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MONDAY 31st of MARCH

18:00 Presentation
JAUME SAURA I ESTAPÀ, Professor of International Public Law, University of Barcelona, and President of the Institute of Human Rights of Catalonia (IHRC)

SÍLVIA GIMENEZ-SALINAS, Dean of the Il·lustre Col·legi d’Advocats de Barcelona

DAVID MINOVES I LLUCIÀ, Director General of Cooperació al Desenvolupament i Acció Humanitaria, Generalitat de Catalunya

XAVIER BADIA, Director of the Oficina de Promoción de la Paz y los Derechos Humanos de la Generalitat de Catalunya


18:30 Inaugural Speech:
60 YEARS ON: HUMAN RIGHTS - BEYOND THE UN
:
JAUME SANLLORENTE, Founder of Sonrisas de Bombay


 

TUESDAY 1st of APRIL

18:00 The internationalisation of the recognition and protection of Human Rights
DAVID BONDIA GARCÍA, Professor of International Public Law, University of Barcelona, and Director of the Institute of Human Rights of Catalonia (IHRC)


19:30 The challenges of the International Public Law of Human Rights: Asylum and refuge
CARLOS BOGGIO, Ex-representative of the ACNUR in Spain


 

WEDNESDAY 2nd of APRIL

18:00h International Penal Justice Penal
ANTONI PIGRAU SOLÉ, Professor of International Law at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili


19:30 War crimes and crimes against humanity in Central Africa
JORDI PALOU LOVERDOS, Lawyer and legal representative of the Forum Internacional por la Verdad and Justicia en África de los Grandes Lagos


 

THURSDAY 3rd of APRIL

18:00 The guarantee of human rights in the Spanish constitution
JOSEP MARIA CASTELLA, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Barcelona


19:30 New human rights challenges for Spain
FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ-ARIAS MINUESA, Director of the Office of Human Rights at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation


 

MONDAY 7th of APRIL

18:00h A civic space for human rights
MARIA JESÚS LARIOS, Director of Social Relations and Relations with the Parlament del Síndic de Greuges de Catalunya


19:30 A Local dimension of human rights
Carles Dalmau, Trustee of Sant Boi and Presidente of the FòrumSD
Javier Otaola, Vitoria síndico defensor vecinal


 

TUESDAY 8th of APRIL


18:00 New instruments of universal protection of human rights
ANTONIO CENTENO, Movimiento de Vida Independiente
PEDRO CAYUQUEO, Mapuche Activist and Journalist


 

WEDNESDAY 9th of APRIL

18:00 Round table: Religion and Human Rights
DOLORS BRAMON, Professor of Arab and Islamic StudiesEstudis at the University of Barcelona
HELENA TORROJA, Professor of International Public Law at the University of Barcelona
JORDI PUIG, Centre Intereligiós de Barcelona


 

THURSDAY 10th of APRIL

18:00 The emerging human rights
JAUME SAURA, Professor of International Public Law, University of Barcelona, and President of the Institute of Human Rights of Catalonia


19:30 The human right to peace
CARLOS VILLÁN DURÁN, President of the AEDIDH


 

MONDAY 14th of APRIL

18:00 Regional systems of protection of human rights
JOAQUÍN ALCAIDE, Professor of International Public Law, University of Seville


19:30 The interamerican system of protection of human rights
FLORENTÍN MELÉNDEZ, president of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights


 

TUESDAY 15th of APRIL

18:00 The functioning of the European Court of Human Rights
MONTSERRAT ENRICH –MAS, Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights


19:00 Jurisprudence of the European Court of Huma Rights

GUILLEM CANO PALOMARES, Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights


20:00 The introduction of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights to Spanish law

JUAN MANUEL TRAYTER, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Girona


 

WEDNESDAY 16th of APRIL

18:00h The work of the Commissioner for Human Rights
ALVARO GIL ROBLES, Professor of Administrative Law at the Complutense University of Madrid and ex Commissioner of Human Rights at the Council of Europe


19:30 The Venice Commission

SERGUEI KOUZNETSOV, Elections and Referendums Division of the Secretariat of the Venice Commission


 

THURSDAY 17th of APRIL

18:00h The new Council of Europe Convention on action against the trafficking of human beings
MARTA REQUENA, Director of the Division of Gender Equality and Action against human trafficking of the Council of Europe


19:30 The European Social Charter

RAMÓN PRIETO SUAREZ, Secretariat of the European Social Charter


 

FRIDAY 18th of APRIL

18:00 Closing Speech
PHILLIPPE BOILLAT, Director General of the Human Rights Council of Europe


19:30 Awarding of certificates

JAUME SAURA I ESTAPÀ, President of the Institute of Human Rights of Catalonia

 
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TIME
From 18:00 to 21:00 h.

PLACE
Il·lustre Col·legi d'Advocats de Barcelona
C. Mallorca 283 - Barcelona


Universitat de Barcelona: 4 credits

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 2’5 credits

Universitat Internacional de Catalunya: 2 credits

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya: 2’5 credits

Universitat Pompeu Fabra: 4 credits

5 scholarships consist of a 15 day stay in Strasbourg in the head office of theCouncill of Europe

1 scholarship to a postgraduate students consist of a three month stay in the Office of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva

1 scholarship to a graduate of Law for a six month stay in the Síndic de Greuges de Catalunya (Catalonian Ombudsman).

Parlament de Catalunya

Síndic de Greuges de Catalunya

Oficina per la No Discriminació

During the Course the organization keeps an attendance roll, and those students who fulfill 80 per cent of the sessions will receive a diploma of attendance.


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