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The Global Campus of Human Rights recently launched its latest Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the monitoring of human rights of LGBTI persons. The MOOC is open to participants around the world who are actively interested and engaged in LGBTI work at different levels and wish to deepen their knowledge about relevant human rights legal frameworks, monitoring mechanisms, and strategies.

Global Campus of Human Rights MOOC:
Monitoring the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons

In all regions of the world, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons are subject to discrimination, persecution, violence, and other forms of human rights violations. Monitoring the extent of such human rights abuses is key to identify root causes, gaps in implementation, and avenues for redress.In this light, and bearing in mind that it is important to acknowledge the context-specific nature of eachcountry, the MOOC provides an overview of human rights standards, mechanisms and practices for theprotection of LGBTI persons around the world.

Course date: 25 February - 7 April 2019

Hosted by the Global Campus of Human Rights and co-funded by the European Union

Free enrolment up to 17 March 2019

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Programme

The course is articulated in three modules:Module 1 focuses on international definitions and legal frameworks concerning the human rights of LGBTIpersons and related monitoring mechanisms. Theoretical aspects are accompanied by examples of concrete challenges and practices in order to generally frame and contextualise the international discourse.Module 2 is dedicated to specific contexts and challenges in the areas of societal attitudes, equality and nondiscrimination,laws and policies (including decriminalisation), specific rights and freedoms. Analysis from different regions provides an overview of the many situations faced by LGBTI persons worldwide.Module 3 deals with the monitoring in practice of LGBTI rights in terms of specific actions, strategies and practices: reporting, strategic litigation, advocacy strategies, and synergies (between international andregional systems; among governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental actors).

Lecturers and Experts

The course is coordinated by the KU Leuven, one of the 41 universities members of the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA/GC Europe) and is taught by academics and experts drawn from a cross-section of constituencies. The faculty includes, among others: Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert on Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; Frans Viljoen, University of Pretoria; Carlos Zelada, Universidad del Pacífico; Douglas Sanders, Mahidol University; Marta Ramos, ILGA Portugal; Goran Miletic, Civil Rights Defenders; Tarek Zeidan, Helem; Mamikon Hovsepyan, Pink Armenia.

How to enrol

Free enrolment from 28 January – 17 March 2019

Enrol for this MOOC (FREE) 
pdfDownload the brochure for this MOOC

The MOOC is free and open to participants around the world who are actively interested and engagedin LGBTI work at different levels and wish to deepen their knowledge about relevant human rights legalframeworks, monitoring mechanisms, and strategies. The MOOC is funded by the European Commissionand is offered in cooperation with Open EdX, one of the leading providers of open online learning foreveryone everywhere.

More information

For more information, contact us at e-learning@eiuc.org or visit www.eiuc.org/mooc-lgbti

About the Global Campus of Human Rights

The Global Campus of Human Rights is a unique network of one hundred universities around the world seeking to advance human rights and democracy education.