Human Rights Protection and Regional Integration: Can the European Union be an Example?

The Kalliopi Koufa Foundation for the Promotion of International Law and the Protection of Human Rights is pleased to announce the Fourth Session of the Thessaloniki Summer Courses to take place from June 27 to 7 July 2017 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The title of this year’s session is “Human Rights Protection and Regional Integration: Can the European Union be an Example?s”.

It is our intention to offer an intensive 10-days course, where various aspects of human rights protection at the regional level –with a special focus on Europe– will be covered. These include the protection of human rights in the European Union, the system of human rights protection of the Council of Europe, the ways specific human rights and freedoms protection in Europe (such as freedom of religion, or the rights of persons belonging to ethnic minorities, etc) are protected in Europe and whether these ways could be “exported” in other parts of the world, as well as the compliance of European Union’s external action with human rights.

***The inscription period for the 4th session of Thessaloniki Summer Courses of the Kalliopi Koufa Foundation for the Promotion of International and Human Rights Law is now open!***

Please consult the webpage for the application deadlines and fees. Take advantage of the early-bird offer!
For further information please contact us at summercourses@koufafoundation.org

Course leader

Director of Studies: Professor E. Sachpekidou, Ass. Professor D. Lentzis

Target group

The 2018 Thessaloniki Summer Courses on “Human Rights Protection and Regional Integration: Can the European Union be an Example?” is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students especially LLM students and PhD candidates, EU officers, researchers and practitioners from all over the world with a keen interest in International Humanitarian Law and European Law. In the framework of the course participates will have the chance to engage in discussion and interest with some of the most renowned scholars in the field.

Course aim

It is our intention to offer an intensive 10-days course, where various aspects of human rights protection at the regional level –with a special focus on Europe– will be covered. These include the protection of human rights in the European Union, the system of human rights protection of the Council of Europe, the ways specific human rights and freedoms protection in Europe (such as freedom of religion, or the rights of persons belonging to ethnic minorities, etc) are protected in Europe and whether these ways could be “exported” in other parts of the world, as well as the compliance of European Union’s external action with human rights.

Credits info

The Foundation awards a Certificate of Attendance to all participants who have regularly attended the courses, lectures and expert workshops.

The Foundation will also award a Course Diploma. Only participants holding a law degree will be eligible to apply for the Diploma exam. To obtain the Diploma, you will need to attend diligently the courses, lectures and workshops and sit a written examination in English on Thursday, 6 July 2018 in the afternoon. The Foundation reserves the right to make a choice of the most qualified candidates to sit in the exam. For practical reasons, the number of participants taking the exam cannot be very large. The Director of the Summer Course has the discretion to make a selection based on comparison of the qualifications of interested applicants.

For that purpose, be sure to attach your CV with a list of publications and two referees in your application form. Please note that taking the exam also involves the payment of an administrative fee of 20€.

The diplomas will be awarded to successful participants during the closing ceremony of the Summer Course.

Fee info

EUR 250: Early-bird application: Candidates applying until 5 April 2018 will get a reduced application fee of 250€. They will be notified on their admission and any decision on scholarship requests via e-mail until 10 April 2018. They will need to pay the application fee until 15 April 2018. In case of withdrawal until 31 May 2018, 100€ will be reimbursed. There will be no reimbursement after that date.

The fee covers registration, attendance, course material and the appropriate certificate of attendance but does NOT cover accommodation, travel expenses and any meals. For excursions (optional participation), a small fee will apply (more information will be available in due course).
EUR 300: Closing date for application is 31 May 2018 and the application fee is 300€. Candidates will be notified on their admission and any decision on scholarship requests via e-mail until 5 June 2018. They will need to pay the application fee until 15 June 2018. There will be no reimbursement in case of withdrawal.

The fee covers registration, attendance, course material and the appropriate certificate of attendance but does NOT cover accommodation, travel expenses and any meals. For excursions (optional participation), a small fee will apply (more information will be available in due course).

Scholarships

The Foundation may offer a limited number of scholarships upon its discretion to candidates who are nationals of non-EU and non-OECD countries and hold a law degree at the time of application.

Scholarship requests should be made upon application and be