Summer Course on Human Rights and Drug Policy
Application deadline: February 15, 2012
The course aims to situate drug policies globally within a framework of fundamental human rights, and to assess the extent to which country and international drug policies fail to meet human rights standards. Discussion will focus partly on the identification and understanding of human rights including those that have their basis in international agreements and laws, and in part on evaluation and assessment of the gap between rights and practice in the implementation of drug policies in many countries and regions. The focus of the course will be global and participants will be drawn from all regions internationally.
A mix of teaching modes will be used and faculty are encouraged to minimise the use of formal lectures. Emphasis will be on discussion and interactive learning with maximal use of written and non-written materials. There exist considerable amounts of audio-visual media and these will be extensively used as a basis for group discussion. Time will be allocated for personal reading and participants will be encouraged to interact personally with faculty so as to deepen understanding of the issues. Site visits and discussions with civil society organisations and groups will be a feature of the programme of activities.
All those attending the course will be provided by CEU with a Certificate of Attendance. Opportunities will also be provided during the course for personal discussions with Faculty. It is intended that further work after the conclusion of the course be encouraged both in respect of research and programme analysis and development. Course faculty will be prepared to provide follow up assistance through personal agreement with students.
Course Dates: July 16-27, 2012
Course Director(s):
David Bewley-Taylor, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Swansea, UK
Desmond Cohen, OSI Global Drug Policy Program – http://www.soros.org/initiatives/drugpolicy
Course Faculty:
Damon Barrett, International Harm Reduction Association, UK
Balazs Denes, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Budapest, Hungary
Krzysztof Krajewski, Department of Criminology, Jagellonian University, Krakov, Poland
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Global Drug Policy Program, Open Society Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Daniel Mejia, Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Wiktor Osiatynski, Department of Legal Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
For more information on the course, eligibility, application, please visit http://www.summer.ceu.hu/drugpolicy-2012 .