MASTER IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION
UNIVERSITY OF SIENA, ITALY
Application deadline: 18 October 2006
Language : Italian & English
Contact information: humanrights@ unisi.it
duli@unisi.it
1 scholarship for non European Community students.
For more information you are pleased to consult our web site:
www.humanrights. unisi.it
The Human Rights agenda has progressively become an important part of international politics and a subject of major interest for democratic governments.
Nowadays Human Rights are a priority for international action in political, humanitarian, legal, economic, social and cultural spheres. Their importance also extends to priority action for the multilateral forces of peace and intervention under the UN guidance.
This new reality demands new professional training in the Human Rights area, to offer a greater possibility for success in any potential intervention in this field. A scientific researched approach will provide an informed background from which to launch successful and efficient future interventions. Universities are uniquely positioned to offer such high level learning which imparts in-depth cultural understanding in accordance with the evolution of international political dynamics and the practice of humanitarian missions.
The Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action of the University of Siena incorporates a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach in order to integrate different knowledge bases and expertise. The same attention is given to training activities aimed at intervention in practice, where theoretical development is augmented by concrete analysis and case studies of recent or current experiences.
The aim of the Human Rights Master is to give both theoretical and practical teaching in the field of human rights and to take an in-depth look at all the areas related to them: political, cultural, social, military and environmental. A valid qualification can help persons involved in humanitarian action to act with resolution, timeliness, knowledge of problems which created conflicts, encouraging a possible solution.
The Master addresses both people actually involved and those who wish to become involved in international or regional human rights activities. It also seeks to attract those who wish to reach a general understanding of this subject as it is linked to their own professional needs, and people who consider a deeper knowledge of Human Rights necessary for their own social and educational development. Among those specifically invited to take part in the Master are:
- Young diplomats, in order to develop knowledge of a topic that is a central issue for the aims and activities of international institutions, starting from UN, and with the aim of obtaining further skills in areas where human rights are of special importance.
- Officials of military bodies, in order to build a platform of knowledge and understanding as military units are used ever more frequently in peace-keeping operations and in international campaigns as intervention and assistance forces in areas where actual violations of human rights occur.
- Employees of public institutions (such as state-government, regions, provinces or municipalities) to develop the ability to cope with immigration, foreign manpower, and multicultural integration.
- Teachers, at all levels, to develop knowledge about human rights for pedagogical purposes, and personnel of local education offices who are in charge of the teachers' professional training.
- People working in the world of media and communication who develop the relationship between the media and public opinion, to enable them to raise awareness of and enhance the debate on all the issues linked to human rights and humanitarian actions.
- People in charge of marketing and fund-raising who work in non-profit agencies or in public institutions where communication strategy and income generation must adjust to the humanitarian aims of their organizations.
- Scholars who want to deepen their theoretical, historical and analytical framework of human rights with a high level of specialization and an interdisciplinary approach. - People working in voluntary organizations who wish to acquire a specialist knowledge of human rights to offer to their associates and to use in fact-finding missions and other field work abroad.
Blerina Duli
PhD candidate
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
University of Siena,Italy
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