Certificate Course on International Human Rights Law & Kashmir

[Akbar Alif Naseer]

Dear everyone,

 

We are pleased to announce that the Oxford Kashmir Forum (OxKF) is organising a free, eight-week online certificate course on “International Human Rights Law and Kashmir: Prospects and Challenges” from 16 February – 10 April 2021. The course aims to introduce and inculcate a human-rights-based discourse in narratives about Kashmir.

 

By combining theory and practice, this course provides an insight into international human rights law and its enforcement/ application in Kashmir. It examines the key rights which have taken centre stage in discourse on Kashmir, like the right to life, right of peaceful assembly, right to freedom of expression, right against torture, etc. Using a mix of lectures, seminars, individual and group exercises, the course will help participants to engage actively and critically with contemporary debates in international human rights law and analyse them in the specific context of Kashmir.

 

The course includes the following lectures:

 

1. Right of Peaceful Assembly - Prof Christof Heyns, Former UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, & Former Member, UN Human Rights Committee
2. Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief - Dr Nazila Ghanea, Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, University of Oxford
3. Right to Freedom of Expression - Dr David Kaye, Clinical Professor of Law, University of Califronia & Former UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression
4. Protection from Enforced Disappearance - Ms Aua Baldé, Member, UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances
5. Right to Life - Dr Stuart Casey-Maslen, Honorary Professor, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
6. Right against Torture and Degrading Treatment – Dr Natasa Mavronicola, Reader in Law, University of Birmingham & Former Special Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
7. Right to Liberty and Security of Person (Protection against Arbitrary Detention) - Dr Priya Pillai, Lawyer & International Law Specialist
8. Right to Fair Trial - Katharina Lewis & Samarth Patel, Senior Legal Assistant & Legal Consultant, Office of Amal Clooney

 

For more information on the course and the course timetable, visit: https://oxfordkashmirforum.wordpress.com/courses/

 

Eligibility

This course is primarily open to law students and graduates; students of other disciplines with a demonstrated experience, understanding or interest in law, particularly human rights law. However, lawyers, social workers and, other humanitarian practitioners who wish to become acquainted with international human rights law and its application in Kashmir are also eligible to apply.

 

Evaluation and Certificate

There will be no formal mode of assessment at the end of the course. However, students who are admitted to the course will be expected to attend every core lecture and seminar to receive a certificate of completion. Capacity permitting, we intend to give participants an opportunity to write essays and submit them for feedback from our resident scholars.

 

Application

Applications close on Sunday, 7 February 2021. You will be notified by Wednesday, 10 February 2021 if your application is successful.

 

To apply, please send your CV (preferably not more than 2 pages) and a Statement of Interest (around 200 words) explaining your interest in this Course to oxfordkas...@gmail.com. Alternatively, you can submit your application by filling the Application Form available here. Please note that you will need to upload your CV and a Statement of Interest with the Application Form.

 

Questions

For any queries related to the course, please contact Sameer Rashid Bhat at samee...@bsg.ox.ac.uk.

 

Warmly,

Akbar Zaheer Alif Naseer

BCL Candidate 2020-21

Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Phone: +44 7471 246333

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