The Human Rights Law Centre, School of Law of the University of
Nottingham offers human rights short courses for graduate students, government officials, lawyers, human rights
field workers, NGO and IGO personnel and others with an interest in human rights
at an international or national level, and gives a full overview of
international human rights standards in practice, around the
world.
We offer a one term
course twice a year (27 September to 7 December 2012, and 10 January to 22
March 2013) which provides in-depth knowledge and understanding of UN and
regional human rights systems by faculty and visiting lecturers who have
experience of the systems in practice. We also offer a two term course
beginning in September/October in which the second term is spent in a human
rights internship in an IGO or an NGO - www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/shortcourse
Alternatively, you
may be interested in taking modules from our online distance learning course
which commences on 1 October 2012. There are seven modules to choose from
including UN Human Rights System, International Criminal Justice and Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights with each module lasting eight weeks – www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/distancelearning