Università Roma Tre

The course is a legal clinic in the field of international human rights law. It works on projects that, in the said field, have a clear social justice aim. In this academic year, the clinic has been entrusted with two projects. Projects are usually commissioned by international organizations (e.g. UN agencies), State organs (e.g. the judiciary) or NGOs. Projects usually require students to provide their support to one or more strategic litigation cases before international human rights jurisdictions (e.g. ECtHR) or quasi-judicial bodies (e.g. UN CEDAW), or national tribunals; or to draft human rights reports.

Against this background, the program is composed of two phases.

In the first phase, students get acquainted with the competences necessary to work on the projects. Accordingly, lectures will concern: (i) general issues: legal framework (rules, practice and institutions); methodology of research in international law; drafting skills; (ii) issues specific to the two projects, entrusted to guest lecturers.

In the second phase, the class works as a laboratory, during which drafts prepared by students are discussed on a weekly basis.

Reference textbook is: Riccardo Pisillo Mazzeschi, International Human Rights Law: Theory and Practice (Routledge/Giappichelli, 2021). The volume can be acquired at a discounted price. Please follow the guidelines of the Professor on this matter.