ELSA Projects

Human Rights

Task: Research on Human Rights

• European Court of Human Rights
• European Court of Justice
• European Social Charter and Protection of HR

Projects for later if we have time:

• UNIFEM
• WHO
• UNEP

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ECHR

• Search landmark cases on HR, collect and organize by subjects and year; Include Conventions and relevant documents; how all of these influence HR on practical level
• Research on ‘The European Human Rights Protection System’
• ‘Admissibility guide’ – how to get case to the ECHR

Part of the research is:

• to contact legal scientists, academics and practitioners to create a forum/community on a selected subject within HR or on HR in general. Creating a newsletter under this forum on selected subject – how to present, keep updated and exchange information for the forum.
• Approach specialized organizations (Council of Europe, ECHR….etc) as they may have material related to the researched subject made by report or by other document.
• Research in the Peace Palace Library
• Co-operate with professors already attached to the project – Judge Egbert

ECJ

• Search landmark cases on HR, collect and organize by subjects and year; how these influence HR on practical level
• ‘Admissibility guide’ – how to get case to the ECJ
• Compare to the role of ECHR on HR issues

Research on ‘ The European Social Charter and protection of HR’  and role of The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR)

The European Human Rights protection system

The European continent suffered much devastation from the effects of World War II. To renew efforts of peacekeeping and cooperation with one another after the war ended, leaders throughout the region founded three organizations: the Council of Europe, the European Union (formerly the European Coal and Steel Community), and later, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (formerly the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe). These organizations have survived the Cold War and the fall of Communism, and continue to this day to serve as forums for dialogue and exchange within the European continent.

Although these organizations were founded to bring peace and stability to Europe, they were each established with different purposes:

• The Council of Europe promotes the rule of law, human rights, and democracy.
• The European Union was devised as an institution for promoting trade and economic stability for its members.
• The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was founded to maintain peace and military security within Europe.

These organizations each have their way and purpose to protect human rights in Europe. In our handbook on the European Human Rights Protection System, we discuss the applicability of the organizations legislations and policies to the safeguarding of human rights in Europe. It is a very valuable legal tool in any academic collection.

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