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The third Summer School for Human Rights came to an end on August 1, 2010 in Moscow. Traditionally, young human rights defenders and civil activists from Russia and other countries get together for a week to see and talk to each other about Human Rights: about approaches to the overall idea, philosophy, protection mechanisms and problems faced by the human rights community.
The third School set a record on the diversity of countries the participants originated from: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Poland, France and Israel.
Looking around the audience in the training circle someone whistled: “Here we are, people from all over the world – from Bordeaux to Vladivostok”.
A lot of experts participated in this event – Lyudmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva, Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group/MHG; Andrei Yurov, honorary President of YHRM and Chief of the International School for Human Rights and Democracy; Igor Sazhin, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission “Memorial” and chief-methodologist of the Summer School for Human Rights; Nina Tagankina, MHG executing director; Pavel Chikov, Chairman of the Interregional Human Rights Association “AGORA”; Sergei Pashin, founder of the Regional Public Association “Independent Expert Legal Council/IELC; Oksana Preobrazhenskaya, director of the Center for Global Protection as well as Dmitry Makarov, member of the YHRM Coordinating Council.
Like all the previous ones, for its participants the third Summer School became an opportunity to acquire knowledge, to see each other, to feel themselves as one community and to discuss main common subjects.
One of the School's participants commented:
“The third Summer School for Human Rights is the most extraordinary educational event I have ever participated in.
The program of the School brings in line theory and practice: interactive trainings and work in small groups. The material, offered by the School's organizers becomes part of you.
But to me the most important thing is that the School gives a fantastic opportunity to feel that you are among like-minded, wonderful, not indifferent, enthusiastic and big-hearted people, who inspire you how to live and work. And it’s great! ”
 

Tatyana Tolsteneva,

Freedom of Information Development Institute