Development, Law and Social Justice
17 May – 2 July 2004
24 May – 8 July 2005

The Development Law and Social Justice Programme is an academic programme aimed at strengthening capacity for lobbying, advocacy and networking on human rights issues. It brings together experienced human rights activists, legal practitioners, jurists, academics and human rights policy makers and facilitates their sharing of experiences and strategies.

Target group
The DLJS programme offers mid-career and senior human rights activists an opportunity to exchange experiences and introduces them to new tools and strategies for making human rights work better.

Learning objectives
By the end of the programme, participants should:
1. have more critical insights into the origins, transformations and implementation of human rights instruments;
2. have updated their skills on lobbying, networking, advocacy and human rights education;
3. be familiar with alternative ways of maximising results on social policies and policies providing for the rights of special groups such as women, children, minorities, and indigenous and physically challenged people.

Programme structure
The Development Law and Social Justice Programme covers core issues in human rights. These include legal resources and political instruments of an international and regional nature and the role of various state and non-state actors in shaping international and regional human rights policies. They also include collective rights such as those of women, children, minorities and indigenous peoples and state responsibility for protecting them, and various strategies for strengthening human rights advocacy, education, communication and resource mobilisation.

Staff members: Karin Arts (PhD, International Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), James J. Busuttil (JD, DPhil, International Law, University of Oxford), Gerrie ter Haar (PhD, Study of Religion, University of Utrecht), Rachel Kurian (PhD, Economics, University of Amsterdam), Paschal Mihyo (PhD, Law, University of Dar es Salaam), Mohamed Salih (PhD, Economic and Social Studies, University of Manchester), Thanh-Dam Truong (PhD, Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam)

More information
Web:
http://www.iss.nl/navFrame/frame1.html?content=/tprogrs/ilsd.html
e-mail:
For info. on application procedures
[email protected]
For info. on the contents of the program
[email protected]
Postal address:
P.O. Box 29776
2502 LT The Hague
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 70 426 0460
Fax: +31 70 426 0799