history of human rights course
Trace the history of human rights from Magna Carta to digital privacy and climate litigation. Designed for public law professionals, this course links landmark cases, global systems, and doctrine to concrete strategies for stronger rights-based advocacy.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This concise History of Human Rights Course traces key milestones from ancient roots to modern UN treaties, covering Enlightenment thought, revolutions, and 20th-century internationalization. Explore regional systems, landmark judgments, and evolving doctrines, then apply them to current challenges like surveillance, climate litigation, migration, and discrimination, with concrete research methods and case-focused strategies for effective legal argumentation.
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Develop skills
- Master rights doctrines: apply civil, political, and social rights in public law.
- Use comparative case law: leverage ECHR, Inter-American, and African rulings.
- Build stronger briefs: integrate history, travaux, and precedent mapping in arguments.
- Litigate new issues: frame privacy, climate, and migration claims before courts.
- Research like a pro: find, cite, and organize key human rights sources fast.
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