Contemporary Human Rights Practice:
Tools and Tactics for Practitioners and Students

Mix and match mini-courses to suit your interests. Participate in this intensive, interactive program addressing the needs of students and practitioners for training in human rights advocacy.

• Human Rights Advocacy Workshop (May 11 - 15)
• Creating and Running a Human Rights NGO (May 16 - 17)
• Representation of Disadvantaged Groups in Conflict Scenarios (May 18 - 22)
• Bringing Human Rights Home: Applying International Human Rights Law to Domestic Struggles for Justice (May 23 - 24)
• Introduction to Human Rights Methodology (May 26 - 29)
• Criminal Justice Stories in Film (May 30 - 31)
• Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy (Distance Learning: May 26 - June 27)

See some of the things last year's participants had to say about the Institute. The Summer Institutes met the needs of participants at various levels, and created an environment of trust and respect among participants, as last summer's participants indicate in the clip below. Click here to see the video clip.

The AU Summer Institute Advantage for University Students: Students completing Institute course work find themselves better prepared for careers with nongovernmental and governmental organizations addressing human rights and humanitarian problems. At the same time, students will be better able to contribute successfully to a wide-range of jobs valuing such skills as: persuasive writing and speaking; effective fact-finding techniques, and policy creation, analysis, implementation and evaluation.

The AU Summer Institute Advantage for Practitioners: Short classes suit practitioners' needs for efficiency and efficacy. Practitioners enroll to study only the specific skills they need. Employers are more likely to reimburse tuition in such directed programs.

Distinguished Faculty + Ideal Location in Nation’s Capital
= Unparalleled Opportunities