Human Rights Courses

Gender and Sexuality: Applications in Society

87 reviews

Gender & Sexuality shape work, life and play. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to engage with key issues through key concepts and perspectives.

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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International Women's Health and Human Rights

5 reviews

This course focuses on women’s health and human rights issues from infancy through old age, including information about positive interventions relating to those issues. Learners are encouraged to interact with each other through interactive discussions.

• Coursera
• 58 hours worth of material, 10 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice

5 reviews

Learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.

• edX
• 2-6 hours a week, 16 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Black Lives Matter

54 ratings at Coursera

The #BlackLivesMatter movement is the most significant political movement in African American life in the United States in the last fifty years. BLM leaders denounced anti-black racism, white supremacy, and police brutality and reshaped how we think abou…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Social Services for Families, Seniors and Those with Disabilities

132 ratings at Coursera

Course 4 discusses four populations: families, poor families, people with disabilities, and people as they age. This course addresses issues of power, oppression, and white supremacy.

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

International Women's Health and Human Rights

1 review

This self-paced course provides an overview of women's health and human rights, beginning in infancy and childhood, then moving through adolescence, reproductive years and aging. We consider economic, social, political and human rights factors, and the c…

• edX
• 1-5 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law

Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law uses a problem-based approach to examine a global view of anti-discrimination law, comparing US, European, and other national, regional and international legal systems, including those of India, Brazil,…

• edX
• 2-6 hours a week, 16 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Refugees in the 21st Century

471 ratings at Coursera

This MOOC provides insight into the refugee phenomenon as one of the most complex, compelling and (arguably) misunderstood features of the 21st century. Taking a global perspective, it will outline the fundamentals of who ‘refugees’ are, where they come…

• Coursera
• 28 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

From Freedom Rides to Ferguson: Narratives of Nonviolence in the American Civil Rights Movement

306 ratings at Coursera

The Modern Civil Rights Movement is a significant landmark in United States history. This movement was a struggle for human rights directly challenging the nation to extend its democratic principles to African Americans and all peoples. This course sheds…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Privacy in Europe

74 ratings at Coursera

After having followed Privacy in the Western world you have become acquainted with the overall global legal system and the origins of privacy as a concept as well as privacy as a (human) right. This course deals with the European legal system to protect…

• Coursera
• 18 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Climate Change and Human Rights

58 ratings at Coursera

This course is primarily aimed at anyone interested in learning about the growing field of climate change and human rights. It will discuss the history of the field, key actors and cases, as well as emerging trends and takeaways. This course is taught b…

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours worth of material, 1 week long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Cross-border road transport in EU law context

Have you ever wondered which legal rules are applicable to cross-border EU road transport? Are you interested in the issues revolving around EU employment law in the international road transport sector? Then, on behalf of the University of Antwerp, Erasm…

• Coursera
• 27 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Utrecht University

Human Rights for Open Societies

482 ratings at Coursera

Human rights are under pressure in many places across the globe. Peaceful protests are violently quashed. Voting is tampered with. And minorities are often excluded from decision-making. All of this threatens the ideal of an open society in which each of…

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 9th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Morehouse College

Activism in Sports and Culture

12 ratings at Coursera

Sports have become an ever-present reflection of American culture, and an important symbol of the divisions and alliances in our society. Sports and political change walk hand in hand in America. The way that athletes and institutions deal with questions…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Civil Liberties

6 reviews

Explore the moral basis of controversial claims of civil rights and liberties by carefully considering the evidence and reasons presented by notable thinkers and in groundbreaking Supreme Court opinions.

• edX
• 2-5 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)