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Summer School - Children at the Heart of Human Rights - 2022, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Publish Date: Mar 01, 2022

Deadline: Apr 15, 2022

Event Dates: from May 30, 2022 12:00 to Jun 10, 2022 12:00

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 has led to one of the core strengths of the University of Geneva to be within the domain of international human rights laws and policies.
The Summer School ‘Children at the Heart of Human Rights’ is a unique opportunity for students and young professionals to engage with leading experts in a dynamic scientific interdisciplinary environment. It is the perfect academic and professional preparation experience 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 these issues with an interdisciplinary perspective and investigate different international legal instruments such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other human rights treaties and standard-setting instruments. This programme is characterized by a deep dive into the following:

  • 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 blending of all these features will favour a vibrant, challenging and fruitful interactive learning atmosphere.

Course credits

Equivalence of 4 ECTS

Students will be provided with a Certificate of Completion for their course if they satisfy attendance. Students wanting to acquire 4 ECTS have the opportunity to do so on the basis of a written assignement.

Tuition fees 

Professionals : CHF 1’600
External students : CHF 1’300
UNIGE students : CHF 250

The teaching staff is composed of enthusiastic outstanding scholars, teachers and experts from academic settings, international organizations such as the UNHCR, WHO, ILO, ICRC and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Non-Governmental Organizations and Independent National Human Rights Institutions on Children’s Rights.
Moreover, the academic content and organization of the programme is supervised by the Centre for Children’s Rights Studies (CCR - UNIGE) in partnership with International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE), two leading institutions in the field of children's rights.
The Programme Director and Co-director along with the Programme Coordinator are responsible for the design of the study programme and its dynamic.

Application requirements:
Step 1) Prepare a valid web link* to your supporting documents**
CV : academic and/or professional resume
Motivation letter (maximum of 500 words): explain briefly your motivations to take part in the course of your choice
Reference letter (professor, employer...etc): the reference comes from a professional or academic acquaintance.
University certificate of registration (external students only): only students providing such a certificate are eligible for the external students fee
*Be careful not to provide a protected url (intranet weblink) but a public url. Examples of free accounts you can get a web link from: Dropbox, Google Drive or other
**Please uppload all documents in one (1) single PDF document.

2) Fill in the application form (link below)
Complete all required fields (*) of the application form.

3) Language requirement
Applicants must possess a sufficient command of the language of instruction of the course, demonstrated in their motivation letter, studies and work experience.

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Disciplines

Human Rights

Humanities

Law

Study Levels

Graduate

MA

PhD

Undergraduate

Eligible Countries

International

Host Countries

Switzerland