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool.

Human Rights Watch is an international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its success in changing the human rights-related policies and practices of influential governments and international institutions.

Human Rights Watch began in 1978 with the founding of its Europe and Central Asia division (then known as Helsinki Watch). Its primary goal was to monitor the implementation of human rights provisions established by the Helsinki Accords within the Soviet Union. Today, the division's work has expanded well beyond monitoring the Helsinki provisions to include gathering detailed information on human rights abuses throughout Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. In addition to publishing reliable and comprehensive reports, the ECA division effects change through advocacy. The ECA holds accountable not only governments who abuse internationally recognized human rights, but also those who support abusive governments. The ECA division seeks to expand the implementation of human rights law in all of Europe and Central Asia.

MA in Human Rights and Conflict Management 2011-2012, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa - Italy‏

*CfA: MA in Human Rights and Conflict Management 2011-2012, Scuola Superiore
Sant'Anna, Pisa - Italy*

The MA. in Human Rights and Conflict Management (MAHRCM) is a one year
interdisciplinary post-graduate program, which focuses on the linkages
between Human Rights and Conflict Management. Along academic skills, solid
grounding of the development of related practical expertise is provided
during both, the didactic and internship period: monitoring and report
writing, project design and management etc. The MAHRCM is committed to
provide its students with valuable work experiences and employment contacts
at a world-wide level. Annual Recruitment is organized with human resource
managers of NGOs and the UN Volunteers Programme. A regular information
service regarding recruitment opportunities within International
Organisations and NGOs is also offered. Special career coaching sessions
focusing on presentation skills will be provided.

The Master program is organized in collaboration with the International
Research Laboratory on Conflict, Development & Global Politics of the Scuola
Sant'Anna and the International Training Programme for Conflict Management
(ITPCM), a post-graduate programme of the Scuola within the Masters and
Training Programmes Division. The Master program is organized under the
patronage of United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC).

The MAHRCM brings together a core teaching staff and leading specialists
from around the world. Lecturers and trainers are chosen among academics,
diplomats, international organizations officers and NGOs activists, thus
offering a wealth of both academic and field expertise.

The *MAHRCM* is a competitive programme open to a maximum of 28 candidates.
14 places out of 28 are meant for non EU candidates. Candidates must meet
the following minimum requirements:
(1) Have a three years (at least) university degree or equivalent, issued by
a university institution or equivalent. Students expecting to graduate
before 31 December 2011 are also eligible.
(2) Understand, speak and write English at least at LEVEL C1, (CEFR for
Languages, CoE).

*THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011 IS NOW OPEN*

The selection process of non-EU citizens will be held in two rounds. The
application deadline for the *first round of selection* of non-EU candidates
is set on *1st July 2011*, while the application deadline for the second
round is set on *16th September 2011.*
Interested candidates should fill in the online application form and all
required documents.*
*
EU candidates should send their application no later than *October 17th,
2011*

*Application form* and additional information are available at:

*www.humanrights.sssup.it *

*Funding opportunities*

The Master Programme offers no. 1 scholarship, covering the full tuition
fee, to be automatically awarded to the participant who receives the highest
score out of the entire pool of applicants (EU and NON EU)

Depending on financial availability, a limited number of additional
scholarships will be awarded to Citizens from Non-OECD Countries.

International Summer School Sarajevo 2011, Human Rights and Transitional Justice� 18 - 31 July 2011 ( Dead Line:15 May)‏

Association “PRAVNIK” together with the
partner organization Konrad Adenauer Stiftung – Rule of Law Program
South East Europe is proud to open the application process for the


International Summer School Sarajevo 2011
“Human Rights and Transitional Justice”
18 - 31 July 2011

WHAT:
Association "PRAVNIK" together with the partner organization
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung-Rule of Law Program South East Europe will be offering International Summer School Sarajevo 2011 course on Human Rights and
Transitional Justice from 18 – 31 July 2011

WHERE:
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Accommodation is offered at the Franciscan Students' Hostel in double bedded
rooms. The Hostel is at 15 minute walking distance from the city centre in safe
and peaceful surroundings.

WHY:
·         To empower future decision makers to work to
establish the Rule of Law and Human Rights system in transitional countries.
·         To widen theoretical and practical skills of
participants.
·         To influence changes in transitional
countries towards sustainable Rule of Law and the respect of Human Rights.

ELIGIBILITY:
The program encourages applications from graduate and PhD students
of law and related disciplines (under the age of 35); including a limited
number of undergraduate students from South East Europe, Europe and the US.

