The Human Rights Essay Award, sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the American University Washington College of Law, seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law. The topic of the 2020 competition is "Rule of Law and Human Rights: Strengthening Democratic Institutions". Participants have the flexibility to choose any subject related to the assigned topic. The deadline to enter the submission is 1 February 2020. Only participants with a law degree are eligible to enter.

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14 November 2019