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Français ANNUAL REPORT 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Word from the President 04 IIHR TEAM . 05 Institutional Activities. 06 General Assembly 06 Donors and Partners 06 International Festival of Human Rights Films 06 Training Sessions 07 Training sessions in France 07 1. Teaching sessions 07 Summer Course on Refugee Law 07 Annual Study Session 10 2. Continuing training 15 Referral to the ECHR 15 France and ECHR 16 3. Seminars 17 Seminar for Italian Law Practitionners 17 Seminar on Administrative Detention 18 4. Educational Activities 19 Human Rights Clinic 19 René Cassin European Pleading Competition 20 Training sessions in Strasbourg 21 Italy 22 Mali 23 Lebanon 26 Morocco 28 Côte d’Ivoire 30 Republic of Congo 32 Haiti 34 International Conference 37 Abolition of the Death Penalty 37 Research Activities 39 Symposiums 39 René Cassin Thesis Prize 41 Publications 42 IIHR Programme 2015 44 3 A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT Innovation and development have marked the year 2014. Indeed, for the first time this year, the Institute organised a high level International Conference, that gathered highly renowned specialists to debate on « the Universal Abolition of the Death Penalty» in order to contribute to political change and progressively putting an end to this barbarous practice that violates human rights. Organised in October at the headquarter of the Interamerican Court of human rights in Costa Rica, to which I would like to personally give thanks for their precious support, this event aimed at putting in perspective different reductionists and abolitionists strategies, in particular moratoriums in law or in practice. This Conference also reflects the will of our Institute to develop more activities in Latin America. In addition, the Court of San José came to visit the Institute on 22 October, a first. We developed new sessions in Africa and wider the scope of our action to the Maghreb by organising a session in Rabat designed and dedicated to the executives of the Council of Human Rights of Morocco. We also strengthened our action in Central Africa with the setting up of a session in Mali, as well as a session in Republic of Congo in partnership with the French Embassy and the European Union, that was a success and will be renewed in 2016. These three sessions were devoted to improve the protection of the most vulnerables such as children, women, victims of conflict and minorities. Last year we put in place a Human Rights Clinic in Strasbourg in partnership with the Strasbourg Law Faculty. The Clinic is a legal training which aims at allowing students to learn law while practicing. In December 2014, the students of the promotion 2013-2015 have for example submitted a third-party- Intervention to the ECHR in the Lambert case related to the end of life, thus putting in practice before one of the most prestigious Judicial Institutions the knowledge gained during their university programme. The Clinic welcomed a second promotion in Octobre 2014. The students of the two promotions also had the opportunity to follow seminars given by renowned experts. At the end of the Clinic programme, a university diploma will be delivered to the students. We supported the organisation of the René Cassin Moot Court Competition 2014. Created in 1984, the ‘Cassin’ is an international French-speaking moot court competition based on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Over the years it became the most distinguished French-speaking moot court competition in this field. Each year, it offers the opportunity to students coming from all over the world to face each other at the occasion of a fake trial before the Court. Finally, we have started to change the legal status of the Institute (currently association) into a Foundation, which should lead to a better management and development of our activities. This major turning point, unanimously approved in its principle by the IIHR General Assembly in September 2014, should be endorsed by a decree of the Conseil d’Etat (Council of State) in 2015. Local authorities and ministries will be stakeholders of the Foundation, which thanks to tax incentives due to this status, will be able to receive donations from private partners. The year 2015 should open the doors to new perspectives. But none of this could be possible without the work and the talent of all the people, of all countries, the Institute relies on: members of the staff, professors, sessions’ participants, members of the association… To all, I wish a happy new year, and I thank them warmly. Jean-Paul Costa IIHR President 4 IIHR TEAM DIRECTION Jean-Paul COSTA President Sébastien TOUZÉ Secretary General Jean-Pierre WACKER Treasurer TRAINING SESSIONS ABROAD- SUMMER COURSE ON REGUGEE LAW Delphine LENEUTRE Programme Officer