HREA and the Human Rights Centre of the UN Mandated University for Peace are issuing a final call for applications for the short certificate course on Health and Human Rights from 16 May-26 June 2012.
This e-learning course introduces participants to the doctrinal, actual and policy related linkages between health and human rights, and the contemporary challenges associated with them. Participants will explore the normative concepts of the right to health as a human right and will also study the intersections between the human right to health on the one hand and some of the other human rights such as the right to life, food, work, development etc. on the other. In addition, participants will explore some of the most important contemporary and emerging issues in the field, and will analyse the role of the international organisations and national governments in framing and implementing appropriate health policies.
The main objectives of the course are to make the participants aware of the different facets of the linkages between health and human rights and the associated challenges; to develop the knowledge necessary for critical analysis of the existing international and national policies affecting health; and to acquaint the participants with tools that can be employed in order to mainstream and address issues concerning health in policy making. Throughout the course, participants will engage in case studies including decisions of various national, regional and international courts of law on the relevant topics. Although gender aspects of health and human rights linkages will be a subject of direct focus in some of the topics covered, the same will also be generally mainstreamed throughout the course. Similarly, several of the topics covered will critically analyse the role of transnational corporations as well as the role of civil society within the health and human rights linkages.
Course outline
Week 1: Normative concepts of the right to health as a human right; linkages between right to health and other human rights
Week 2: Sexual and reproductive rights; health and human rights linkages in the context of violence against physical integrity of human beings
Week 3: HIV/AIDS, other infectious diseases and human rights
Week 4: Mental and physical disabilities, health and human rights
Week 5: Globalisation and the human right to health including implications of international trade, intellectual property rights and labour
Week 6: Health as a development issue: human development policies, Millennium Development Goals and Health
This e-learning course involves approximately 40 hours of reading, interaction with students and instructors on discussion boards, quizzes and webinars. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on critical reflection and peer-to-peer learning. The maximum number of course participants is 25. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation. It is also possible to audit the course.
This e-learning course introduces participants to the doctrinal, actual and policy related linkages between health and human rights, and the contemporary challenges associated with them. Participants will explore the normative concepts of the right to health as a human right and will also study the intersections between the human right to health on the one hand and some of the other human rights such as the right to life, food, work, development etc. on the other. In addition, participants will explore some of the most important contemporary and emerging issues in the field, and will analyse the role of the international organisations and national governments in framing and implementing appropriate health policies.
The main objectives of the course are to make the participants aware of the different facets of the linkages between health and human rights and the associated challenges; to develop the knowledge necessary for critical analysis of the existing international and national policies affecting health; and to acquaint the participants with tools that can be employed in order to mainstream and address issues concerning health in policy making. Throughout the course, participants will engage in case studies including decisions of various national, regional and international courts of law on the relevant topics. Although gender aspects of health and human rights linkages will be a subject of direct focus in some of the topics covered, the same will also be generally mainstreamed throughout the course. Similarly, several of the topics covered will critically analyse the role of transnational corporations as well as the role of civil society within the health and human rights linkages.
Course outline
Week 1: Normative concepts of the right to health as a human right; linkages between right to health and other human rights
Week 2: Sexual and reproductive rights; health and human rights linkages in the context of violence against physical integrity of human beings
Week 3: HIV/AIDS, other infectious diseases and human rights
Week 4: Mental and physical disabilities, health and human rights
Week 5: Globalisation and the human right to health including implications of international trade, intellectual property rights and labour
Week 6: Health as a development issue: human development policies, Millennium Development Goals and Health
This e-learning course involves approximately 40 hours of reading, interaction with students and instructors on discussion boards, quizzes and webinars. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on critical reflection and peer-to-peer learning. The maximum number of course participants is 25. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation. It is also possible to audit the course.
For further information and online application form, please go to: www.hrea.org/health-human-rights
Best wishes,
Sandra Quintin
Distance Learning Programme, HREA
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Distance Learning Programme, HREA
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Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies.
HREA - www.hrea.org
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies.
