It should involve you on a daily basis with clients, lawyers, law students, and law practice in the host country. Program Summary Costa Rica, a progressive democracy without a military, is the perfect setting for learning about international human rights and seeing environmental law in action. Through morning internships at leading governmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations, you will be in direct contact with cutting-edge international developments in conservation, biodiversity preservation, and sustainable ecotourism. Costa Rica is also the host country for international human rights organizations, including the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. All classes are conducted in English.
Classes run the full program period, with regular three-day weekends.
This course will consider selected aspects of the domestic environmental law of the United States not now covered in other courses offered at the Law Center, and it will compare and contrast certain of those U.S. legal doctrines with the domestic environmental laws of several other nations. The course will also treat selected aspects of international law that are embodied in international treaties and protocols. This course is designed to present both an overview of basic human rights law and an investigation into current human rights issues. Subjects covered will include problems of implementation and enforcement, conflicting concepts of human rights, cultural relativism, humanitarian law, the rights of women and transitions to democracy. Also covered will be the domestic application of human rights law and the procedural mechanisms available for their international protection.