SPECIAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENT
Special Projects and Initiatives
The Special Projects Department of the Institute develops complementary activities supporting its statutory mission of promoting IHL and all its related fields to a varied public of practitioners and academics. Priority projects and initiatives include the Sanremo Summer School on IHL, the “Proyectos Especiales y Actividades de Capacitación para Latinoamérica”, Diplôme Universitaire en Droit International Humanitaire, a series of advanced thematic courses and a selection of EU-funded projects.
Dirección de Proyectos Especiales y Actividades de Capacitación para Latinoamérica
Latinoamérica conforma un amplio territorio que se extiende desde el río Bravo hasta los confines australes de América, en el que fluyen exuberantes los dones de la naturaleza, pero que concomitantemente constituye el lugar más violento del planeta. Campean en algunos de sus ámbitos acciones de violencia de distinta naturaleza y magnitud, así como tragedias migratorias, todo ello impulsado por las desigualdades sociales, las carencias económicas y otros graves problemas estructurales. Todo ello ha impuesto la necesidad de reservar a este espacio geográfico y cultural, especiales actividades académicas dirigidas a auditorios mayoritariamente latinoamericanos o referidas a cuestiones que, en el contexto de las temáticas del Instituto, pudieran resultarle de mayor especificidad.
Sanremo Summer School
Within the Sanremo Summer School, practitioners, academics and experts in IHL will work with participants to foster the understanding of the rules of International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law, International Refugee Law, Migration Law, International Disaster Law, and many of their implementation challenges in today’s humanitarian crises.
Diplôme Universitaire En Droit International Humanitaire
Sur la base de la longue et fructueuse collaboration avec l’Institut de la Paix et du Développement (IdPD) de l’Université Côte d’Azur (France), l’Institut propose un Diplôme Universitaire (DU transfrontalier) en droit international humanitaire. Le DU, organisé conjointement avec l’IdPD, a été conçu pour les étudiants ainsi que pour les professionnels des organisations internationales (intergouvernementales et non gouvernementales) et des gouvernements.
Thematic Courses
Through its Special Projects Department, the Institute offers a series of thematic courses focusing on specific aspects of the application of IHL, Human Rights, and many other related bodies of law applicable in humanitarian crises. These advanced programmes are addressed to civilian and military practitioners who need to delve further into the challenges of implementing international rules and principles in extremely challenging contexts.
European Projects
Since 2017, the Sanremo Institute has been actively involved in European funded projects aimed at promoting citizenship and peace education, studying the level of socio-cultural integration of children with migrant background in European countries, as well as supporting and qualitatively improving the structure of social inclusion policies at different institutional levels (local, national and European).
Other Initiatives
The Special Projects Department further contributes to the overall mission of promoting and disseminating IHL, human rights, and all their related principles by developing specific awareness-raising initiatives such as webinars and workshops.