We Are Sutyajnik. 2005 ANNUAL REPORT

8. Sutyajniks Teach
 

Over the course of the year, Sutyajnik representatives were invited by several organizations and educational institutions to serve as instructors in 9 seminars and workshops on the topic of human rights protection. In particular, a Sutyajnik representative instructed a summer school seminar for student lawyers called “Jury Trial: Practical Skills in Litigating Cases,” taking place 18-31 May 2005 in Khabarovsk. Another summer school program, “Academy of Human Rights,” addressed the topic of international human rights protection and took place 19-23 July 2005 in St. Petersburg.
 

One of Sutyajnik’s projects, “Practical School of International Human Rights Protection for Young Lawyers” is devoted to a one-and-a-half-year training course for 30 practicing attorneys at NGOs, litigators, and representatives of municipal and state agencies. Attending 6 educational sessions, participants learn about applying international standards to the defense of human rights in Russia.
 

For more details about the project visit www.euro.sutyajnik.ru/ru

 
In addition, Sutyajnik established an educational program for 4th and 5th year students in the legal department of the University of the Humanities (Ekaterinburg), “Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights” (course written and conducted by Anna Demeneva).

In 2005 Sutyajnik conducted a series of individual and group training sessions for representatives of non-governmental organizations, students, and researchers on the subjects of “Strategies of NGOs in the Protection of Public Interests,” “Litigating Cases before the European Court of Human Rights.” These training sessions were attended by the following participants:

• 3 employees of the organization “Rostov Centre for International Defense” (Rostov-on-Don): Stanislav Velikoredchanin, Oksana Sankova, Natalia Gerasiuta.
• Alexei Suslikov, chairman of the Saratov region social organization “Centre for the Protection of Consumers Rights”.
• Oksana Rzhanova, graduate student at the Mordov State University, instructor of the courses “Constitutional Law of the Russian Federation,” “European Protection of Human Rights,” and “Institutes of Direct Democracy in Russia and in Countries of the European Union” (Saratov).
• Dmitrii Makarov, attorney at the “Institute for Social Problems ‘One Europe,’” participant in Youth Rights Protection movement (Orel).
 

More information on Sutyajnik’s training activities: www.sutyajnik.ru/rus/actions/marthur04

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