Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Belgium
The European Court of Human Rights: The (problematic?) enforcement of its judgments
1 - 4 June 2015 

Guest Lecture Series by Prof. Dr. Adam Bodnar, University of Warsaw and Vice-President of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.


Programme
Monday 1 June 2015
15:00 – 17:00, Pleitlokaal
The Enforcement of ECtHR judgments - A General Introduction
Obligation of states under Article 46 ECHR, principles of public international law concerning state liability for wrongful action; individual and general measures; role of the ECtHR in measures to be adopted, (quasi-)pilot judgments; principle of subsidiarity.

Tuesday 2 June 2015
15:00 – 17:00, Blauwe Zaal
Role of the Council of Europe Organs and Institutions in securing the ECHR enforcement 
Role of political declarations in setting the agenda concerning ECtHR enforcement; the Committee of Ministers; enhanced and standard supervision, communications by lawyers, NGOs and NHRIs; recommendations to member states; role of the Parliamentary Assembly; infringement procedure; role of the COE Commissioner for Human Rights

Wednesday 3 June 2015
15:00 – 17:00, Blauwe Zaal
Domestic Institutional Setting and the ECHR Enforcement 
Role of the Government Agents, annual reports, cooperation with different units in the government; parliamentary supervision over ECtHR judgments (including practice from UK); constitutional dialogue of the ECtHR with national constitutional courts; dissemination of judgments, training of professionals; role of NHRIs in promoting ECtHR standards.

Thursday 4 June 2015
15:00 – 17:00, Pleitlokaal
Individual Measures aimed at Implementing ECtHR Judgments and Access to Remedies 
Pecuniary & non-pecuniary damages; re-examination of a case and re-opening of proceedings as a result of ECtHR judgments; other forms of individual enforcement; availability of domestic remedies and their introduction as a follow-up to ECtHR judgments (e.g. on length of proceedings); principle of equivalent protection and violations of human rights by EU organs and institutions) 

Venue: Faculty of Law, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Ghent - Free entrance/No prior registration needed

Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway
Research Associate / Postdoctoral Researcher - ERC VOICES and EU PERSON
Deadline for application: 29 May 2015

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed term position as a Research Associate / Postdoctoral Researcher with the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. This position is funded by the European Research Council, the European Union and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy. It is available from 22 June 2015 to contract end date of 30 November 2018.

The Centre for Disability Law and Policy was established in 2008 and is part of the School of Law, and the newly-founded Institute for Lifecourse and Society at the National University of Ireland, Galway. It is dedicated to producing research that informs debate on national and international disability law reform.

National Platform of Self Advocates, Galway, Ireland
Vacancies for the positions of Administrator and Facilitator/Support Person
Deadline for application: 21 May 2015

The National Platform of Self-Advocates is the first independent national self-advocacy group in Ireland. It is a committee of 12 self advocates with disabilities from all over Ireland, who meet once a month in Dublin, organise a national conference once a year, and have regional meetings all over the country.

The platform is seeking applications for the positions of Administrator and Facilitator/Support Person.

Academy of European Law (ERA)
Current Reflections on EU Anti-Discrimination Law, a Seminar for university professors and law lecturers
1 - 2 June 2015, Trier

Since 2003 ERA has organised a series of seminars devoted to the two European anti-discrimination directives adopted under Article 19 TFEU every year. Directive 2000/78 prohibits all forms of discrimination in employment and occupation based on religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation. Directive 2000/43 goes further and prohibits all forms of discrimination based on race or ethnic origin, not only in the employment area but also in education, social protection and access to goods and services.

This event – addressed to university professors and law lecturers – will present current reflections by academic experts on the state of play and future development of EU anti-discrimination law.

Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway International Summer School on the Arts and Human Rights:
'Belonging - Exploring the intersection between the arts and human rights'
9 - 11 July 2015 
Fee has been dropped by 50% to €175

The first Galway International Summer School on the Arts and Human Rights will take place from 9 - 11 July 2015 at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Co-directed by Prof. Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights and Dominique Bouchard, Curator at the Hunt Museum, it will bring together arts practitioners with human rights activists and scholars to explore their shared space. Events will take the form of panel discussions, exhibitions and performances.

The global theme for 2015 will be 'Belonging'.  The Summer School will consist of keynote addresses, plenary discussions, and themed discussions on three parallel tracks – literature and human rights; the visual arts and human rights; and music and human rights. The opening speaker will be the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Cultural Rights, Farida Shaheed.