PARTICIPATION
FEE:
200€for
accommodation, meals and working materials. Students from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro,
Romania, the Republic of Moldova,
and Serbia
are eligible to apply for a participation fee reduction of 50%.

Travel costs are not covered by this fee and each participant should
take care of personal travel arrangements.

DEADLINE FOR
APPLICATIONS IS 15 MAY 2011.

If you are interested, all other relevant information
are available at on the
ISSS 2011 official website
www.pravnik-online.info or contact
us at info@pravnik-online.info.

RULE OF LAW PROGRAM SOUTH EAST EUROPE of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung website 

www.kas.de/rspsoe.

Information about ISSS 2011 also available at

http://www.kas.de/rspsoe/de/events/44785/.

Paid Internship at the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, London. Deadline: 13 April 2011

Paid Internship at the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, London. Deadline: 13 April 2011
INTERIGHTS is pleased to invite applications for a six month funded internship starting in May 2011, for a lawyer/academic to work on a strategic litigation project addressing torture and/or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment within healthcare settings in Central and Eastern Europe and Sub Saharan Africa.
Established in 1982, INTERIGHTS is a charity that works to promote respect for human rights through the use of law. We achieve this through a range of activities: strategic litigation through co-representation, legal support to applicants and third party interventions before international, regional, and national human rights courts and bodies; advising lawyers on the use of international and comparative human rights law before their domestic courts; building capacity through litigation partnerships, targeted training activities and internships, and through the dissemination of legal information. Thematically, our priorities are equality, security and the rule of law (including counter-terrorism), and economic and social rights (ESR). INTERIGHTS currently focuses its activities in Africa, the Commonwealth, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia.
Activities will include:
• Legal research on relevant international and comparative human rights law and practice aimed at providing advice and the filing of legal briefs domestically and internationally;
• Sourcing of potential cases through research and the maintenance of regular communication with partners
• Preparation of materials for workshops;
• Research for a dedicated issue of INTERIGHTS Bulletin on the subject
• Where possible, attendance at meetings with human rights practitioners, lectures, or visits to other international / national human rights organisations based in London.
The six-month internship will begin in May 2011 and will be based in London. The intern will receive a monthly stipend of £1,200. Accommodation is not provided but INTERIGHTS can advise on finding a suitable place to stay.
Applicants should check the terms of reference to ensure that they fit the requirements before applying.
To apply, please send a covering letter and curriculum vitae with details of two referees. Short listed applicants may be interviewed by telephone.
Applications should be sent to Chloe Marong by email to jobs@interights.org. The closing date for applications is 13 April 2011.

Fellowships at the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice (Italy). Deadline: 1 May 2011

