This self-paced online course is meant for undergraduates and graduate students taking human rights courses or anyone seeking a career or an update on human rights. The course lessons will help students to understand the dialectics involved in human rights practice in the world, and will equip them with current information on human rights' activities.
The class provides a general overview of international human rights and a thorough break-down of the fundamental human rights. It also discusses the role of international pressure groups and international courts and tribunals in observing and enforcing human rights. Today, with technology, most international human rights organizations have branches and affiliates all over the world and can therefore easily monitor human rights' violations. If you're interested and concerned about this issue, this course will bring new insights.
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1.0 CEUs
Course Description
One of the most profound effects of Marshall McLuhans' description of the world as a "global village" was its effects on human rights' activities. Today, with technology, most international human rights organizations have branches and affiliates all over the world and can therefore easily monitor human rights' violations.
The world as presently constituted, therefore, provides an opportunity to get educated about one's basic rights and the events that shape history in different parts of the world.
This course provides a general overview of international human rights and a thorough knowledge of fundamental human rights. It also discusses the role of international pressure groups and international courts and tribunals in observing and enforcing human rights.
Lesson One and Two traces the philosophical background and types of human rights. Lesson Three focuses on "the engine" on which human rights operate - The Rule of Law, while Lesson Four examines how international human rights organizations mould public opinion and ensure observance of international human rights covenants. The course ends with the analysis of high profile cases of Senator Pinochet of Chile, Slobodan Milosevic of former Yugoslavia and Charles Taylor of Liberia - all former Heads of State.
This course is meant for undergraduates and graduate students taking human rights courses and anyone seeking a career or an update on human rights. It will aid them in understanding the dialectics involved in human rights practice in the world, in addition to equipping them with current information on human rights' activities.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this
online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and
CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.
Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit.
Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official.
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