Ms Maud De Boer-Buquicchio, ELSA's Marraine
This year, the European Convention on Human Rights - the Council of Europe’s flagship treaty protecting basic human rights and fundamental freedoms in 47 member states of the Council of Europe – is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
To mark the occasion, the Council of Europe and ELSA International are pleased to announce that they are launching a competition for members of the European Law Students Association.
Under the slogan ’Our Rights, Our Freedoms’, the competition – divided into two categories – is designed to appraise the performance of the European Convention on Human Rights and of the European Court of Human Rights.
Participants can either submit an essay, assessing the achievements and shortcomings of the Strasbourg legal system, or a photo report showing the impact of the Convention on European citizens’ day-to-day lives.
Prizes - awarded for the best three essays and photo reports – will be presented during the main commemorative ceremony marking the Convention’s anniversary, which will be held this autumn in Strasbourg.
The best entries will be widely promoted in academic, political and artistic circles identified by the Council of Europe and ELSA International. They will be published, exhibited or put on relevant websites.
We very much hope that you feel inspired to take part in this competition and we wish each and every one of you the very best of luck.
Edith Lejard-Boutsavath
Director of Communication ad
interim of the Council of Europe
Leonid Cherniavskyi
President ELSA International 2009/2010
