Joint WS, AA-S&C-STEP Key Area Meeting, Prague

Joint WS, AA-S&C-STEPKey Area Meeting, Prague ELSA and Human Rights

The European Law Students’ Association • Topics of the day: • Introduction • Overview: HR activities throughout the Network • ELSA Day 2nd edition • ELSA Day 3rd edition • Open discussion: • What does ELSA’s commitment to Human Rights mean? • Other hot topics Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association ELSA’s Vision: A just world in which there is respect for human dignity and cultural diversity Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association Decision Book – “Human Rights –part” Human Rights is the main treasure and value of mankind. Therefore the implementation of Human Rights is an objective of the Network. ELSA shall be continuously committed to Human Rights awareness, Human Rights education, and the respect of the Rule of Law. ELSA shall strive to be recognised for a strictly legal, academic and impartial approach to Human Rights. … Human Rights shall be implemented in all key area activities. Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • Strategic Goals 2018 • ELSA shallconstantlydevelopawareness and knowledgeof human rights • - ELSA shalldevelopitsown Human Rights programme • - ELSA shallestablish human rightspartnershipson all levels • - ELSA shallorganise an annualELSA Day withparticipationofeachLocal Group Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • What do we mean by “itsownHuman Rights programme”? • Independent: definewhatHR are to us • Aim at organising a decentamountof HR events • Overviewofwhat HR activitieswe have throughouttheNetwork Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association ELSA International’s Human Rights Partner: Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • CoE – ELSA’s most important supporter! • Operational support • Projects: HRMCC, ELSA Day, LRGs, Delegations, conferences • Opportunities for you? • Patronage, Speakers, Institutional Visits, Cheap Accommodation in Strasbourg Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association Project partner: – European Human Rights Moot Court Competition Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association

The European Law Students’ Association Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association ELSA International Human Rights Projects Past and future ones Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association European Human Rights Moot Court Competition

The European Law Students’ Association • Legal Research Groups • ELSA for Childen, CoE, 2012 • Online Hate Speech, CoE, 2013 • Children Rights, MCE, 2014 • Social Rights, CoE, 2014 Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • Delegations • ECOSOC • World forum for Democracy • UN HR bodies

The European Law Students’ Association World Forum for Democracy – Council of Europe

The European Law Students’ Association International Conferences Applications open until 1st October! Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association International Summer Law School Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association STEP: - Lawyers without boundaries - ECPAT - Roma Council - Human Rights Defender - University - Government office for HR - Women rights center, Pakistan

The European Law Students’ Association • HR Survey in ELSA, spring 2014 Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association Mostly children rights institutions Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association No wonder, it’s from 2001

The European Law Students’ Association • Observations: • Need for a Director for HR? • Enough focus on HR in ELSA? Many opinions • More focus on legal persons’ HR • HRMCC and ELSA Day seems to be the most known international HR activities • ELSA is not and cannot be a HR association • We don’t make an impact – can we be more proactive? • Blurry line between HR and non political status • What are HR? Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association 3rd Edition - 26th November 2014 Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association Focus: Human Rights and Social Responsibility Purpose To contribute to legal education, to foster mutual understanding and to promote social responsibility of law students and young lawyers. Means … Encouraging law students and young lawyers to act for the good of society. Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • Social responsibility is not the topic - the broad field of Human Rights is. • Social responsibility deals with the impact your event has on society. Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • Suggestions on events: • Human Library • Access to Justice • Tea Time • Legal debate • Charity • Cultural Diversity • What will ELSA International do? Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

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The European Law Students’ Association • ELSA International Director for Human Rights • National ELSA Day Coordinators– 23 subscribed so far • Materials from Council of Europe • Event Specification form • Evaluation • ELSA Day Competition: • Academic quality, relevance to the topic of human rights and social responsibility, impact on society, creativity and online and offline visibility Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

Timeline 25thAugustAppointment of National ELSA Day Coordinators 3.-7. SeptemberKey Area Meeting 20th SeptemberDeadline for submitting the Event Specification Form Start Oct Mkt materials out, web page info update 14th OctoberDrop the Online Bomb 19-26thOctober ICM Bodrum 26th NovemberELSA Day 15thDecemberEvaluation Form 19-26thAprilICM ClujNapoca, “Award Ceremony”

The European Law Students’ Association Open Discussion Share your thoughts about any key are topic Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • ELSA’s commitment to Human Rights • What are Human Rights? • What is our mandate? • When does it become political? Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • The problem of the non-political status • What can we do? • Does ELSA support human rights? Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association Can we do anything?

The European Law Students’ Association Does ELSA support democracy? Are we against death penalty? Homosexuals should have the right to marry? Women should have the exact same rights as men? Are human rights universal? These are human rights questions in some countries. They are political questions in other. Can ELSA take a stand? Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • What does ELSA mean by its commitment to social responsibility? • To contribute to legal education, to foster mutual understanding and to promote social responsibility of law students and young lawyers. • Encouraging law students and young lawyers to act for the good of society. • Should ELSA do more? • Non political status Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

The European Law Students’ Association • Restructure the key areas? • Do external understand our titles? • Is the division of responsibilities efficient? Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosniaand Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙CzechRepublic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

Example (DB AA part) 1.6. Lawyers at Work Event Lawyers at work events (L@W events) are an opportunity for law students and young lawyers to receive career information from those working in various professions which are open to law graduates. L@W events aim at allowing law students and young lawyers an inside view into the legal profession. … 1.6.4 The AA officer shall consider organising L@W events in the form of job fair, career day, visit to law firms and institutions or information sessions.

Joint WS, AA-S&C-STEP Key Area Meeting, Prague