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Building 1, hall 205

The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) have been working with the New Bulgarian University (NBU) and the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice to build up the capacity of Bulgarian universities for the introduction of human rights legal education with practical orientation. In such cooperation, the Government Agent’s Office at the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice, the Department of Law at the NBU, and the NCHR have undertaken a series of capacity building measures to ensure that international and European human rights law are taught effectively, by qualified academic staff, and with consideration to its domestic law dimension.

A key aspect of the project activity is the support to training initiatives aimed at strengthening the teaching capacity of the academia. As part of the training of teachers’ component of the project, two trainings are planned to be held in Sofia, respectively on 12-13 and 26-27 January 2024. These trainings are aimed at addressing various forms of teaching, quality assurance and student assessment, curriculum building, and experiential legal learning, especially legal clinics and human rights moot court.

To apply for the 26-27 January 2024 course (NBU, 205 hall or online): Invitation

First day, Friday, 26 January 2024

Training will be delivered in English
Moderator: Assist. Prof. Ekaterina Tsvetanova, director of School of Professional and Continuing
Studies, New Bulgarian University
9.00-9.30 Registration
9.30 – 9.35 Introduction
Welcome and summary of the project activities by Assist. Prof. Emilia Dimitrova, Vice-Rector “Research and Creative Activity”, New Bulgarian University
9.35 – 9.45 Training introduction. Feedback on the course curriculum development exercise
Prof. Gentian Zyberi, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo
9.45 – 11.15 Human Rights in History, Philosophy, and Politics
Assoc. Prof. Nina Reiners, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo
11.15 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Human Rights in International and National Law
Assoc. Prof. Matthew Saul, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 15.00 Human Rights Law in Context
Prof. Gentian Zyberi, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 16.00 Cooperation with NGOs & NHRIs in Human Rights Legal Education
Prof. Gentian Zyberi, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo
16.00 – 16.15 General discussion and summing up

Second day, Saturday, 27 January 2024

9.30 – 11.30 Teaching European Fundamental Rights (with a short break)
Prof. Janneke Gerards, University of Utrecht
11.30 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.30 Dealing with Ethical Issues in Teaching and Supervision
Prof. Gentian Zyberi, Assoc. Prof. Nina Reiners, and Assoc. Prof. Matthew Saul, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Human Rights Legal Education and Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Gentian Zyberi, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo
15.00 – 15.30 General discussion and conclusion of the training.