Program Description: The Human Rights Law in the Americas Summer Program combines an intensive study of international human rights law with an immersion in Costa Rican culture. The program provides an overview of the basic principles of international law, in-depth discussion of the Inter-American Human Rights System, and consideration of how human rights ideas, advocacy and activist strategies have transformed Latin American law, society, politics and economics.
Program Dates: July 26 - August 21, 2009
Eligibility: Open. Students who have completed their first year of law school and who are currently in good standing at any ABA- or state-accredited law school or recognized Canadian law school are eligible for admission.
If you have any questions, please call Kari Kammel (312) 362-5385, or e-mail kkammel@depaul.edu.
