IFP Mid-Evaluation Conference – extended deadline

Dear members,
the deadline for the registration for the IFP Mid-Evaluation Conference – organized by ELSA Trieste (Italy) – is extended. You can apply until the 28th February 2012!

Why to apply? Because this is not the ordinary S&C event… this is the 1st Mental Health & Human Rights Festival! The international FESTIVAL will take place from the 16th to the 22nd of April 2012, featuring an academic programme, an artistic & cultural section and the traditional ELSA Spirit of course. The beautiful locations for the main activities (academic and artistic programme) are the University of Trieste and Cultural Park of San Giovanni (where the former psychiatric hospital of our city once was situated).

For further details please visit www.elsatrieste.it

ELSA for Children

Call for the ELSA for Children LRG Coordinators

Contribute to Children’s Rights through academic research:
How does legislation protect child victims from sexual violence in the national legal framework in Europe?

Help ELSA find the answer!

Throughout the year 2012 the ELSA for Children Legal Research Group will investigate the protection of child victims from sexual violence in the national legal framework in Europe. This is a project which closely examines the targets ONE in FIVE Campaign launched by the Council of Europe. The international community needs more information on the protection of children against sexual violence. The ELSA for Children Legal Research Group aims at high quality academic results through legal comparison:

This is your chance to contribute to the legal knowledge on Children’s Rights internationally.

For more information, please visit elsa.org or contact Khrystyna Brodych, Director for Academic Activities of ELSA International at vpaa@elsa.org

 

XLIV International Presidents’ Meeting

 

QAWRA, MALTA,
7TH – 12TH FEBRUARY 2012

ELSA Malta is proud to be hosting the XLIV International Presidents Meeting! The event shall take place between the 7-12 February 2012 at the beautiful Dolmen Resort Hotel, Qawra, Malta.

Dates: 7/2/2012 – 12/2/2012
Registration deadline: 21/1/2012

Fees:
ELSA Members from favored countries: 27 € per night
ELSA Members from non favored countries: 32 € per night
ELSA Alumni: 35 € per night

Contact Information:
Tessa Mallia Borg, President ELSA Malta
email:  president@elsa.org.mt
Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/290566090977563/

The agenda and the application form are available to download here.

Big Pharma vs the People: International Conference on The Right to Access to Essantial Medicines and IP Rights

Leicester, United Kingdom
1st – 3rd March 2012

LSA Leicester and ELSA UK are excited to invite you to our first international event! This conference will look at the aspects of the right to access essential medicines in contrast with the intellectual property rights that companies hold. There will be a combination of roundtables and a final plenary.

Speakers for the plenary:
Professor Gianluca Contaldi, Univeristy of Macerata, Italy
Professor Vincenzo Salvatore, European Medicines Agency
Dr Nathan Ford, MSF Medical Director of Access to Medicines Campaign

Registration deadline: 1/2/2012

For more information please visit ELSA Leicesters’ website.

International Students Law Conference – iSLaCo’2012

St Petersburg, Russia
22nd – 25th March 2012

ELSA Saint Petersburg is very pleased to invite you to the 12th International Students Legal Conference iSLaCo “Rethinking Law in Digital Era: Digital Reality and Legal Regulation”, that will take place on 22-25 March 2012 in St. Petersburg.
iSlaCo’2012 will be organized in a brand new format in order to make participants’ work at the conference more effective and interesting. Traditional reports will be replaced with 9 discussion boards. Each of the boards is open for participants with background in different spheres (branches) of law. iSLaCo offers two discussion boards for English-speakers.
They are:
(1) Legal protection of electronic data in European, American and Russian law and (2) Digital state service: pro et contra.
We also have a discussion board for German-speaking participants. The topic is Bewertung der juristischbedeutsamen Aktionen in Internet.
Registration deadline: 20/1/2012

For more information please visit elsa.org