16 Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Course Programs

This program offers a full semester (30 ECTS credits) taught in English and is open to Erasmus + and bilateral exchange students from partner universities and also to visiting students from around the world. The course offer has an academic focus on European, International and Comparative Law.

This program is designed to offer both background and current trends in labor, community and social justice organizing. This includes labor-management issues and relations, union, worker collective and community organizing and social justice movement building.

The Faculty of Law at Justus Liebig University Giessen is looking forward to hosting students from all over the world for the 4th International Online Winter University in International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law. The International Winter University takes place from 02nd January 2025 till 11st January 2025 and offers an in-depth approach to current challenges faced in International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law and Environmental Protection.

Pair a major with our five-course concentration to get an in-depth focus on human rights and humanitarian issues. Through the concentration—which includes classes in social sciences, humanities, and even fine arts—our students gain a nuanced understanding of the history of human rights and humanitarianism, and the institutional frameworks that govern them, as well as the theoretical and philosophical debates over the meanings of human rights and humanitarianism. Students grapple with a range of current and past global human rights problems and evaluate debates over the methods, motivations, and consequences of human rights and humanitarian action.

Trinity College’s Human Rights Program, the first human rights program at a liberal arts college in the United States, is committed to excellence in the study and practice of human rights. The Program seeks to foster critical debate about human rights problems, inter-disciplinary dialogue, and conversations that bridge the divide between local and global human rights concerns.

A summer university preparation programme for teens, hosted at University College London (UCL). Through interactive classes, debates, and mock trials, students will gain a clear understanding of law’s role in society and develop the analytical skills needed for entry into the UK higher education system.

The Human Rights minor gives a firm grounding in the international human rights system and then allows students the flexibility to choose electives according to their specific interests. The minor can accompany any major.

The Minor in Human Rights Advocacy seeks to educate the next generation of advocates by engaging students in supervised human rights fact-finding, documentation, and advocacy. The Minor provides a rigorous, structured program of study of human rights through focused coursework, combined with supervised, reflective engagement in practical human rights projects in partnership with the University Network for Human Rights (UNHR).

International Law is designed to deliver comprehensive, yet accessible, coverage of the legal implications and ramifications of doing business internationally, along with the related cultural, political, economic, and ethical issues faced by global business managers. Focusing on trade, the licensing of intellectual property, and foreign direct investment, the course covers the three major forms of doing business in a foreign country through real-world examples, precedent-setting cases, managerial implications, and ethical considerations. From the legal relationship between parties in an international business transaction to managing risk to learning the special challenges of doing business in emerging economies, this course helps students understand the most common practices and critical issues in global business law.

Explore the campaign for women’s right to vote and its impact on women’s rights and equality to the present day.

Wanting to pick up some classes over the summer? W&M Law offers several curricular options.

This qualification provides a broad introduction to employment law that will enable you to confidently advise on the key aspects of the employment relationship.

On the course, you will get a thorough review of the holiday legislation, and you will be updated on the latest changes in the law. The EU has proposed that Denmark introduce new rules on the holding of holidays, the so-called "simultaneous holiday" - on this course you will get a status on this. You will thus gain an understanding of the holiday rules and get an overview of the rules and how they translate into practice.

The sanctions packages adopted by the European Union (EU), which intend to intensify pressure on Russia's government and economy, have resurged traditional debates concerning the political, legal and economic reach of restrictive measures. On the political stage, the legitimacy of international sanctions has been challenged on the basis of their unilateral coercive nature, and as an instrument that is capable of affecting domains that go beyond its strict targets. Issues of uniform implementation and effective enforcement were also brought up, resulting in a number of initiatives at the EU level.

This course will allow journalism educators to make a real impact on American newsrooms' future diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts when they model those values in the classroom. This online group seminar will empower you to examine your current teaching materials and curriculum with an eye toward inclusion and representation and give you the tools and skills to diversify your lessons, examples, speakers, and more.