E-Course: Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons

Human Rights Education Associates has launched an introductory e-course on the rights of refugees and  displaced persons. The course takes between 3 and 10 hours to complete  yet is completely self-paced and thus can be spread out over days, weeks  or even months depending upon the situation of the learner. Upon  successful completion of a final test the participant will receive a  certificate of completion. Tuition for this introductory e-course is US$  50. Tuition payments can only be made on-line by credit card (MasterCard  and VISA).

For further information, to watch a demo and to enroll in the course,  please go to: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=1327

Introduction

Overview and history of international protection

- The role of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- The evolving mandate of UNHCR

- International protection of refugees
- Understand the 1951 Refugee Convention and its Protocol
- Asylum seekers in a state of limbo

- Regional protection of refugees
- African Union: Progress towards protecting the internally displaced
- Council of Europe: Protection of the European Convention on Human Rights
- Organization of American States: The Cartagena Declaration on Refugees

- National protection of refugees
- Where asylum seekers go
- Developments in legislation and the tightening of regulations

- Internally displaced persons
- The different rights of the internally displaced
- Who can assist the internally displaced
- The UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

For further information, to watch a demo and to enroll in the course,
please go to: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=1327