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Every day millions of learners enrol in online courses to improve their skills and gain new knowledge. At the Global Campus of Human Rights we strive to create MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) devoted to human rights issues that are either topical or underrepresented.

What makes our MOOCs unique? We show all sides of the story, we draw academics and experts from all regions of the world and we combine original videos, readings, discussions and quizzes in multidisciplinary and intersectional courses.

Ongoing MOOCs

MOOCs

18 January – 21 February 2021

Business and Human Rights

Applying a multi-regional approach, the MOOC focuses on the link between companies, states and human rights with attention to the protection of human rights defenders, the concept of mandatory due diligence, recent case-law, and child labour issues.

 

MOOCs

23 November 2020 – 10 January 2021

Children Deprived of Liberty: Enacting the recommendations of the UN Global Study

In 2019 the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty denounced that more than seven million children worldwide are deprived of liberty every year. It provided an assessment of the situation in different contexts and set out clear recommendations for change. How’s the world doing now? This MOOC provides updated information on situations, challenges, practices and possible solutions as they are being envisaged in each region.

 

MOOCs

From June 2020

Promoting and Protecting Human Rights: a Global Overview

In times of violence and crisis, human rights are important safeguards. In times of peace, security and development, they are important pillars sustaining our common humanity. They are more than moral or legal concepts: they are the lymph of our lives. For them to run effectively, we need to relentlessly promote and protect them.

 

Upcoming MOOCs

MOOCs

Children’s Rights and Technology in the Digital Age

Digital technologies have already shifted the dynamic of many homes, classrooms, and multimedia platforms, but is the child’s best interest central to these experiences? How will they shape the minds and behaviours of the coming generations?

Spring 2021

MOOCs

Child participation and the right to a sustainable environment

By speaking to young climate activists as well as children’s rights specialists, environment experts and human rights scholars, the MOOC will examine concepts, standards and practices of child participation in environmental matters.

Summer 2021

Audit Only MOOCs

MOOCs

From November 2020

Children Deprived of Liberty: Learning from the UN Global Study

Although the Convention of the Rights of the Child affirms that children should not be detained, millions of children in the world are deprived of their liberty. To address this situation, in 2019 the United Nations conducted a Global Study led by Prof. Manfred Nowak. This MOOC stems from such Study and provides insights, learning and recommendations in this important area at the crossroad of children, violence, and human rights studies.

 

MOOCs

From January 2020

Fundamental Rights of the European Union

The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is the main instrument of fundamental rights protection within the European Union. Its use, however, aside from raising complex legal issues, is very much dependent on the awareness of its potential on the part of judges, lawyers and individuals.

 

MOOCs

From June 2019

Citizenship and Human Rights Education for Change

In recent years, terrorist attacks, radicalisation, extremism and xenophobia have surged across Europe and are threatening its fundamental values. In this context, education is crucial to promote democratic citizenship and social inclusion in diverse contexts and learning environments.

 

MOOCs

From October 2016

Disability as a human rights issue: global and national perspectives

Persons with disabilities are frequently marginalized in society and face numerous challenges in the enjoyment of their human rights. In the past such challenges were seen as an unavoidable consequence of their impairments. More recently, the introduction of a human rights-based model of disability has contributed to a shift in perceptions and attitudes towards them: no longer recipients of medical care and charity or objects of others’ decisions, but holders of rights.

 

Past MOOCs

MOOCs

27 April – 21 June 2020

Memory Sites and Human Rights

In a world of violent conflicts where the truth on past and present abuses is often manipulated, creating memorials such as historic sites, monuments, museums or art projects helps us raise awareness of the suffering and embrace the ideal of “never again!”

 

MOOCs

20 January – 1 March 2020

Monitoring the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons - 2020 Edition

In all regions of the world, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons are subject to discrimination, persecution, violence, and other forms of human rights violations. Monitoring the extent of such human rights abuses is key to identify root causes, gaps in implementation, and avenues for redress.

 

MOOCs

10 June – 21 July 2019

Gender-based violence in the context of migration

For refugees and migrants, crossing borders often comes with heightened risks such as physical harm, sexual and gender-based violence, psychosocial trauma and exploitation, including trafficking. Addressing the root causes of forced and economic migration and ensuring that human rights are protected throughout the whole process are essential steps towards a stronger recognition of equal dignity for all.