In the afternoon we had the opportunity to visit the European Courts of Human Rights. The court was founded in the 1950’s and has now grown to cover all 27 member states and their protectorates. We participated in an in depth debate about their everyday work remit with one of the Registry Officials called Evguenyi Boen (from Bulgaria). Mr Boen went on to talk about the procedures in selecting the priorities of different cases.

After this very interesting and inspiring debate we realised the complexities and uniqueness of each individual case, with each student commenting on how much they had learned from this invaluable experience.

Later that evening we attended a reception at the European Parliament hosted by Dr Kay Swineburne M.E.P., which was attended by a multitude of other M.E.P.’s and support staff. Giving both students and lecturers the opportunity to get a first hands grasp of all the hard work involved behind the scenes at the European Parliament, as it happened to be Kay’s birthday we surprised her  with a rendition of Happy Birthday to her delight.

Afterwards many of us headed to downtown Strasbourg to round of a busy but most engaging day.