Entire course on human rights – free online

Here is an entire course on human rights that anyone can take for free. It is pretty detailed. How cool is that to get an entire course with lots of detailed topics – for free!!!

Go to https://www.udemy.com/introduction-to-human-rights/

his course is meant to be a general introduction to international human rights, as well as an overview of some specific topics in this field.

The first half of the course consists in: An introduction to basic notions of public ethics, the history of Human Rights, international instruments, categories of rights, Human Rights violations, protection and responsibility thereof.

The second part of the course deals with current issues in the human rights agenda such as: Rights of women, rights of the child, rights of indigenous peoples, armed conflicts and terrorism, the environment, transitional justice, sexual minorities.

The course consists of 33 lessons, each one lasting about 10 minutes. There’s no time limit to complete it. We estimate that completing the course (watch all classes and answer all quizzes) takes about 7 hours in total.

We have experts from all around the world as visiting professors for some classes.  At the end of the course, Udemy will give you a free virtual certificate which verifies that you completed the course.  Materials include: