European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation

• Prof. Dr. Horst Fischer, EIUC President (since 2002).
• Prof. Florence Benoît-Rohmer, EIUC Secretary General (since 2009).
• Prof. Ria Wolleswinkel, E.MA Chairperson (since 2013).

The following are experts involved in the E.MA, having helped with teaching or thesis supervising from other institutions:

University	Country	Academics Past & Present
Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte	Germany	MSc Anna Müller-Funk; Mag. Julia Planitzer.
Pantheon-Sorbonne University	France	Prof. Dominique Carreau.
University of Greenwich	England	Prof. Olga Martín-Ortega.
University of Antwerp	Belgium	Prof. Wouter Vanderhole.
Paris Nanterre University	France	Prof. Antoine Lyon-Caen.
University of Philippines	Philippines	Dr. Kevin Villanueva.
Venice International University	Italy	MSc Prof. Ignazio Musu.
University of Amsterdam	The Netherlands	Prof. Ram Manikkalingam.
Imperial College London	England	Ms. Živa Cotič.
University of Pretoria	South Africa	Prof. Frans Viljoen; Dr. Stuart Casey-Maslen.
University of Lisbon (ISEG)	Portugal	Prof. Sara Falcão Casaca.
University of Bonn	Germany	Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann.
European Court of Human Rights	France	Róbert Ragnar Spanó.
University of Jaén	Spain	Prof. Víctor Gutiérrez.
National University of General San Martín	Argentina	Prof. Verónica Gómez.
Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action	Spain	Dr. Jesús Núñez.
Washington College of Law	United States	Dr. Christian Courtis (OHCHR).
Middlesex University	England	Dr. David Keane.
University of Trento	Italy	Ms. Samira Nuhanovic.
Griffith College Dublin	Ireland	Dr. Tanya Ní Mhuirthile.
Oxfam	Italy	Mr. Francesco Rigamonti.
Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance	Germany	Prof. Gesine Schwan.
University of Copenhagen	Denmark	Prof. Inger Sjørslev.
Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Sweden	Experts from offices in Europe (Lund, Stockholm, Belarus and Turkey), Asia (Jakarta, Beijing, and Cambodia), Sub-Saharan Africa (Nairobi) and in Middle East and North Africa (Amman).
European External Action Service	European Union	Ms. Ingrid Wetterqvist; Ms. Fridericke Tschampa; Ms. Delphine Skowron.
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia	Russia	Prof. Ekaterina Alisievich.
Lusa News Agency	Portugal	Ms. Sofia Branco.
University of Belgrade - Institute of Comparative Law Belgrade	Serbia	Ms. Milica Matijević.

Pristina

Every year this field trip is a pivotal element of the E.MA and has been organized since the Programme’s inception, first in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998-2003) and then in Kosovo since 2004. This part of the course aims at providing deeper insights into the practical tasks, difficulties, and expectations with which human rights officers in the field are faced, and to get a better understanding of the real situation in a post-conflict country. Students usually go to Kosovo in January. The training comprises visits to international organisations and institutions as well as local and regional non-governmental organisations working on the most essential human rights issues, such as property claims, torture related questions, legal advice, women’s rights, democratic elections, free media and children’s rights. The field trip also consists of short excursions to Priština. Students usually stay with host families and are required to participate in all activities and events organised by the E.MA academic staff, external facilitators from the EU and other experts. The trip has long been coordinated by Marijana Grandits from the University of Vienna and the local representatives at the University of Pristina (Albanian: Universiteti i Prishtinës) whose Faculty of Philology is usually the main meeting point.

EIUC organises The Venice School of Human Rights for postgraduate students from all academic backgrounds, The Venice Academy of Human Rights for advanced students and worldwide distinguished experts, and a series of advanced training courses dedicated to helping officials of international organisations, field personnel, and E.MA graduates transfer academic and institutional expertise into the public sphere.

The venue is the Benedictine Monastery of San Nicolò al Lido, situated on the lagoon side of the Lido di Venezia, conceded by the City of Venice in 1998 and became the seat of E.MA in 2002 with the establishment of the EIUC. The monastery was founded in the 11th century and transformed into a Renaissance cloister in the 16th century. After the suppression of the Benedictine order in 1770, the monastery was re-opened by Franciscan monks for educational purposes.

The EIUC participates in different international research projects (such as FRAME), it regularly organises high level conferences, seminars and workshops on the latest scientific and academic developments, and it is a member of the Association of Human Rights Institutions (AHRI). In March 2007, EIUC launched a series entitled “EIUC Studies on Human Rights and Democratisation” published by Cambridge University Press.[2]

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