Schedule
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The next edition of the IWU will focus on "International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Environmental Protection" AND will take place from 02.01.2025-11.01.2025. The curriculum outline can be found here. |
You can find the Curriculum Outline of the past edition of the Online Winter University 2024 “International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in the Digital Age", taking place 04.01.2024-13.01.2024 here.
Please note, that changes to the program are still possible and that all lectures take place through the Zoom platform.
First week: Introduction to International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law
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Thursday January 2 |
Friday January 3 |
Saturday January 4 |
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3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (Berlin) 8:00 am - 9:30 am (Wisconsin) |
Opening Ceremony |
The Sources of International Humanitarian Law: Treaties and Beyond |
Introduction to International Humanitarian Law: Conflict Classification |
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5:00 pm - 6:30 pm (Berlin) 10:00 am - 11:30 am (Wisconsin) |
Introduction to Public International Law (PIL) |
The Sources of International Human Rights Law: Treaties and Beyond |
Introducing Civil and Political Rights, and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (Berlin) 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (Wisconsin) |
International Enviromental Law and Other Branches of PIL |
Second week: Protection of Enviroment: Contemporary Challenges
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Monday January 6 |
Tuesday January 7 |
Wednesday January 8 |
Thursday January 9 |
Friday January 1o |
Saturday January 11 |
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3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (Berlin) 8:00 am - 9:30 am (Wisconsin) |
Conduct of Hostilites |
Environmental Protection in Armed Conflict |
Right to a Healthy Enviroment |
Strategic Litigation and Environmental Protection |
Biodiversity Conservation and Wildlife Protection |
Common Heritage of Mankind |
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5:00 pm - 6:30 pm (Berlin) 10:00 am - 11:30 am (Wisconsin) |
Environmental Protection: Role of Regional Human Rights Courts and International Courts
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Protection of Environment: Specific Weapons |
Environmental Justice for Future Generations |
Climate Change and Forced Migration |
Animal Rights and Protection of Animals in Armed Conflict |
Introduction to Space Law |
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (Berlin) 12:00 am - 1:30 pm (Wisconsin) |
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Closing Ceremony |