Children at the Heart of Human Rights Summer School

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CHILDREN AT THE HEART OF HUMAN RIGHTS
A University of Geneva Summer School
June 8 - June 19, 2015
A collaboration between the University of Geneva’s Center for Children’s Rights Studies and the International Institute for the Rights of the Child

Intensive course on the evolving status of children’s rights

  • Interdisciplinary analysis of children’s rights within the human rights system and institutions
  • Teaching by leading experts
  • Customized visits and meetings in Geneva-based international organizations such as: UNHCH, WHO, ILO, ICRC and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, among other entities
  • 4 ECTS credits

Course Directors

Prof. Philip Jaffé
Director of the Center for Children’s Rights Studies (CCRS - UNIGE Valais Campus) and Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva

Dr. Jean Zermatten
Founding Director of the International Institute for the Rights of the Child and former President of the UN Committee for the Rights of the child, 2011-2013

Programme Coordinator:
Dr. Roberta Ruggiero
Senior Research Associate, Center for Children’s Rights Studies (CCRS - UNIGE Valais Campus), coordinator of the Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights (CCRS - UNIGE Valais Campus), and scientific coordinator of the European Network of National Observatories on Childhood (ChildONEurope) (2008 – 2013)

Application deadline: April 15, 2015
Tuition fees: CHF 2000.-
www.genevasummerschools.ch
childrensrights@unige.ch

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