Foundations of Human Rights
Duration: 20 Hours | Prerequisites: None | Modality: 100% Online
Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to human rights principles, history, and international frameworks, emphasizing dignity, equality, and democratic values.
Course Objectives:
- Understand core human rights concepts
- Analyze international human rights instruments
- Recognize state obligations
- Promote a rightsbased perspective
- Apply ethical frameworks
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain foundational human rights principles
- Interpret international treaties
- Apply rightsbased analysis
- Demonstrate ethical reasoning
Course Units:
- Unit 1: Introduction to Human Rights
- Unit 2: Historical Evolution of Human Rights
- Unit 3: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Unit 4: International Human Rights Treaties
- Unit 5: State Obligations
- Unit 6: Human Rights and Democracy
- Unit 7: Ethics and Human Dignity
- Unit 8: Equality and NonDiscrimination
- Unit 9: Human Rights Institutions
- Unit 10: Human Rights Capstone
Assessment & Evaluation:
Discussion participation, applied assignments, and capstone project.
Capstone Project:
Applied human rights project addressing a realworld challenge.
