Content tagged with Capacity-building
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Legal Skills Development Programme 2017
From 7 to 10 March 2017, nine lawyers from across Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine joined the EHRAC team for our annual Legal Skills Development Programme (LSDP) in Strasbourg.
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EHRAC secures first crowdfunded grant from Avaaz to mentor human rights lawyers
EHRAC has been awarded a crowdfunded grant by the Avaaz Foundation to cultivate a highly-skilled cadre of lawyers equipped with the knowledge and skills to challenge systemic human rights breaches in their countries.
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EHRAC is inviting applications for a bursary to attend training for human rights defenders
EHRAC is offering a bursary to cover the costs for a human rights defender from Russia, Georgia, Armenia or Ukraine to attend the ‘40th Training Course for Defenders from the Regions’ run by Geneva for Human Rights which takes place on 25 February-10 March 2017. The course will focus on the UN Human Rights Council, international human rights and […]
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EHRAC webinars: Mechanisms under the Rules of Court
On 15 and 17 November 2016, EHRAC held a pair of webinars on using specific mechanisms of the European Court of Human Rights, drawing on the Court’s practice and procedure, as well as EHRAC’s own experiences.
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EHRAC is inviting applications for a bursary to attend training for human rights defenders
EHRAC is offering a bursary to cover the costs for one human rights defender's attendance at the Geneva for Human Rights training course on 12-23 September.
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The value of internships
Seven stories from EHRAC’s former interns by Shoaib M Khan For anyone wishing to enter the field of human rights, gaining relevant work experience is vitally important. It is therefore essential that human rights organisations offer placements to nurture the next generation of confident, competent and keen human rights lawyers and activists. EHRAC has been a trailblazer in human […]
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Combatting violence against women through litigation
On 21-23 June 2016, EHRAC gathered 15 women’s rights lawyers and activists from five countries in Warsaw for our biennial regional seminar.
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Legal Skills Development Programme 2016
Eight lawyers from across Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine joined the EHRAC team for our annual Legal Skills Development Programme (LSDP) in Strasbourg.
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EHRAC webinars on combatting violence against women
EHRAC held two webinars entitled “Addressing Violence against Women - Views and Recommendations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women”.
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Legal internship
The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) is inviting applications for a four-month legal internship placement (2-3 days per week). EHRAC is based within the School of Law at Middlesex University and operates as a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Legal internship description The legal internship will take place in EHRAC’s office in Middlesex University. We prefer candidates […]