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Name Summer School on the Rights of the Child
Type Summer schools
Organising institution
University of Nottingham. Human Rights Law Centre, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Frequency Annual
Objectives The objective of this exciting programme is to consider issues concerning the rights of the child that are a matter of current legal, political and societal debate, both internationally and comparatively. These include violence against children, child participation, child poverty, and child rights monitoring and advocacy.
Area of expertise children rights
Content The Summer School will devote sessions to international and regional child rights law, including the work of the international courts and treaty monitoring bodies mandated to consider violations of the rights of the child.
Language English
Country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
City Nottingham
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Delivered by Professor Michael Freeman, Emeritus Professor of Law, University College London and Editor of International Journal of Children's Rights;
Professor Ursula Kilkelly, Head of the Department of Law and Director of the Child Law Clinic, University College Cork;
Professor Laura Lundy, Director of the Children's Rights Centre, Queen's University, Belfast;
Professor Dominic McGoldrick, Professor of International Human Rights Law, University of Nottingham;
Dr Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Chairperson of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child of the African Union, and member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child;
Ms Lisa Myers, Director of the NGO group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Geneva;
Professor Aoife Nolan, Professor of International Human Rights Law, University of Nottingham.
Degree/Certificate Short Course students will receive a certificate of attendance, accredited by the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre.


Number of participants Places are limited to ten people in each course.
Tuition/Accommodation The course fee is £1,000, which includes:
• Tuition
• Lunches and refreshments
• Course materials
• Accommodation (bed and breakfast)
For participants who do not require accommodation, the course fee is £750.
Homepage www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/shortcoursesandtraining/summerschool/summerschool.aspx

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