Netherlands: Human rights research centre
01 January 1996
On 15 September 1995, the Netherlands Research School for Human Rights was opened in Utrecht by Professor P Baehr, Director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights. Professor C Flinterman, chairman of the board, and Mr P van Dijk, member of the Dutch Council of State, also spoke at the opening. The Research School is one of eighty Dutch scientific centres appointed by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. It intends to coordinate research activities in the field of human rights and establish a common training programme for doctoral candidates. The Research School for Human Rights is a joint initiative of the faculties of Law and Humanities of Utrecht University, the faculty of Law of Limburg University and the faculty of Law of Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
The central research theme will be: "The nature and meaning of international standards in the field of human rights, their application and promotion in the national legal order and international supervision of such application." For more information, contact: Professor P R Baehr, DirectorThe Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Janskerkhof 16
3512 Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: 00 31 30 2 53 80 33. Fax: 00 31 30 2 53 71 68. E-mail: sim@pobox.ruu.nl
PIOOM Newsletter, Winter 1995.