Children at the Heart of Human Rights

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label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Silviu Marinescu
Geneva has long been one of the world's capitals of international law and the headquarters of international institutions dedicated to human rights. This inspiring context naturally led to the focus and strength of the University of Geneva in international human right laws and policies.

The Summer School 'Children at the Heart of Human Rights' is a unique opportunity for students and young professionals to work side by side with leading experts in a dynamic scientific interdisciplinary environment. It is the perfect preparation for those students interested in children's rights and international human rights organizations. The course is shaped to bring out the best of current issues in the international debate on children's rights studies and policies. It will examine with an interdisciplinary perspective, different international legal instruments such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other human rights treaties and standard-setting instruments.

The programme is characterized by: the interplay between theory and practice in the field of children's rights,the international perspective promoted by the lecturers from different regions of the world,the field visits of several UN Agencies, international humanitarian organisations and NGOs, located in GenevaThe blending of all these features will favour a vibrant, challenging and fruitful interactive learning atmosphere.

Period
16-06-2014 - 04-07-2014 (3 weeks)

Target group
The course is aimed at upper-year undergraduate students and Master's degree students and is taught in English.



Course aim
http://www.genevasummerschools.ch/courses-2014/children-at-the-heart-of-human-rights

Credits
6.0 ECTS credits

Students are responsible for validating credits at their university and for verifying that they will be accepted prior the summer school.

Course fee
CHF 2500: Tuition fees do not include travel or accommodation.

Course leader
The teaching staff is composed of enthusiastic outstanding scholars, teachers and experts from academic settings, international organizations such as for example UNHCH, WHO, ILO. ICRC and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

University of Geneva
Address: Blvd du Pont d%5C'Arve 40 R 050
Postal code: CH-1211 Geneva 4
City: Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Website: http://www.unige.ch
E-mail: gss@unige.ch
Phone: +41 22 379 80 90