The course encompasses a 6-weeks period with approximately 36 hours of active learning through readings, videos, discussions, polls and quizzes. The course is mostly asynchronous but does feature some live webinars and is based on a participatory approach aimed at developing and reinforcing personal critical reflection and peer-to-peer learning. Examples from different areas of the world and on different themes allow the identification of cross-regional and cross-cutting issues and enable a global and multidimensional understanding of the topic.

Module 1 - Children’s Rights and the environment

• 1

  31 May – 6 June 2021

  Children’s rights: key standards and principles

  
  Chiara Altafin, Global Campus of Human Rights
  Aoife Daly, University College Cork

• 2

  7 – 13 June 2021

  Children’s participation on matters affecting them

  
  Laura Lundy, Queen’s University Belfast
  Victor Karunan, Right Livelihood College

Module 2 - The right to a healthy and sustainable environment for children

• 3

  14 – 20 June 2021

  The right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

  
  David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
  Yousra Abourabi, Université Internationale de Rabat
  Maude Barlow, Right Livelihood Laureate
  Marina Rakopyan, Global Campus Policy Observatory

• 4

  21 – 27 June 2021

  The impact of climate change and a degraded environment on children

  
  Visalaakshi Annamalai, GC Policy Observatory
  John Knox, Wake Forest University/Former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
  Raul Montenegro, Right Livelihood Laureate

Module 3. Child participation and action in environmental matters

• 5

  28 June – 4 July 2021

  Children as agents of change on environmental matters

  
  Luisa Neubauer, Fridays For Future
  Jonas Schubert, CERI/Terre des Hommes
  Victor Karunan, Right Livelihood College

• 6

  5 – 11 July 2021

  Children’s participation in climate litigation

  
  Zoi Aliozi, GC Policy Observatory
  Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Leiden University
  Juliane Kippenberg, Human Rights Watch
  Leo Ratledge, CRIN