Human Rights
14 January – 26 March 2004
12 January – 24 March 2005

The Human Rights Diploma Programme is an academic programme aimed at strengthening capacity for the promotion, protection and advancement of human rights activities to meet a specific need in human rights advocacy and activism. It builds upon existing theoretical and practical experiences and equips the participants with the capabilities for protecting, enforcing and evaluating the impact of human rights.

Target group
The diploma programme targets human rights workers involved in human rights advocacy, education, mobilisation and poverty eradication who want to expand their theoretical knowledge.

Learning objectives
By the end of the programme, participants should:
1. be more aware of and conversant with the international, regional and national mechanisms for the protection and promotion of human rights;
2. be more knowledgeable about comparative strategies for making human rights happen through among other things advocacy, legal aid, public interest litigation, etc.;
3.be aware of the institutions that support human rights work and their relative strengths and limitations.

Programme structure
The Human Rights diploma programme covers a number of substantive fields. These include international human rights law and organisations, where the evolution of international human rights law and practice as well as its current implementations are covered. It also includes domestic instruments for the protection and promotion of human rights which seek to analyse and compare the ways and mechanisms used by various countries to protect human rights. It further analyses the role of state and non-state actors in the enforcement, promotion and protection of human rights, and the use of information and communication technologies in human rights work.

Staff members: Karin Arts (PhD, International Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), James J. Busuttil (JD, DPhil, International Law, University of Oxford), Cees Flinterman (PhD, Law, University of Leiden), Gerrie ter Haar (PhD, Study of Religion, University of Utrecht), Paschal Mihyo (PhD, Law, University of Dar es Salaam), Thanh-Dam Truong (PhD, Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam)

More information
Web:
http://www.iss.nl/navFrame/frame1.html?content=/tprogrs/hur.html [2]
e-mail:
For info. on application procedures
[email protected] [3]
For info. on the contents of the program
[email protected] [4]
Postal address:
P.O. Box 29776
2502 LT The Hague
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 70 426 0460
Fax: +31 70 426 0799