Project Summary
DIGIRIGHTS aims to promote a European way to digital transformation in human rights, which puts people at the center and is built on European values and EU fundamental rights. The module’s work program relies on three main pillars: 1) teaching, 2) research and 3) events. The main teaching activity is structured as a 15-week module comprising 115 hours of classes and 5 hours of students research seminar.
DIGIRIGHTS provides 5 tailor-made courses: Digital Rights and Principles-People at the Centre of Digital Transformation, Solidarity and Inclusion-Economic and Social Rights in the Digital Age, Safety and Security, Property Rights in the Digital Era, Intellectual Rights and Consumer Protection and E-justice. Considering the project theme’s complexity DIGIRIGHTS includes three experts from Croatia and North Macedonia experienced in Jean Monnet activities.
The target groups are law students on the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level, young researchers, lawyers and other interested legal professionals from Serbia and partner universities in neighboring countries. On completion of this Module, the participants will be able to understand the specificities and challenges of human rights, their enjoyment and enforcement in the context of Digital Transformation, to become familiar with European standards and the fundamental values of the EU and their impact on the internal legal order.
DIGIRIGHTS covers the following events: 3 workshops, 2 roundtable debates and final conference, that should foster the dialogue between academic community and society.
The primary purpose of this project is to engage the public, primarily students, but also legal professionals, academics, and other stakeholders, including policymakers, in the fundamental values of the EU and their application in the internal and external policies of the candidate countries, such as Serbia. Ensuring human rights in the technology implementation is not solely a legal matter but rather a legal perspective that may interest to all those involved in human rights discourse.
The project aims to develop a successful digital education ecosystem by strengthening capacity and critical thinking regarding the exploiting of opportunities offered by digital technologies for learning, improving competencies in recognising digital rights and their protection for students and young professionals interested in advancing their careers.
The Jean Monnet module DIGIRIGHTS aims to promote research and teaching experience among young researchers, academics and practitioners in the area of digital transformation of human rights not only in Serbia but also for countries in the region (primarily Croatia as a member of the EU, and North Macedonia as candidate country). This module will contribute to promoting the idea that the values of the EU and the rights of individuals as recognised by EU law are respected online and offline.
The general DIGIRIGHTS objectives are:
● to contribute to the promotion of the European approach to digital transformation in human rights, putting people at the centre,
● reaffirming universal human rights and providing benefits to all individuals, businesses, and society as a whole;
● to support educational, professional and personal developments of law students, graduate lawyers, and researchers in the area of protection of human rights in the digital space, contributing to their quality jobs;
● to contribute to the promotion and greater visibility of European values and ideas on the international level, attracting attendants from Serbia and the region;
● to support the development of a high-performing digital education ecosystem by building capacitates and acquiring competencies of the normative framework of IT law and applying legal knowledge to complex social relations in the digital society.