23 October 2014

Children's rights law in the global human rights landscape: Isolation, inspiration, integration?, Ghent (Belgium)
International Expert Seminar
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Deadline for registration: 28 October 2014

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Human Rights Centre (Ghent University) and the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights (University of Antwerp/UNICEF Belgium) are organizing a seminar within the framework of the IAP ‘Human Rights Integration’.

This one-day international expert seminar aims to explore how children's human rights law and other branches of human rights law can inspire and enrich each other, to arrive at a more integrated experience and enhanced effectiveness of human rights law.

Participation is free, but registration is required by sendin an email with your name and affiliation to hrcevent@ugent.be.

The seminar programme and practical information can be found here.

22 October 2014

Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden
Doctoral student position
Deadline for application: 14 November 2014
 
The Faculty of Law at Lund University (Sweden) has a job openings for a Doctoral student position for completion of a Doctor of Laws degree.

Research within the programme is conducted in one of the following subjects: Jurisprudence, labour law, banking law, private law, EU law, fiscal law, public international law, administrative law, international environmental law, private international law, comparative law, constitutional law, environmental law, human rights, public law, civil and criminal procedure, law and economics, legal history, social and welfare law, and criminal law.

All information can be found here.

17 October 2014

RCN Justice & Démocratie, Bruxelles
2 Consultants
Date limite d'inscription: 3 novembre 2014



 

RCN Justice & Démocratie
Au printemps 1994, le Rwanda a connu la page la plus sombre de son histoire : en 3 mois le génocide a fait plus de 800.000 victimes parmi les Tutsis et Hutus modérés et a profondément marqué les esprits. Dans ce climat de crise le besoin de justice était grand et les défis immenses à relever pour la restauration de l’ensemble de la structure judiciaire.

Rendre justice
Dès l’été 1994, un gouvernement d’union nationale a été mis en place avec pour priorités la reconstruction du pays, la réhabilitation des rescapés du génocide, et surtout, la justice pour les victimes du génocide et la lutte contre la culture de l’impunité. Mais comment rendre justice quand les magistrats ont été tués, sont partis en exil ou sont devenus des bourreaux. Comment rendre justice quand tout l’appareil judiciaire est à reconstruire. Comment rendre justice quand le nombre de prisonniers atteint des chiffres vertigineux… Devant ce constat, un appel à l’aide en faveur de la justice rwandaise est lancé. Car si après le génocide, des centaines de milliers de Rwandais avaient besoin de médicaments, de nourriture et de foyers, ils avaient autant soif de justice.

Donner droit au droit
Suite à cet appel, une mission composée des représentants d’Amnesty International, de Médecins Sans Frontières, de Causes Communes, de l’Association de Juristes Démocrates se rendit au Rwanda. Une évidence : le droit était indispensable aux Rwandais pour soigner leur douleur et lutter contre l’impunité. Les Rwandais avaient tout simplement droit au droit.

Pour affermir la démocratie
C’est dans ce contexte que naquit Réseau Citoyens-Citizens Network (RCN). Ses fondateurs estimaient qu’une organisation non gouvernementale indépendante était à même de promouvoir le droit, d’aider à l’affermissement de l’indépendance de la justice et de soutenir la société civile… Mais l’action de RCN ne pouvait se limiter au Rwanda. D’autres pays en conflit ou sortant de situations de guerre avaient le même besoin d’un appareil judiciaire revalidé et conforté pour affermir la démocratie : Haïti, la République démocratique du Congo, le Burundi,…

C’est dans cet esprit que, désormais, RCN agit sous le nom de RCN Justice & Démocratie et développe des programmes favorisant la création d’espaces de paroles.

RCN Justice & Démocratie recherche deux consultants avec un profil académique (étudiants doctorants, chercheurs ou professeurs) pour l’accompagner dans la conception de supports pédagogiques en matière d’éducation à la mémoire des crimes internationaux contemporains:

Consultance 1: Analyse des risques et des opportunités de l’éducation à la mémoire des crimes de masse contemporains auprès des jeunes en Belgique (20 jours)
Consultance 2: Elaboration de supports didactiques sur la thématique des crimes de masse (mécanismes de la violence, responsabilité individuelle et collective et enjeux de la reconstruction) (15 jours)

10 October 2014

The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium
Doctoral Researcher
Deadline for application: 23 October 2014

The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, an interdisciplinary research centre of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Leuven, initiates and encourages research initiatives in relation to globalization, governance processes and multilateralism. The Centre is looking for an outstanding junior researcher to participate in the FRAME project, a unique large scale FP7 research project involving 19 universities in the EU and worldwide on the topic of human rights in the EU external relations and internal policies.
International Juvenile Justice Observatory, Brussels
Internship: 'Project assistant on Latin American Affairs'
 
The International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) is a Belgian Public Utility Foundation. The International Juvenile Justice Observatory is conceived as an inter-disciplinary system of information, communication, debates, analyses and proposals concerning different areas which affect the development of juvenile justice in the world. The Observatory offers different services in French, English and Spanish as well as other languages, addressed to entities, professionals and individuals from all over the world involved and interested in the subject.

IJJO is looking for an organized and driven person to help manage the projects where the IJJO is involved, mainly those related with Latin America. The candidate selected will be part of the IJJO team in Brussels.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), Brussels
Internship
Deadline for application: 17 November 2014

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) is the coordinating body of about eighty human rights organisations and institutions as well as individuals from over thirty countries. Rooted in civil society, the Network seeks to develop and strengthen partnerships between NGOs in the EuroMed region, i.e. networking aimed at strengthening the capacity of members to act and interact within the context of the region and the Barcelona process and other EU-Arab cooperation frameworks.

EMHRN is looking to recruit a bright and enthusiastic intern to assist the Brussels office in its advocacy-related work. The internship will start on Monday 17 November 2014 for a period of 6 months.

02 October 2014

Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics and Political Science
Graduate Open Evening
5 November 2014 • 17:00 - 20:30

Are you interested in studying human rights?
Come to the LSE Graduate Open Evening for prospective postgraduate students, where members of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights will be present to answer any questions you may have about the MSc Human Rights.

At the open evening you will have the opportunity to meet academic staff and current students, and find out about the application process, financial support available and career destinations of LSE graduates.

Due to the large number of visitors expected to attend, advance booking is essential.

More information on the MSc Human Rights is available here.