Muriel SOGNIGBE SANGBANA Project Officer RESEARCH-CONTINUING TRAINING-DOCUMENTATION-SEMINARS Mehdi BELKAHLA Scientific Coordinator COMMUNICATION Astrid SALCEDO Communication Officer ADMINISTRATION Kathy BINGLER Administrative and Financial Officer Anne-Laure GRUSSI Executive Assistant 5 INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES Meeting of the General Assembly and the Executive Board The General Assembly is comprised of all the IIHR members and elects among them the representatives of the Executive Board. Every year the General Assembly and the Executive Board meet in order to put in place the overall policy strategy of the organisation. The Executive Board gathered on 14 June 2014 in Aix-en-Provence, at the end of the IIHR Annual symposium, in order to discuss current issues including the project of IIHR legal transformation (currently association) into a foundation. On 13 September 2014, the Institute held an ordinary General Assembly and extraordinary General Assembly in Paris. The change of legal status into a foundation recognised as being one for public purposes was officially endorsed and should happen in the course of 2015. Reelection of the President and the Secretary General On 1st December 2014, the Executive Board of the International Instititute of Human Rights has reelected Mr. Jean-Paul Costa as President and Mr. Sébastien Touzé as Secretary General for a three-year term from 1st january 2015. Donors and Partners Thanks to the financial support of our donors and partners, the International Institute of Human Rights is able to implement and develop its training and research activities. The Institute’s activities are supported by: EPAS (the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport); French-Speaking University Agency (AUF); French Embassy in Congo; French Embassy in Haiti; French Embassy in Morocco; National Assembly (France); Strasbourg Bar; Centre de Recherche et d’Études sur les droits de l’homme et le droit humanitaire (CREDHO); Centre d’Études Internationales et Européennes de l’Université de Strasbourg; Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue; Jean Bodin Centre; United Nations Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa (CNUDHD-AC); National Commission for Human Rights in Côte d’Ivoire (CNDHCI); European Committee of Social Rights; Conseil national des droits de l’homme of Morocco; Interamerican Court of Human Rights (IACHR); Delegation of the European Union in Congo; School of Higher Economics of Moscow; School for Magistracy (EMA) in Haiti; Strasbourg Lawyers’ School (ERAGE); Strasbourg Law Faculty; Faculty of Political Sciences of Bologna; International Basketball Association (FIBA); Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty; Marangopoulos Foundation; King Baudouin Foundation; Government of Germany; Government of the Netherlands; UNHCR; Initiative de la Société Civile ; Human Rights Institute of the Paris Bar; European Bar Human Rights Institute; Institut judiciaire du Mali; Ministry for Foreign Affairs (France); Ministry for Justice (France); Ministry of sports, youth, Education and community life (France); UNOCI; Ordre des Avocats à la Cour d’Angers; International Organisation for Francophonie; Prime Minister (France); MINUSMA; Région Alsace; Denmark Permanent Representation before the Council of Europe; France Permanent Representation before the Council of Europe; Luxembourg Permanent Representation before the Council of Europe; Senate (France); European Union; Angers University; Catholic University of Milan; University Marien Ngouabi; Strasbourg University; University Jinan (UJL) of Lebanon; City of Strasbourg. International Festival of Human Rights Films The International Festival of Human Rights Films (FIFDH) is the festival of documentaries on Human Rights in France. Its objective is to raise public awareness on the fight for human rights. At the end of each films, debates were organised with film directors, professors, journalists, human rights defenders. Since a few years, the IIHR support the FIFDH of Strasbourg and Paris. 6 TRAINING SESSIONS IN FRANCE 1. Teaching sessions The Institute organises every year in Strasbourg two types of teaching sessions: on the one hand, a session dedicated to International Refugee Law and on the other hand, a session dedicated to International Human Rights Law. SUMMER COURSE ON REFUGEE LAW Better responding to massive influx of refugees OBJECTIVE In 2014, the Institute and the UNHCR organised their 17th Summer Course on Refugee Law aimed at an international French speaking audience. It took place from 23 June to 4 July at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg. This training course, established in 1998, aims at strengthening capacity of professionals/ persons who already have field experience or/and theoretical knowledge of this topic. This Course addresses