The NORHED II Project: Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies (NORAD) and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights invite applications for the PhD-level course “Domestic impact of international and regional human rights law” to take place in person in Oslo, on 10-12 October 2024. Expenses for the selected participants from the partner institutions will be covered under the Norhed II project.
The course is open for both PhD-candidates and junior faculty members. The deadline for sending in your application is 15 May 2024.
When applying for a place in the course, please send the following documents:
- Short CV of two pages maximum; and
- Letter of motivation, demonstrating how this course is relevant to your PhD research project or research interests.
We have three guiding principles regarding the selection process, namely the strength of candidate; the relevance of the course for the candidates’ research; and gender balance within each represented institution and in the PhD course.
Application form
Applications should be sent via the online form by 15 May 2024.
Course description
This PhD/professional training course will focus on the domestic impact of international and regional human rights instruments and mechanisms. The human rights instruments of interest for this exploration fall under three broad categories: 1) the nine core UN human rights treaties; 2) the three regional human rights treaties; and, 3) important human rights resolutions or instruments, especially the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). These broad themes are covered in two and a half days through mainly in-person lectures and seminars, taught by renowned experts in the field.
Participants attending over 70% of the course will receive an attendance certificate. The course is also recommended for 4 (four) ECTS study point, upon assessment of a research paper of 5,000 (five thousand) words maximum (including footnotes), which is evaluated as pass/fail. Relevant instructions concerning the research paper will be provided during the course.