Fellowships at the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice (Italy). Deadline: 1 May 2011
The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) is
seeking two well-qualified individuals for a 5-month assignment as E.MA Fellows for
the 2011/2012 academic year in Venice-Lido, Italy.
Functions and tasks
The E.MA Fellows will work as members of the academic and administrative unit of the
E.MA programme based in Venice – Lido under the supervision of the E.MA
Programme Director. The position involves a combination of teaching and various
academic and practical responsibilities connected with the E.MA programme.
Tasks will include the following:
1. To act as a continuous academic reference for students. This task can be further
specified as follows:
- To assist students in developing their Master Thesis research proposals to
be presented in view of the choice for the second semester hosting
university;
- To organise and handle, under the supervision of the E.MA Programme
Director, the distribution table of students in the second semester
universities.
- To provide tuition for single students or groups of students in need of
special support;
2. To perform administrative tasks related to the E.MA programme and the
external lecturers coming to Venice over the period of the first semester.
3. To perform autonomous teaching and marking of curriculum units. This task can
be further specified as follows:
- To organise and teach rolling seminars (about 20 hours of teaching time)
introducing basic concepts of law, political science (in particular
international relations) and/or philosophy in connection with human rights;
- To assess student assignments and perform teaching and marking activities
under the supervision of the E.MA Programme Director;
- To set up and lead working groups and workshops incorporated in the
academic programme;
- To assist and liaise with the E.MA academic responsible and other lecturers
in the first semester in order to implement the scientific and educational
programme;
- To participate in the first semester field trip.
4. To report regularly to the E.MA Programme Director and EIUC Secretary
General about their activities.
Requirements
Advanced Ph.D. candidate in a relevant discipline (ideally one fellow should be
researching on Law and/or Political science with a focus on international relations; the
other fellow should have a research focus on Social Sciences and/or Humanities/
Philosophy of Human Rights or significant experience in a University environment;
team-working ability; excellent communication and group management skills;
mentoring abilities and understanding the needs and concerns of peers and students;
experience in working with academics in an international environment; excellent
knowledge of English, including drafting ability.
· It is indispensable that candidates have a very good knowledge of MS Word
(including use of forms, fields and tables) and MS Excel (including creation of
worksheets, formulas and sorting). In addition, candidates should know already or
have the ability to learn quickly how to use Adobe Professional (preparing and
editing of PDFs) and other IT-related applications;
· Knowledge of Italian and possibly French will be a plus.
The E.MA Fellows selected will be required to take up full service starting from 29th
August 2011 until 31st January 2012. Gross salary per month will be between €2.500
and €3.000 per month, depending on qualifications and seniority.
The Secretariat is available for providing more information to short-listed candidates.
Deadline for sending applications is 1thMay 2011 at 10 a.m. (C.E.T.).
Please send a cover letter, a detailed curriculum vitae and two recommendation letters in
English to the EIUC Secretary General, Prof. Florence Benoît-Rohmer and the E.MA
Programme Director, Prof. Fabrizio Marrella via email: to fabrizio.marrella@eiuc.org
and silvia.delfabbro@eiuc.org. For exceptional reasons only, you can send it via fax at
+39 041 2720914 by the same deadline.
The EIUC Secretariat assures the strict confidentiality of the application procedure.
Procedure and tentative schedule
After publication of the vacancy and reception of applications, the EIUC Selection
Committee will draw a short list of candidates to be interviewed. A few weeks after
having set up a shortlist, the Committee interviews the candidates and submits a
recommendation of candidates to be appointed.
The schedule we would like to adhere to is the following:
- Shortlisting decisions should be made by 10th May 2011;
- Interviews will take place in May and June 2011: shortlisted candidates will receive
details of the date of the interviews (the venue will be EIUC);
- The Selection Committee will then finally decide and a formal offer may be expected
soon thereafter;
- The successful candidates shall take up the post on 29th August 2011.
Please note: the filling of the above position is contingent upon approval of funding by
the European Commission.

International Summer School, Human Rights and Transitional Justice, Sarajevo 18 - 31 July 2011‏

International Summer School, Human Rights and Transitional Justice, Sarajevo 18 - 31 July 2011‏
Association “PRAVNIK” together with the
partner organization Konrad Adenauer Stiftung – Rule of Law Program
South East Europe is proud to open the application process for the
International Summer School Sarajevo 2011
“Human Rights and Transitional Justice”
18 - 31 July 2011
WHAT:
Association "PRAVNIK" together with the partner organization
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung-Rule of Law Program South East Europe will be offering International Summer School Sarajevo 2011 course on Human Rights and
Transitional Justice from 18 – 31 July 2011
WHERE:
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Accommodation is offered at the Franciscan Students' Hostel in double bedded
rooms. The Hostel is at 15 minute walking distance from the city centre in safe
and peaceful surroundings.
WHY:
· To empower future decision makers to work to
establish the Rule of Law and Human Rights system in transitional countries.
· To widen theoretical and practical skills of
participants.
· To influence changes in transitional
countries towards sustainable Rule of Law and the respect of Human Rights.
ELIGIBILITY: The program encourages applications from graduate and PhD students
of law and related disciplines (under the age of 35); including a limited
number of undergraduate students from South East Europe, Europe and the US.
PARTICIPATION FEE: 200€ for accommodation, meals and working materials. Students from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, http://www.scholarshipandphd.blogspot.com/
Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro,
Romania, the Republic of Moldova,
and Serbia
are eligible to apply for a participation fee reduction of 50%.
Travel costs are not covered by this fee and each participant should
take care of personal travel arrangements.
DEADLINE FOR
APPLICATIONS IS 15 MAY 2011.
If you are interested, all other relevant information
are available at on the
ISSS 2011 official website
www.pravnik-online.info or contact
us at info@pravnik-online.info.
RULE OF LAW PROGRAM SOUTH EAST EUROPE of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung website
www.kas.de/rspsoe.
Information about ISSS 2011 also available at
http://www.kas.de/rspsoe/de/events/44785/.

