Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion

Course

Self-paced e-learning

Other Partner

SDG Academy

Length: 11 weeks
Effort: 2-4 hours per week
Level: Intermediate
Language: English
Region: World
Venue: Online
Certificate: No
Price: Free

This course delves into human rights: what they are, how they were historically determined, and the challenges to making sure that they are realized for all.

Sustainable Development Goals: Gender equality; Peace, justice and strong institutions
Subject: Human Rights and Diplomacy
Keywords: human rights; humanitarian Law; SDGs; equal rights; business and human rights

About this course

The lack of universally implemented human rights is prevalent, as many marginalized groups continue to be denied such rights. Human rights are an essential part of sustainability; without ensuring rights for all, sustainable development is impossible. This course provides the history of human rights and their establishment as well as their pertinence to sustainable development. Additionally, this course provides a legal framework to understand why human rights are not ensured worldwide.

Transcripts available in: English, Русский

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Target audience

Undergraduate and graduate students studying human rights, law, sustainable development and international relations, human rights practitioners, lawyers and policymakers, private-sector actors working in corporate sustainability and responsibility, and sustainable development practitioners.

Learning objectives

To understand the intersection of marginalized identities and how they contribute to greater injustice and to learn of global agreements and new approaches to protect human rights.