Module

Human Security, Rights and Development

Preliminary Information and Preparation
guide

General Information
During this module you will follow lectures and workshops for a total of 32 hours. In these hours
there is a mandatory attendance. Next to this we expect you to do self-study and work on
assignments for 28 hours. We expect you to do much of this self-study before you come to the
summer school and you will have to hand-in some assignments before arriving at the summer
school. You can read more about the assignments and their deadlines here.
There are 3 ECTS (study credits) reserved for the module. This correspondents with 84 hours of work
for each student.

The assignments
Preliminary Assignment
You should put yourself into the shoes of an UN diplomat that wants to draw the attention
of your colleagues to a specific problem with international implications on peace and
security. This might be a conflict, a terrorist attack, an environmental issue or a
humanitarian crisis that occurs or might occur in a place in the world. To do so, the UN
diplomat has to explain how this problem is about to place international peace and
security at jeopardy. How will the UN diplomat convince his counterparts to take a specific
course of action?
To this end, you, playing the role of UN diplomat, have to perform a 10Power Point
presentation (that entails around 5 to 6 slides). Each slide should be assigned to addressing
the following questions (you decide upon how you order the questions):
-

What is the problem all about? Briefly narrate the historical and geographical nature
of the problem?
Why should we care? Why should the international community (UN or other any
other regional or global organization) be involved in tackling this problem? What are
the international implications of this problem?
What has the international community (UN or any other global or regional
organization) done so far to tackle this problem? What will happen if it does not do
anything?
What (else) should the international community (UN or any other global or regional
organization) do to tackle this problem?

The presentations should not include full texts or quotes. They should include bullets with
key words and/or images, shapes, charts that give us an idea on what you are about to say.
The presentations should be submitted to Vasileios P. Karakasis via
email: v.karakasis@gmail.com. The deadline is before the start of the program, meaning
5.7.2015 (23.59 CEST).

The assessment
In the table below you can find the type of test.
Preparation assignment
In Class assignments
Participation

Powerpoint
Final presentation
Full and active participation and attendance

Pass/fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/fail

Failing to hand in the deliverables and meet the requirements means you will not receive the 3 ECTs
for this module.

The draft schedule

Please be aware that there still will be changes to this schedule.
Monday 20.7.2015

Tuesday 21.7.2015

General Introduction

Peace-Keeping
Operations

11.1512.30

General Module

12.3013.15

Wednesday
22.7.2015

Thursday 23.7.2015
A practical aspect
on dealing with
humanitarian
issues

Armed Conflict&
Terrorism

9.0011.00

Friday 24.7.2015

To be announced

11.1512.30

Habtom
Yohannes The
Ethiopian-Eritrean
Conflict and the UN
(confirmed)

11.1512.30

Visit to GPPAC

11.1512.30

Annemijn van
Gorp
Humanitarian crisis
and digital response
(confirmed)

11.1512.30

Visit to Oxfam
International

Lunch

12.3013.15

Lunch

12.3013.15

Lunch

12.3013.15

Lunch

12.3013.15

Lunch

13.1514.00

Pr. JJC Voorhoeve

Challenges to peace
(confirmed)

13.1514.00

Dr.
Olivier Nyirubugara
UN& Rwanda
(confirmed)

13.1514.00

Mark
Dechesne
Terrorism
(confirmed)

13.1514.00

Rens Willems Topic

to be defined
(confirmed)

13.1516.30

General Module/
Cultural Visit

14.1515.00

Vasileios P. Karakasis
Introduction to the UN
system (confirmed)

14.1515.00

Vasileios P.
Karakasis The
Cyprus Question and
the role of the
UNFICYP
(confirmed)

14.1515.00

Mark
Dechesne
Terrorism
(confirmed)

14.1515.00

Workshop- It will be
formulated after
consulting with Paul
Meerts

15.1516.30

3 student presentations

15.1516.30

3 student
presentations

15.1516.30

Movie/
Documentary

15.1516.30

3 student
presentations

20-25 Intercultural
Meeting

Monday 27.7.2015

Tuesday 28.7.2015

Wednesday 29.7.2015

Thursday 30.7.2015

Institutions

Development

Environment

Security& Human
Rights

9.0011.00

Friday 31.7.2015
Information and
presentations/market (with all
electives together)

(visit to Peace
Palace)
11.1512.30

Consultation with
students

11.1512.30

Walenkamp: Modern
Development
(confirmed)

11.1512.30

Veening:
Environmental Security
and Climate Change
(pending confirmation)

11.1512.30

De Zwaan- EU and
Security (pending
confirmation)

11.1512.30

Reflective moment

12.3013.15

Lunch

12.3013.15

Lunch

12.3013.15

Lunch

12.3013.15

Lunch

12.3013.15

Lunch

13.1514.00

JJC Voorhoeve:
NATO (confirmed)

13.1514.00

Bosman: SDGs
(confirmed)

13.1514.00

Van der Vliet:

Environmental
refugees (pending
confirmation)

13.1514.00

Presentations of
students that have not
been performed so far

13.1516.30

General Module/ Cultural

Visit

14.1515.00

Dr. Karijn Nijhoff:

World Bank and IMF
(pending
confirmation)

14.1515.00

Van der Mey: Food

Security (confirmed)

14.1515.00

Visit to
environmental
organization

14.1515.00

15.1516.30

3 students
presentations

15.1516.30

3 student
presentations

15.1516.30

3 student
presentations

15.1516.30

Presentations
Summary of the
program/ movie