International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security, 10 - 20 July 2011, ETC Graz, Austria

International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security, 10 - 20 July 2011, ETC Graz, AustriaETC's ( European Training- and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy ) International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security has been held since 2001, first in Montenegro and Macedonia, and since 2003 in the Human Rights City of Graz.
Following different topics in the past ten years - ranging from human rights and human wrongs in the Balkans over a culture of human rights to the question of threats that transnational terrorist and criminal organisations bring for the peacebuilding and reconstruction process in the Western Balkan region - it has never lost the focus on the interdependency of human rights, human security and human rights education. The 10th summer academy (re)turns to the local level, resuming different approaches to human rights implementation in cities and towns, discussing progress and setbacks and giving examples not only of the Human Rights City of Graz. The programme is designed to raise awareness on human rights challenges and possible solutions by means of human rights education and education for democratic citizenship, to strengthen democratic and human rights principles, to contribute to bringing the scientific discourse closer to civil society and to build future relations and include the participants in existing networks.
The programme further provides an introduction to the concept of human security which is set into relation to societal factors such as poverty and exclusion, but also racism and right-wing extremism and their effects on "old" and "new" minorities. Concluding the summer academy, human rights education strategies will be reviewed in relation to the goals of human security and the respect for human and minority rights.

TOPICS AND WORKSHOPS

* Concepts of human security
* The interdependency of concepts: Human rights, human security and human rights education
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Poverty and exclusion
* Re-build my town!
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Racism and the "old" and "new" minorities
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Right-wing extremism
* Reasoning strategies against hate speech
* Human (in)securities in the past
* Local strategies for human rights and human security: The concepts of human rights cities and the Coalition of Cities against Racism
* Building a culture of human rights: Human rights education strategies
* Learning by doing: Interactive theatre as a participatory instrument

METHODOLOGY
The summer academy draws on the expertise of a selected group of international and local academics and practitioners who work on the topics of human rights education and implementation on the local level. Their broad professional orientation - from lawyers to human rights educators to theatre performers - guarantees the interdisciplinary approach to human rights and human security issues that has made our previous summer academies a success story.
The academy is designed as a modular course, covering one topic per day, which allows for the transfer of knowledge, the acquisition of skills and the shaping of attitudes as well.
The training is based on morning lectures and discussions and afternoon workshops. In order to assure sustainability and multiplying effects, the training methods put particular emphasis on an interactive approach, offering a week-long simulation game in one of the afternoon working groups and visits to numerous local institutions in the second working group. Working language of the summer academy is English. Participants who have actively taken part in the whole programme will receive a certificate of attendance. http://www.scholarshipandphd.blogspot.com/

TARGET GROUP
The summer academy is designed as ten-day-course for
. young professionals, especially in local administration,
. postgraduate students and young researchers,
. and representatives of NGOs
whose work agenda focuses on the implementation of human rights and democratic proceedings. Special focus will be laid on the selection of participants from South Eastern and Eastern Europe. The number of participants is limited to 30 in order to provide an intensive learning atmosphere. Participants will be selected on the basis of their fields of interest and their personal motivation to be involved in the programme.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION
http://www.etc-graz.at/typo3/index.php?id=1118#c2421

APPLICATION DEADLINE PROLONGED UNTIL 15 APRIL 2011!!
"What is a human rights city? Imagine living in a society where all citizens learn about human rights and make a pledge to build a community based on economic and social justice, on equality and non-discrimination; where all women and men actively participate in the decisions that affect their daily lives guided by the human rights framework; where people have consciously internalised and socialised the holistic vision of human rights to overcome fear and impoverishment; a society that provides human security, access to food, housing, education, health care and work at liveable wages, sharing these resources with all citizens, not as a gift, but as the realisation of human rights. A human rights city is a practical, viable model that demonstrates that developing and living in such a society is possible."
(Shulamith Koenig, PDHRE)
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN SECURITY
BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS HOME
STRENGTHENING HUMAN SECURITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THROUGH HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
10 - 20 July 2011

ETC | EUROPEAN TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
GRAZ | AUSTRIA

 

Accepting Diversities: Human Rights and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Conferance in Sarajevo, 29-30 April 2011‏

Accepting Diversities: Human Rights and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Conferance in Sarajevo, 29-30 April 2011‏

Human Rights and the Challenges of Reconciliation" that will take place in Sarajevo on the 29th and 30th of April 2011 in the premises of the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies of the University of Sarajevo. The conference is organized by the University of Sarajevo, the University of Bologna, CEI and will see the participation of international professors, researchers and practitioners.
While celebrating a decade of existence and successful implementation of the European Regional Master Degree Programme in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe (ERMA), the conference also aims at promoting the spirit of human rights awareness, raising and providing space for discussion among academics, practitioners, students of the ERMA programme and ERMA partner universities, Alumni (ACIPS) and civil society representatives, especially those belonging to the CEI Network of Civil Society Organisations that will be formally launched and established at the end of the conference.

