International Human Rights Law Summer Studies

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW SUMMER STUDIES

PROGRAM

22 July – 1 August, 2008

Vilnius

DAY 1
22 July, 2008 / TUESDAY – ARRIVAL
14.00-16.00
17.00
19.00
20.30 / Registration
Student Orientation Session
Film Screening: Lithuania
Film Screening and Discussion: Gideon’s Trumpet
DAY 2
23 July, 2008 / WEDNESDAY
10.00 – 10.30 / Opening Session:
- H.E. John Cloud, U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania
- Stasys Stačiokas, Vice-Rector, Mykolas Romeris University
- Anatolij Mikhailov, Rector, European Humanities University
- Betty Morgan, Associate Professor, Elon University
11.15 – 12.30 / What Are Human Rights?
Henrikas Mickevičius, Executive Director, Human Rights Monitoring Institute
13.30 – 15.00 / International and Comparative Human Rights Law
Jolanta Samuolytė, Research Director, Human Rights Monitoring Institute
15.30 – 17.00 / Off-Site Experiential Program: Museum of The Genocide Victims
DAY 3
24 July, 2008 / THURSDAY
9.00 – 9.45 / Human Rights and Democracy: Why Defend Human Rights in a Democracy?
Morta Vidūnaitė, Lecturer, Institute for Political Science and International Relations of Vilnius University
10.00 – 10.45 / European Union and Human Rights
Loreta Šaltenytė, Lecturer, Mykolas Romeris University
11.00 – 11.45 / Bringing Human Rights Home: A Comparison of How International Human Rights are Incorporated into Domestic Legal Systems in the United States and the European Union
Cindy Galway Buys, Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University School of Law
12.00 – 12.45 / National Human Rights Institutions
Edita Žiobienė, Associate Professor, Mykolas Romeris University, and Director, Lithuanian Human Rights Center
14.30 – 17.00
20:00 / Off-Site Experiential Program: European Commission’s Delegation in Lithuania
Off-Site Experiential Program: Information Office of the Council of Europe
Film Screening and Discussion: The Trials of Darryl Hunt
DAY 4
25 July, 2008 / FRIDAY
9.00 - 10.45 / Right to Life, Prohibition of Torture, Degrading and Inhuman Treatment and Punishment
Dovydas Vitkauskas, Human Rights Consultant, London
11.00 -11.45 / Enforcing Human Rights Through International Criminal Law
Gregory S. Gordon, Professor, University of North Dakota School of Law
12.00 – 12.45 / International Refugee Law
Laurynas Biekša, Associate Professor, Mykolas Romeris University
15.00 – 17.30
20:00 / Off-Site Experiential Program: Foreigners’ Registration Center in Pabrade
Film Screening and Discussion: The Exonerated
DAY 5
26 July, 2008 / SATURDAY
9.00 – 9.45 / Professional Ethics in the Context of Human Rights
Patricia Streeter, Attorney and Executive Director, Bring Human Rights Home
Gregory S. Gordon, Professor, University of North Dakota School of Law
10.00 – 10.45 / NGOs and Strategic Litigation
Jolanta Samuolytė, Research Director, Human Rights Monitoring Institute
11.00 – 12.45 / Legal Aid and Pro Bono Practice
Betty Morgan, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Elon University, North Carolina
DAY 6
27 July, 2008 / SUNDAY
10.00 – 19.00 / Off-Site Experiential Program: Kaunas
DAY 7,
28 July, 2008 / MONDAY
9.00 – 10.45 / Right to Personal Security and Fair Trial: presentation and case study
Martina Caroni, Professor, Luzern University
11.00 – 11.45 / Right to Respect for Private and Family Life
Gediminas Sagatys, Associate Professor, Mykolas Romeris University
Attorney at Law, Raidla Lejins & Norcous Law Office
12.00 – 12.45 / Human Rights in Healthcare
Jonas Juškevičius, Professor, Mykolas Romeris University
14.00 – 14.45 / Freedom of Expression versus Free Speech
Martina Caroni, Professor, Luzern University
15.00 – 15.45 / Right to Access Information
Gintaras Aleknonis, Associate Professor, Mykolas Romeris University
16.00 – 16.45 / Media – on the Verge of Exercise and Abuse of the Right to Freedom of Expression
Edita Žiobienė, Associate Professor, Mykolas Romeris University, and Director, Lithuanian Human Rights Center
DAY 8
29 July, 2008 / TUESDAY
9.30 – 12.30 / Off-Site Experiential Program: Office of Ombudsperson for Equal Opportunities
General Prohibition of Discrimination
Ekaterina Kouznetsova, Associate Professor, European Humanities University
Policy of Equal Opportunities in European Union & Lithuania
Aušrinė Burneikienė, Ombudsperson for Equal Opportunities
Gender Rights
Margarita Jankauskaitė, Project Manager, Center for Equality Advancement
14.30 – 16.30 / Off-Site Experiential Program: Office of Ombudsperson for the Protection of Children’s Rights
Children’s Rights
Dainius Pūras, Member, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
Lithuanian System for the Protection of Children’s Rights
Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, Ombudsperson of the Rights of the Child
DAY 9
30 July, 2008 / WEDNESDAY
Moot Court 1
9.00 – 12:30** / Discussion of hypothetical case and explanation of roles, division into groups (Applicant and Respondent)
14.00 – 15.45** / In groups, discussion of the main issues in the case and division of tasks within the group
15:45 ** / Finalize the Application to the Court
DAY 10
31 July, 2008 / THURSDAY
Moot Court 2
9.00 – 12:00** / Final argument preparation in groups, each side to select their representative for argument
12:00 ** / Responses submitted to the Court and applicant
14.00 – 15.45** / Preparation for the hearings
16.00 – 17.15 / Hearing of Case No. 1 (Group A – Plaintiff; Group B – Respondent)
- Speech of Plaintiff’s representative/s (20 min.)
- Court’s questions for the Plaintiff’s representative/s (10 min.)
- Speech of Respondent’s representative/s (20 min.)
- Court’s questions for the Respondent’s representative/s (10 min.)
DAY 11
1 August, 2008 / FRIDAY
Moot Court
9.00 – 10:45 / Pronouncement of the judgment and discussion
11.00 – 11.30 / Closure of the Summer School