The course encompasses a 6-week period. Participants are expected to engage in approximately 30 hours of active learning through readings, videos, discussions, and quizzes.

The course is articulated in three modules:

Module 1 focuses on international definitions and legal frameworks concerning LGBTI persons and their rights and related monitoring mechanisms. Theoretical aspects are accompanied by examples of concrete challenges and practices in order to generally frame and give context to the international discourse.

Module 2 is dedicated to specific contexts and challenges in the areas of societal attitudes, equality and non-discrimination, laws and policies (including decriminalisation), specific rights and freedoms. Analysis and examples from different regions provide an overview of the many situations faced by LGBTI persons worldwide.

Module 3 deals with the monitoring in practice of LGBTI rights in terms of specific actions, strategies and practices: reporting, strategic litigation, advocacy strategies, and synergies (between international and regional systems; among governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental actors).

Module 1 - International definitions and legal frameworks

• 1

  20 - 26 Jan 2020

  LGBTI persons and their rights

  
  Nele Verbrugghe, KU Leuven

• 2

  27 Jan - 2 Feb 2020

  Monitoring the rights of LGBTI persons

  
  Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert on Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  Gabriel Alves de Faria, Not Only Voices

Module 2 - Contexts and challenges

• 3

  3 - 9 Feb 2020

  Societal attitudes on equality and non-discrimination

  
  Frans Viljoen, University of Pretoria
  Goran Miletic, Civil Rights Defenders
  Heidi Hautala, European Parliament

• 4

  10 - 16 Feb 2020

  Laws and policy panorama

  
  Carlos Zelada, Universidad del Pacifico, Perù
  Douglas Sanders, Mahidol University Bangkok
  Joseph Aoun, Helem, Lebanon

• 5

  17 - 23 Feb 2020

  Specific rights and freedoms

  
  Nele Verbrugghe, Marie Bourguignon, Marike Lefevre, Johan Lievens, Louise Reyntjens, KU Leuven
  Tarek Zeidan, Helem, Lebanon and Harvard Kennedy School of Government
  Yasemin Öz, Kaos GL Association, Turkey

Module 3 – From theory to practice

• 6

  24 Feb - 1 Mar 2020

  Strategies and practices

  
  Marta Ramos, ILGA Portugal
  Mamikon Hovsepyan, Pink Armenia