DUSHANBE , July 14, Asia-Plus - Summer School on International Public Law and Human Rights, funded by the OSCE Center in Dushanbe and conducted by the Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law, is opening on Saturday, July 15, 2006 , in the "Hope" Camp in the district of Varzob.

Ms. Yekaterina Klimenko, Media Assistant at the OSCE Center in Dushanbe , has told Asia-Plus that the Summer School is aiming to train 20 students from law and international relations departments from Dushanbe , Khorog, Kulob and Khujand-based universities on theory and practice of human rights and its protection mechanisms.

The Summer School will last until July 25.  Participants will be trained by professional trainers from the Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and other international and national organizations.

According to Ms. Klimenko, this is already the 6 ^th Summer School organized by the Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law and funded by the OSCE Center in Dushanbe .  This year, the School is conducted in close cooperation with other international agencies such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Red Cross and Red Crescent, Swiss Development Agency and others.