The course encompasses a 7-week period. Participants are expected to engage in approximately 35 hours of active learning through readings, videos, discussions and quizzes.

The course is articulated in two modules:

Module 1 is an introduction to the UN Global Study as a framework for action. Specific attention will be paid here to the Study’s recommendations and the developing follow-up initiatives which are being enacted in cooperation with different stakeholders, from UN agencies to governments, from civil society to academia.

Module 2 is dedicated to regional perspectives and a variety of recent initiatives, examples and practices that are being implemented there. In so doing, the course specifically analyses the most relevant issues and themes in each region: from immigration detention to deinstitutionalisation, from deprivation of liberty for national security reasons, to diversion measures.

Module 1 - Introducion

• 1

  23 – 29 November 2020

  The UN Global Study as a framework for action

  
  Manfred Nowak, SG Global Campus of Human Rights / UN Global Study Independent Expert
  High-Level Panel Experts, Global Classroom 2020
  Students of the Global Campus Global Classroom 2020

Module 2 - Regional perspectives

• 2

  30 November – 6 December 2020

  Promising practices in Sub-Saharan Africa

  
  Ann Skelton, UN CRC Committee/University of Pretoria
  Karabo Ozah, Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria
  Students of the Global Campus Global Classroom 2020

• 3

  7 – 13 December 2020

  Practical perspectives from East Asia/Asia Pacific

  
  Grace C. Agcaoili, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office
  Naiyana Thanawattho, Asylum Access Thailand
  Students of the Global Campus Global Classroom 2020

• 4

  14 – 20 December 2020

  Challenges and practices in the Arab World

  
  Najat Maalla M´Jid, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
  Taghreed Jaber, Penal Reform International, Middle East and North Africa
  Students of the Global Campus Global Classroom 2020

• 5

  21 – 27 December 2020

  A focus area for Latin America and the Caribbean

  
  Felipe Gonzalez Morales, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
  Students of the Global Campus Global Classroom 2020

• 6

  28 December 2020 – 3 January 2021

  Experiences and advocacy from Europe

  
  Manfred Nowak, SG Global Campus of Human Rights / UN Global Study Independent Expert
  Benoit Van Keirsbilck, Defence for Children International-Belgium
  Students of the Global Campus Global Classroom 2020

• 7

  4 – 10 January 2021

  Programmes and proposals in the Caucasus

  
  Anna Margaryan, Yerevan State University, GC Caucasus (TBC)
  Karabo Ozah, Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria
  Students of the Global Campus Global Classroom 2020