Normativity and Reality of Human Rights
Summer school, Padova, July 8-14, 2018
This first edition of the Summer School on “Normativity and Reality of Human Rights” critically investigates the interplay between norms and facts about human rights, with a special focus on three topics: health, environment, and forced migrations. For more information visit also: http://bit.ly/humanrights_summerschool
Themes and programme
The first edition of the Summer School on “Normativity and Reality of Human Rights” critically investigates the interplay between norms and facts about human rights, with a special focus on: Health, Environment, and Migrations.
The overall aim of the Summer School is to reflect on the challenges for the human rights normative systems stemming from the variety of situations in which human rights are operationalised. The normative/factual fault lines, the chasm between law and reality, not only demonstrate a dramatic compliance gaps, but also provide opportunities for expanding and renovating the legal, ethical and philosophical articulations of current human rights concepts. Methodologically, this implies interdisciplinarity, and a systematic back and forth from the global to the local dimensions, and from normative to empirical perspectives.
The 2018 programme focuses on three areas in which the interplay between legal and factual narratives is particularly fertile: socio-economic rights, namely the right to health; the right to environment, and the rights of (forced) migrants. Seminars and workshops are not meant to address exhaustively the complex topics related to health determinants, environmental rights and migrations, rather to explore potentialities for law-making, adjudication and activism.
Prospective students
They include: PhD candidates, master’s students and graduates, junior professionals and post-doc fellows. In the selection of participants, efforts are made to guarantee a diversity in gender, geo-cultural background, discipline of study, and age. Maximum number of participants: 30.
Academic quality and credits
The Summer School is organised by the University of Padova, the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, and by the Padova University’s “Antonio Papisca” Human Rights Centre. Lectures and workshops are held by scholars from the universities of Hokkaido; Panteion, Athens; Graz; London, School of Advanced Studies; Nicosia; Padova.
The programme features 45 hours of formal and non-formal learning, includes an assessment, and corresponds to 6 ECTS credits. A certificate can be produced at request.
Fees
Admitted applicants shall finalise their enrolment by paying a registration fee of 100.00 euro.
