Organization: UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
Registration deadline: 02 Dec 2016
Starting date: 12 Dec 2016
Ending date: 16 Dec 2016
Overview
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), in collaboration with the Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI), is organizing the second edition of the Winter School on Environmental Crimes, which will take place at SIOI headquarters in Rome, from 12 to 16 December, 2016.
The Winter School will promote participants foundational understanding of what environmental crimes are and in parallel will improve their knowledge on how law enforcement bodies and judicial systems are responding. The existing international legal framework will be examined with a view to improve the participants’ ability to address the issue in a comprehensive way and promote their role as advocates for an effective change in public policies, strategies and practices.
The lectures and activities offered by the Winter School will focus on:
- Environment and geopolitics
- The concept of environmental protection and its evolution
- Existing international legal frameworks to prevent crimes against the environment
- Links between environmental crimes and human rights violations
- Involvement of organized criminal groups in environmental crimes, with a specific focus on trafficking of natural resources
- Emerging trends in environmental crimes
- Waste trafficking and its impact on human health and security
- Challenges in investigating environmental crimes
- Environmental conflicts and justice
- Individual, corporate and State accountability for environmental crimes
The faculty is composed by high level scholars and academics from leading universities and research institutes as well as representatives of the United Nations System and other international organizations.
Participants will have the opportunity to interact with internationally recognised experts, meet peers and build lasting professional relationships with young professionals and students from all over the world. This intense experience fosters intercultural dialogue and a deeper understanding of one of the most serious emerging crime at global level
Entry requirements
The course is designed for university graduates in Law, Political Science, International Relations, Economics, Social Science or other relevant disciplines, and for young professionals working in governmental institutions, local authorities, international and non-governmental organizations, or the private sector seeking to deepen their understanding of environmental crimes.
Candidates must meet the following requirements:
• Hold at least a three-year university degree issued by an internationally recognized university in one of the aforementioned areas.
• Have a very good working knowledge of English.
Applications from students who expect to graduate at the end of the 2016/2017 academic year will also be considered.
For further information please visit the related section on the UNICRI website.
How to register:
How to apply
• Application deadline: please complete and send the application form, which can be downloaded here, to schools@unicri.it and formint@sioi.org by 2 December 2016.
• Confirmation of acceptance: the results of the selection process will be communicated via E-mail, by 4 December 2016.
• Payment deadline: full payment has to be finalized, upon confirmation of acceptance, by 9December 2016 (i.e. candidates should provide UNICRI and SIOI with proof of payment via E-mail to schools@unicri.it and formint@sioi.org by the same date).
Early Bird applicants
A discounted rate, amounting to € 850, is offered to Early Bird applicants. In order to receive the discount, applicants must apply in accordance with the following deadlines:
- Application deadline: please complete and send the application form to schools@unicri.it by 28 October 2016
- Confirmation of acceptance: the results of the selection process will be communicated via E-mail, by 30 October 2016
- Payment deadline: full payment has to be finalized, upon confirmation of acceptance, by 6 November 2016 (i.e. candidates should provide UNICRI with proof of payment via E-mail to schools@unicri.it by the same date)
Applicants requiring VISA (IMPORTANT)
Those applicants requiring VISA must apply in accordance with early bird deadlines. Please consider that it may take up to 30 days to receive a VISA from Italian Embassies and Consulates, depending on your country of origin.
The Summer School Administrative Office will provide assistance in facilitating VISA release for those who need it. For this purpose please ensure that section F of the Application Form is properly completed
Contacts
Email: schools@unicri.it - formint@sioi.org (please indicate “Environmental Crimes” in the subject of the email)
UNICRI: Tel: (+39) 06 6789907
SIOI: Tel: (+39) 06 69207838 // 51 // 52