Human Rights Department, Faculty of Law and Administration, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Katedra Praw Człowieka, Wydział Prawa i Administracji, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu UMK (Associate Professor)
dr Julia Kapelańska-Pręgowska (Assistant Professor)
dr Piotr Sadowski (Assistant Professor)
Former members and current collaborators:
dr hab. UMK (Associate Professor)
The Human Rights Department at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland) was established on the initiative of Professor Tadeusz Jasudowicz in 1990. Since then, a general course on the international protection of human rights is an integral part of the curriculum at law studies. We also offer several specialized courses in the protection of human rights in English. Our mission is to promote human rights standards among future judges, legal professionals, civil servants and policymakers, along with the principle of subsidiarity of the international protection of human rights. Apart from research and teaching activities, the members of the Department are involved in various forms of co-operation with foreign partners, including the John Felice Rome Center, Loyola University of Chicago as well as the University of Odessa. Our staff takes an active part in domestic and international programs, societies and expert bodies, including: the International Commission of Lawyers – Polish Section, EU Programme EQUAL for Poland (Prof. Gronowska), UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (Prof. Balcerzak), Council of Europe HELP Program (Dr. J. We are primarily responsible for publishing an international peer-reviewed journal - „Comparative Law Review”. For more information please visit CLR website. Current research interests of our staff include: theory of international human rights obligations; international responsibility of the state for violations of human rights; rights of persons with disabilities; treatment of prisoners and crime victims; irregular migration issues; human rights and biomedicine; customary human rights norms in international law. NCU Human Rights Department has joined the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) in 2018. More information about AHRI at http://new.ahri-network.org