16-21/07/2018 - Global Minority Rights Summer School | GMRSS 2018 (Βουδαπέστη)

The Tom Lantos Institute (TLI) and the National University of Public Service (NUPS), in cooperation with Middlesex University London (MU) are organizing their sixth international summer school on minority rights with a special focus on the role of norms and institutions in current efforts to protect the rights of minorities.

The global regime of minority rights protection has long been governed by a normative framework consisting of the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as minority rights provisions of general UN human rights instruments, and other UN conventions and documents focusing on the rights of minorities. In addition, a number of regional minority rights protection regimes complement existing global structures. Besides the United Nations, key actors shaping the field of minority rights include the Council of Europe, European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Organization of American States, and the African Union. Despite the many years that have gone into the development of these regimes, events in recent years, such as the rise of populism, growing numbers of economic migrants and refugees, and the global economic failure have shaken the very foundations of the norms and institutions governing minority rights.

The six-day interactive summer school will address contemporary trends and developments in laws and politics concerning minority rights, examine the impact of institutions at the regional and international level, and discuss the role and efficacy of civil society in protecting minority rights.

Προϋποθέσεις - Δηλώσεις Συμμετοχής: mladiinfo.eu