Dear members,
the deadline for the Teams to register for the 10^th edition of EMC2 is extended. The late registration deadline is December 21st, 2011.
For more information about the competition please visit www.elsamootcourt.org.

ELSA invites you to share your opinions!

The right to health care has been generally accepted as a fundamental human right, though merely a social right and therefore not legally enforceable in court. Nonetheless, some legal systems recognise the justiciability of the right to health. This has created opportunities to individual patients claiming healthcare access. As a link between state and citizens, it rising up the question: how will healthcare claims affect healthcare systems?

To present vision of the law students in Europe, ELSA International launched the 4^th IFP Essay Competition: “Right to Healthcare”. The IFP Essay Competition is organised annually by ELSA International in line with the International Focus Programme (IFP) and its 7^th topic focusing on Health Law. The best essays will be published on the website of the European Social Charter by the Council of Europe and on the website of the IFP Essay Competition.

The prizes of the competition will be provided by partners of ELSA:
Winner: Legal English course at the London School of English
Runner up: Summer School on Health Law and Ethics in the Erasmus Observatory on Health Law
2nd runner up: Free participation in the IFP Mid-Evaluation Conference in Trieste, Italy, April 16th – 22nd 2012
The three best submissions will all receive publications and merchandise from the Council of Europe. All participants will receive a certificate of participation.

The deadline for articles to be submitted to essaycompetition(at)elsa.org is the 27^th of February 2012
Learn more about the competition as well as to find the rules and conditions of participation please check the website: http://www.elsa-essay-competition.org

Dear ELSA members,
ELSA International will send observer delegations to attend several meetings of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) in New York, USA and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Want to participate? Please visit elsa.org

Trieste, Italy
16th – 22nd April 2012

ELSA Trieste is glad to invite all ELSA members to the Mid-Evaluation Conference on IFP on Mental Health and Human Rights. A whole week to increase your knowledge, have fun and meet new friends. There will be of course conferences and debates but also a great Social and Cultural Programme (parties, gala ball, sightseeing, artistic and musical live performances and an exhibition dedicated to the Places of Care).

Registration deadline: 31/1/2012

For further details please visit www.elsatrieste.it