The discussion will be organized in 6 panels:
PANEL 1: ICTY Decisions and National Narratives: Facts vs. Myths,
PANEL 2: Accepting the "Otherness": Challenges for Education and Civil Society,
PANEL 3: "Ethnizenship" and the Right of Non-belonging,
PANEL 4: Gender and Transitional Justice in SEE,
PANEL 5: Rethinking journalism: The role of media in post conflict societies,
PANEL 6: Challenging Homogeneity within Ethnic Communities: a room for dialogue.
Both days will end with Pravo Ljudski screenings.
We would like to kindly invite you to attend the event.
You can find the draft agenda of the event as well as the registration form at: http://www.cps.edu.ba/?q=node/143.

Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy, 20 June - 1 July 2011 Extended Deadline - 15 April]

The Summer School deals with the complexities of human and minority rights and diversity management in Europe. The 2011
special focus explores linguistic diversity in Europe: How can minority languages spoken by more than forty million people
in the European Union be protected and promoted? Which languages need a special attention? How to acquire and teach a
minority language? What is the challenge of linguistic diversity and language protection within the EU?

The Summer School deals with the topic of linguistic diversity and language rights from a multi-disciplinary perspective: on one
hand the international and interregional protection mechanisms of the United Nations, the OSCE and the Council of Europe
as well as the European Union regarding language rights are presented and discussed with academics and practitioners.
On the other hand the wide range of linguistic diversity will be explored through theoretical discussions from all relevant fields
(law, political sciences, sociology, linguistics) and practical case studies of promoting and protecting minority languages in
Europe.

We offer not only an in-depth overview on human and minority rights, focussing especially on linguistic diversity and language
rights, but also the possibility to discuss their implementation with international leading academics, lawyers and practitioners
from international organisations.

The Summer School participants will engage also in the discussion on old vs. new minorities: Besides the theoretical foundations
participants will take part in an international conference presenting the final results of a research project on Migration in
the Alps (MigrAlp: see www.eurac.edu/migralp).

Applications online at www.eurac.edu/summerschool until 01.04.2011.
The program is tailored for members of linguistic minorities and civil servants from local, regional or national administrations
who primarily deal with the minority related issues and therefore require both theoretical and practical training in diversity
management; lawyers, economists, social scientists and others in the employment of non-governmental organisations
wishing to enhance inter-disciplinary skills and to specialise within different aspects of minority rights; journalists and teachers
interested in the recent developments and advanced training in the related fields; Master and PhD students wishing to acquire
greater competitive personal competence beneficial for a future career in the academia or practice-orientated professions.
Tuition fee: 500€. Accommodation, travel costs and other expenses are not covered by the tuition fee.

Scholarships covering parts of the tuition fee are available.
Convenient accommodation for every participant can be arranged by the
organizers.

EURAC - The European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano is located in the
autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol in northern Italy. The
case of South Tyrol is often quoted as a model of self-governance as well as
a model solution for minority protection the accomodation of linguistic diversity.
Hence EURAC is able to provide exceptional theoretical and practical
knowledge in the examination and application of issues related to minority
protection and regionalism.

For further information, including detailed programme and application
procedure, please visit: www.eurac.edu/summerschool

International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security; bringing Human Rights Home, 10 - 20 July 2011, ETC Graz Austria‏

International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security; bringing Human Rights Home, 10 - 20 July 2011, ETC Graz Austria‏

ETC's International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security has been held since 2001, first in Montenegro and Macedonia, and since 2003 in the Human Rights City of Graz.
Following different topics in the past ten years - ranging from human rights and human wrongs in the Balkans over a culture of human rights to the question of threats that transnational terrorist and criminal organisations bring for the peacebuilding and reconstruction process in the Western Balkan region - it has never lost the focus on the interdependency of human rights, human security and human rights education. The 10th summer academy (re)turns to the local level, resuming different approaches to human rights implementation in cities and towns, discussing progress and setbacks and giving examples not only of the Human Rights City of Graz. The programme is designed to raise awareness on human rights challenges and possible solutions by means of human rights education and education for democratic citizenship, to strengthen democratic and human rights principles, to contribute to bringing the scientific discourse closer to civil society and to build future relations and include the participants in existing networks.
The programme further provides an introduction to the concept of human security which is set into relation to societal factors such as poverty and exclusion, but also racism and right-wing extremism and their effects on "old" and "new" minorities. Concluding the summer academy, human rights education strategies will be reviewed in relation to the goals of human security and the respect for human and minority rights.

