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Protection of Human Rights in the Inter-American, African and European Systems
Regional human rights systems serve an important function in the promotion and protection of human rights. In Africa, the Americas, and Europe, the human rights systems of the African Union (AU), Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union (EU) and their decision making, reporting and monitoring bodies and tribunals play a significant role among their member states. This course will critically examine the Inter-American, European and African human rights systems.
Faculty: Walter Antillón, law professor for 62 years in Costa Rica and other countries, worked for justice in Costa Rica and Nicaragua; Stanislaus A. Ajong, Chevening Scholar and Vice President of African Bar Association; Bill Bowring, Professor of Law at Birkbeck College, University of London, UN expert consultant, human rights barrister and scholar; Moderated by Dean Marjorie Cohn
Seminar materials and education are available in English, Spanish, and French.
About the People's Academy
The People’s Academy of International Law, which is sponsored by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, seeks to help anti-imperialist lawyers and human rights advocates globally to marshal the tools of international law to support people’s struggles.
The Academy features free, online legal education curriculum that provides intensive learning about different facets of international law related to human rights, including civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural rights. The People’s Academy is a non-government organization that is run by volunteers and funded by donations from individuals.
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers
Since its founding in 1946 in Paris, International Association of Democratic Lawyers members have participated in the struggles that have made the violation of human rights of groups and individuals and threats to international peace and security, legal issues under international law. From its inception, IADL members throughout the globe have protested racism, colonialism, and economic and political injustice wherever they interfere with legal and human rights, often at the cost of these jurists personal safety and economic well being.
IADL is the organizer of the People’s Academy of International Law, and is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with consultative status to ECOSOC and UNESCO.
Our Founding Dean and Scientific Committee
The People’s Academy of International Law is led by our Founding Dean, Marjorie Cohn, along with our Academy Task Force and the Scientific Committee of the People’s Academy of International Law.
This global group of scholars, lawyers and human rights defenders is committed to producing academically excellent, anti-imperialist, meaningful legal education for use by lawyers, legal workers, law students and people’s movements.
