Three weeks of study, twenty years of themes.
Every summer, GIDD brings together around a hundred participants from nearly twenty countries for an intensive study session on democracy, development and human rights, alongside external training sessions held with local partners around the world.
Presentation
The GIDD began, as early as 2004, an annual study session, held every summer. In 2006, special seminars addressed to university teachers and researchers were added to the annual study session. Since its creation, the study sessions have brought together more than 200 participants from around the world.
Since 2011, a number of external training sessions on specific themes have also taken place in different countries, including Albania, Bulgaria, Burundi, Chad, Hungary, Indonesia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine and Yemen, usually in collaboration with local institutions or organisations.
Objective
The session allows about a hundred participants from nearly twenty countries both to enhance and perfect their academic knowledge and to be confronted with the reality of diverse experiences.
Who it's for
The three week programme, held every July, is intended in particular for:
- ✓ Students with an advanced level in law, political sciences, or human or social sciences
- ✓ Professors and researchers
- ✓ Members of the legal profession or other professions dealing with human rights issues
- ✓ National and international civil servants
- ✓ Members of non-governmental organisations
"The retreat of foreign aid and the future of human rights protection: a global stocktake amid falling development funding."
Themes of previous study sessions
Session themes from a first look at post-conflict Liberia in 2004 to today's questions on democratic backsliding and the retreat of foreign aid.