TOPICS AND WORKSHOPS

* Concepts of human security
* The interdependency of concepts: Human rights, human security and human rights education
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Poverty and exclusion
* Re-build my town!
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Racism and the "old" and "new" minorities
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Right-wing extremism
* Reasoning strategies against hate speech
* Human (in)securities in the past
* Local strategies for human rights and human security: The concepts of human rights cities and the Coalition of Cities against Racism
* Building a culture of human rights: Human rights education strategies
* Learning by doing: Interactive theatre as a participatory instrument

METHODOLOGY
The summer academy draws on the expertise of a selected group of international and local academics and practitioners who work on the topics of human rights education and implementation on the local level. Their broad professional orientation - from lawyers to human rights educators to theatre performers - guarantees the interdisciplinary approach to human rights and human security issues that has made our previous summer academies a success story.
The academy is designed as a modular course, covering one topic per day, which allows for the transfer of knowledge, the acquisition of skills and the shaping of attitudes as well.
The training is based on morning lectures and discussions and afternoon workshops. In order to assure sustainability and multiplying effects, the training methods put particular emphasis on an interactive approach, offering a week-long simulation game in one of the afternoon working groups and visits to numerous local institutions in the second working group. Working language of the summer academy is English. Participants who have actively taken part in the whole programme will receive a certificate of attendance.

TARGET GROUP
The summer academy is designed as ten-day-course for
. young professionals, especially in local administration,
. postgraduate students and young researchers,
. and representatives of NGOs
whose work agenda focuses on the implementation of human rights and democratic proceedings. Special focus will be laid on the selection of participants from South Eastern and Eastern Europe. The number of participants is limited to 30 in order to provide an intensive learning atmosphere. Participants will be selected on the basis of their fields of interest and their personal motivation to be involved in the programme.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION
http://www.etc-graz.at/typo3/index.php?id=1118#c2421

APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 March 2011

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Internship at Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) in Berlin

Internship at Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) in Berlin

The Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is currently seeking a graduate or undergraduate for an internship in the Berlin office to assist with roughly three types of tasks:
·         Research: The intern will assist the researcher for Europe and Central Asia of the division with research into women’s rights violations in the UK, Turkey, Hungary and Romania. Specific topics will include rights of migrant women and domestic violence.
·         Monitoring and Advocacy: The intern will be occasionally be asked to follow certain debates in Brussels, in the European Parliament, to participate in NGO network meetings, to set up meetings, to draft emails and to follow European Union policy developments in the field of women’s rights.
·         Administration: The intern will also be responsible for some administrative tasks including contact management, filing, drafting correspondence, updating databases and translating.
This internship is unpaid, however, some lunch and travel costs may be reimbursed.  Students are often able to arrange academic credit, as HRW internships often offer direct exposure to the workings of an international human rights organization, close supervision by the HRW staff, interaction with international organizations and foreign and domestic government officials, and opportunities to attend lectures, trainings and special events relating to human rights.  Students should check with their individual academic institutions for requirements.

Qualifications:  This position is open to Law, European Studies, Social Studies or International Relations students or graduates, with strong language and communications skills. Applicants should be well-organized, self-motivated and reliable, with a strong interest in women’s human rights.  Excellent oral and written command of English is essential, and French would be considered an added value. Interns must be available to commit to this internship placement for a period of at least four months.
How to Apply: Please apply immediately (no calls or email inquiries, please) by sending a letter of interest, CV, contact information for two references, and a brief, unedited writing sample (of no more than two pages) to wrd@hrw.org.  Please use "WRD-Berlin Internship Application" as the subject of your email.  Only complete applications will be reviewed.  
Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices and, in order to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool. 
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Human Rights Watch is an international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its success in changing the human rights-related policies and practices of influential governments and international institutions.  Human Rights Watch's Women's Rights Division was established in 1990 to monitor state-sponsored or state-tolerated violence against women and sex discrimination in all regions of the world.