Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The International Human Rights Law Summer Study (IHRLSS) will take place on July 19-28, 2010 in Vilnius (Lithuania) with the participation of the Lithuanian Minister of Justice Remigijus Šimašius in the closing ceremony on July 28.

The Summer Study was introduced in 2008 through a unique partnership involving the Elon University Center for Public Affairs (USA), NGO Bring Human Rights Home (USA), Human Rights Monitoring Institute (Lithuania), and Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania), joined by the European Humanities University (Belarus-Lithuania).

This is a two-week intensive program providing comprehensive exposure to International Human Rights Law. As a rapidly developing interdisciplinary field, International Human Rights Law is gaining importance in an increasingly globalized and ever more interconnected world. 

The program features intensive classroom instruction with classes conducted by practitioners, professors, and experts in the fields of international and human rights law.  Classroom instruction will be enhanced by experiential components such as workshops, field work and site visits.

This year 31 students and 18 lecturers from Belarus, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Lithuania and North America will participate in the program. The course will offer participants extensive interaction with practicing professionals who will share their perspectives.

See program of the IHRLSS here.