The 5th Media Law Advocates Training Programme
To be held at the University of Oxford, from 9 - 28 July 2006
This intensive 3 week training programme in human rights and media law
with a focus on litigation and advocacy skills is run by PCMLP in
collaboration with the Open Society Justice Initiative and other
organisations.
The course is designed for lawyers from any country who are interested in
deepening their understanding of the various regional and international
human rights systems, focusing on the protection and promotion of the
exercise of the rights to freedom of _expression and information.
Participants are granted automatic membership of the International Media
Lawyers Association (IMLA), an international network of lawyers working in
the areas of media law, media freedom and media policy, and committed to
promoting and defending the fundamental human rights of freedom of
_expression and freedom of information. Please visit the IMLA website
www.internationalmedialawyers.org
The aim of this programme is to add value and to capacitate those who are
trying to handle such issues day-to-day and whose work could benefit from
additional skills and knowledge. Applicants should have a strong commitment
to human rights, especially to media freedom, a law degree, and eligibility
for legal practice in his/her country.
Applicants should therefore:
* be early to mid-career (ie not students or very recent graduates)
* have demonstrated some commitment to promoting and protecting media
freedom in their work (if they are in academia they need to demonstrate that
they are also engaged in activism/advocacy)
* have a law degree and be working as "advocates" in either the narrower or
wider sense, so litigating in the courts or hands-on engagement in law
reform (eg legal drafting) and campaigning on freedom of _expression and
information issues.
Criteria for selection will include the relevant experience of the
applicant, and the applicant's potential to contribute to the development of
media defence litigation and legislative drafting, which could include
involvement with a human rights or media freedom NGO or work directly with
media enterprises and journalists.
Fees and scholarships
The fee for the programme is ?3,500. This fee includes tuition, written
materials and accommodation in Oriel College. There is cashback of up to
?500 for travel costs on production of relevant receipts.
The Open Society Justice Initiative will be supporting eleven Justice
Initiative Fellows from the countries where it is carrying out media freedom
and access to information projects. Applicants should be lawyers and should
be working directly or indirectly on Justice Initiative projects,
particularly on their projects in Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America.
The Open Society Foundation will be supporting six Fellows from Middle
Eastern and North African countries. Applicants should be lawyers and should
be working directly or indirectly on Open Society Foundation projects.
The Synchronicity Foundation will be supporting one Fellow. Applications
for this fellowship can be accepted only from Russian citizens who are based
in Russia.
NB All applicants who wish to be considered for one of the above
scholarships should mark this clearly on section 13 of the application form.
Other applicants are encouraged to contact organisations in their own
country to enquire about funding opportunities to attend this programme, as
well as apply for funding for professional development at their own
workplace (law firms, companies or organisations of which they are
employees). Applicants are encouraged to apply to these institutions as
early as possible.
To apply, please download and complete the application form below, and
send it by e-mail to louise.scott@csls.ox.ac.uk before the closing date of
14 April 2006.
For further questions and application form, please visit the site:
http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/html/MLAP2006.htmGOOD LUCK!!!
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