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HRSS starts from 11 December 2012
Human Rights Summer School (HRSS) is going to be held at PROSHIKA HRDC, Koitta, Manikgonj on 11-23 December 2012 with the participation of 48 selected law students of 11 universities of home and abroad. HRSS is a two weeks residential course on human rights jurisprudence conducted by law research institution Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP). With the mission of 'lawyering for the poor is lawyering for justice', ELCOP trained over 500 'rebellious lawyers' who are educated to interpret law for the protection and promotion of human rights.
This is the 13th year of Human Rights Summer School (HRSS), a unique endeavour of University Law Teachers and students of Bangladesh. Organized by ELCOP, HRSS has gained international character as of now, since its inception in 2000. This year the theme of HRSS is 'Human Rights and Critically Disadvantaged People'.
48 university law students from different universities of England, Nepal and Bangladesh are going to participate in this intense human rights and art of advocacy course. Academicians, Jurists, Human Rights Activists would form the corpus of the teaching faculty. HRSS is peculiar in the sense that the students get scope to learn by interactive methods and community visit etc. They get the opportunity of coming in contact with the legal giants of the country and overseas.
Mr. Justice Habibur Rahman, Former Chief Justice of Bangladesh is expected to open the 13th HRSS while Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Honarable Chairman, National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh. And Mr. Shaheen Anam, Executive Director, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) would grace the occasion as Special Guests. Mr. Kamrul Islam, State Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh would award certificate in the closing session as Chief Guest.
Press Release.
