Institución organizadora |
 Stockholm Institute of Public and International Law, Suecia
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Institución ejecutora |
Stockholm Institute of Public and International Law, Suecia
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Tipo |
Programas universitarios | |
Fecha de inicio del programa |
1984 | |
Nombre |
Sporrong Lönnroth Human Rights Law Moot Court Competition | |
Orientación sustantiva |
derechos humanos
derecho humanitario internacional
derechos civiles y políticos | |
Público objectivo |
Estudiantes universitarios | |
Formación continuada o
formación profesional |
No | |
Contenido |
The Institutet för offentlig och internationell rätt (Stockholm Institute of Public and International Law) conducts this course in human rights law and, in particular, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The course is organized as a moot court competition and covers selected problems, preferably two to four, which allow for in-depth studies. Issues dealt with include civil rights, freedom of religion, tax law, and corporal punishment. | |
Idioma |
Danish (Dansk)
Norwegian
Swedish (Svenska) | |
País |
Finlandia
Islandia
Noruega
Suecia
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Orientación geográfica |
Países Nórdicos | |
DH incorporados en el curriculum |
No | |
Metodología empleada |
Written briefs, Pleading sessions. | |
Impartido por |
Professors, Specialists. | |
Número de participantes |
About seventy. | |
Requisitos de admisión |
Students wishing to enroll must be law students or young lawyers. Most are between twenty and thirty years old, but there are no age requirements. | |
Información adicional |
The programme is funded by the University of Stockholm; other Nordic universities; private funds; funds solicited locally (where the pleading session is held).
Participants come from ten universities in the Nordic countries.
A network of judges in the Supreme Courts and the European Courts are supportive of the program. Twelve permanent advocate clubs recruit the students at their local university.
The course is delivered by Professor Sundberg, along with other specialists. Each panel of judges consists of a president taken from the European Court in Strasbourg. | |
Ha sido evaluado el programa? |
Yes | |
Descripción de la evaluación |
Two anthologies, covering the exercise, have been published (1987, 1994) with testimonies as to the success of the exercise. | |
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