history of human rights course
This course traces human rights history from Magna Carta to modern issues like digital privacy and climate litigation. Tailored for public law professionals, it connects landmark cases, global frameworks, and doctrines to practical strategies for robust rights advocacy, spanning ancient origins to contemporary UN treaties and regional systems.

4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What Will I Learn?
Discover the evolution of human rights from ancient foundations through Enlightenment ideas, revolutions, and 20th-century global treaties. Examine regional mechanisms, pivotal court decisions, and developing principles, then apply them to pressing issues such as surveillance, climate disputes, migration, and discrimination using targeted research techniques and case-driven methods for persuasive legal arguments.
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Develop Skills
- Master rights doctrines by applying civil, political, and social rights in public law contexts.
- Utilise comparative case law from ECHR, Inter-American, and African systems effectively.
- Build stronger legal briefs integrating historical context, travaux préparatoires, and precedent mapping.
- Litigate emerging issues by framing privacy, climate, and migration claims for courts.
- Conduct professional research to quickly find, cite, and organise key human rights sources.
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