Call for Applications
Humanity in Action Summer Programs on Human and Minority Rights
June 1 to July 5, 2007
Deadline for Application: March 21, 2007
Send your application to: germany@humanityinaction.org
Follow-up Programs in New York and Washington D.C.
October 6 to 13, 2007 and January 12 to 18, 2008
www.humanityinaction.org
In June 2007, Humanity in Action (HiA) will organize its ninth transatlantic Summer Program on Human and Minority Rights. For the third time the program is open for students from certain Central and Eastern European countries. These countries are: Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. Applications from other Central and East-ern European countries CANNOT be accepted. We invite applications from students with an eager interest not only in analysis and discussion but also in grass roots project work. We look for students who are flexible, mature and self-reliant. Participants need to be at ease with intense, constant group ac-tivities and interaction. Costs and expenses related to the summer programs and the follow-up seminars in the United States will be covered by Humanity in Action.
Applicants must be enrolled in a university (in one of the specified countries) and they must have completed at least two semesters when applying for the program (applications from students abroad, e.g. within Erasmus/Tempus are also welcome, however, studying permanently outside the home country disqualifies for application). Post-graduates or Ph.D. candidates CANNOT be considered.
Please turn in your application by March 21, 2007. Telephone or personal interviews with applicants will take place late March/early April 2007.
Humanity in Action: Humanity in Action is a transatlantic organization that brings together European and American (US) students with an active interest in human and minority rights and in the exchange of experiences in defending and enhancing them. The organization is devoted to the study and betterment of human rights and specifically the relationship between majority and minority populations. The summer programs are designed to provide a starting point. The intense core program will be followed by pro-jects within the Senior Fellow Network based on the fellows’ initiative and commitment.
Summer Programs: Humanity in Action Summer Programs run simultane-ously in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Warsaw with joint open-ing and closing sessions. In 2007, the joint sessions with more than 100 par-ticipants will take place in Berlin.
During the summer programs in the respective five countries the participants will be offered two weeks of lectures by activists, politicians, academia and other experts on the field and guided site visits on how these societies deal with their various minorities, e.g. religious, ethnic or other and how human rights are dealt with. The focus will be historic as well as contemporary. For another two weeks of research the Fellows are expected to work in small international teams on specific issues within the framework of the summer programs (oral and written reports) and make substantial contributions to the success of the program.
A total of 18 students from these six Central and Eastern Europe can participate. Other participants come from Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands and The United States.
Follow-up seminar in the US: The summer programs will be followed by a one-week seminar for the European fellows in the United States. Half of the Europeans will go to New York (October 6 to 13, 2007), half to Washing-ton/DC (January 12 to 18, 2008).
Follow-up activities: Successful participants of HiA’s summer programs have access to HiA- internship-programs, such as at the Congress in Washington DC, at the European Parliament, at the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, the United Nations in New York and at a multitude of NGOs working in the field of human and minority rights. Once you became a Humanity in Action Senior Fellow you have the chance to enter the Senior Fellow Network, that provides you with one of the most valuable networks and series of activities on human and minority rights in Germany.
More information: To get a detailed insight into previous years’ pro-grams, please check the personal testimonials by Senior Fellows and the written reports on our website: www.humanityinaction.org
Costs: Humanity in Action pays for travel and housing to and from the sum-mer programs and the follow-up seminar in the US. The organization pays for some, but not all meals during the core programs. Participants should plan to bring some spending money for food and social activities during the core program (approximately 300-400 Euro).
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