The course encompasses a 5-weeks period with approximately 30 hours of active learning through readings, videos, discussions, polls and quizzes. The course is mostly asynchronous 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 - Connections and frameworks

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  10 – 16 October 2022

  Connecting science and human rights

  
  Gabriela Ramos, UNESCO ADG for Social and Human Sciences
  Thérèse Murphy, EMA Chairperson and Queen's University Belfast
  David Suzuki, Right Livelihood Laureate
  Changrok Soh, member of the UN Human Rights Committee and Korea University

• 2

  17 – 23 October 2022

  A HRBA to scientific freedom and responsibility

  
  Yvonne Donders, University of Amsterdam and Commissioner at the Netherlands Human Rights Institute
  Mikel Mancisidor, Member of the UN Committee on ESCR
  Vivi Stravrou, Executive Secretary and Senior Science Officer, International Science Council

Module 2 - HRBA in practice

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  24 – 30 October 2022

  Science for human rights

  
  Veronica Gomez, GC President and Judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
  Morris Tidball-Binz, UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions
  Victor Penchaszadeh, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Buenos Aires
  Rob Terry, Manager of Research Policy, WHO
  Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health

• 4

  31 October – 6 November 2022

  Enabling scientific freedom and responsibility

  
  Marcos Orellana, UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights
  Joji Cariño, Senior Policy Advisor, Forest Peoples Programme

• 5

  7 – 13 November 2022

  From learning to action

  
  Theresa Harris, Program Director, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  Matthew Wallace, Lead of UNESCO’s STI ecosytems project in Africa, UNESCO Paris
  Guillermo Anlló, Regional Programme Specialist on STI, UNESCO Montevideo