Human Rights in the Community

Course

Self-paced e-learning

UN Partner

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Length: 60 min
Effort: 30 min per day
Level: Introductory
Language: English
Region: World
Venue: online
Certificate: Yes
Price: free

This self-paced module provides information on human rights through the eyes of a community member. It explores the basic principles and human rights important to a member of the community.

Sustainable Development Goals: 2030 Agenda; Peace, justice and strong institutions
Subject: Migration and Human Rights
Keywords: 2030 Agenda; SDGs; SDG 16; human rights; gender equality

About this course

This self-paced module provides information on human rights through the eyes of a community member. It explores the basic principles and human rights important to a member of the community, in particular human rights that are significant during times of emergency or conflict, and how human rights are established under specific covenants or treaties. It considers what protection human rights should provide for individuals facing the criminal justice system, for victims of crime, and also how victims should expect to be treated by law enforcement officers.

This module is available for localisation/translation in additional languages.

Target audience

Member State officials on international security threats such as transnational organized crime, terrorism, illicit drugs, trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, wildlife and forest crime, cybercrime as well as provide training on border control, intelligence analysis, gender issues, anti-corruption, HIV/AIDS and human rights.

Learning objectives

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

Recognize core development objectives as gender equality and female empowerment
Describe fundamentals for the realization of human rights and key to effective and sustainable development outcomes