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KU Leuven is offering a free online course on EU and Human Rights. The course is intended for anyone interested in human rights and the EU, human rights law, European law, European Studies, international relations, global governance, etc.
In this seven-week course, applicants will learn how the EU affects human rights and gain insights into the ways the EU can enhance its positive impact on human rights worldwide. The course starts on June 21, 2016.
Course At A Glance
Length: 7 weeks
Effort: 4-6 hours per week
Subject: Law
Institution: KU Leuven and edX
Price: Free
Session: Course starts on June 21, 2016
Providers’ Details
Situated in Belgium, in the heart of Western Europe, KU Leuven has been a centre of learning for nearly six centuries. Today, it is Belgium’s largest university and, founded in 1425, one of the oldest and most renowned universities in Europe. As a leading European research university and co-founder of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), KU Leuven offers a wide variety of international master’s programmes, all supported by high-quality, innovative, interdisciplinary research.
About This Course
Whether you are an EU citizen or not, this course concerns you! The EU is a major global actor in the field of human rights. EU treaties state that human rights are a fundamental value of the Union, which must be a silver thread in all its policies. The EU now acts within an impressive array of competences and therefore has the potential to impact – positively or negatively – anyone’s human rights.
This EU and Human Rights course teaches the basics of human rights, placing the EU at the centre of the investigation. The course will examine a number of key questions:
- What factors are key to making the EU a positive or a negative force for human rights? An example is an economic crisis: what impact has it had on people’s human rights in the EU and the world?
- Which actors, friends or foes, must the EU engage with to successfully promote human rights? Examples include NGOs, businesses, or other international organisations like the Council of Europe or the United Nations.
- In key policy sectors in which the EU is active, what is on balance the impact of the EU? Examples include trade, development, migration, social policy or international crisis management.
Why Take This Course?
This is a free online course. This MOOC will be offered with Video Transcripts in English. Applicants will learn how the EU affects human rights and gain insights into the ways the EU can enhance its positive impact on human rights worldwide.
Learning Outcomes
- How the EU works
- What the EU does
- How the EU affects human rights
- Where the EU can do better to be a positive force for human rights
Course Format
Week 1: Human Rights Challenges in EU Policies
Week 2: EU as a Human Rights Actor
Weeks 3-5: EU’s Internal Setting and Fundamental Rights Policies; Themes and Priorities of EU External Human Rights Policies; Actors and Geographic Approaches in EU External Relations
Week 6: EU Human Rights Policy Evaluation
Week 7: Extension
Instructors
Joana Abrisketa Uriarte- Assistant Professor of Public International Law, University of Deusto (Spain)
Wolfgang Benedek-Professor of International Law at Karl Franzens University of Graz (Austria)
Florence Benoît-Rohmer- Professor at Law Faculty in Strasbourg (France)
Zdzislaw Kedzia-Professor and Chair of Constitutional Law at Adam-Mickiewicz-University of Pozna? (Poland)
Jeffrey Kenner-Professor and Chair of European Law at University of Nottingham (UK)’
Eva Maria Lassen-Senior Researcher at Danish Institute for Human Rights
Tamara Lewis- Lecturer in Legal Skills and Human Rights
Carmen Márquez Carrasco-Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at University of Sevilla (Spain)
Monika Mayrhofer- Researcher at Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
Elina Pirjatanniemi-Professor for Constitutional and International Law
Karolina Podstawa- Senior Researcher at European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (Italy)
Lorena Sosa-Postdoc Researcher at Netherlands Institute of Human Rights
Jan Wouters-Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations at KU Leuven University
Tamás Ziegler-Lecturer of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Eötvös Lóránd University (Hungary)
Requirements
No pre-requisites but people with previous knowledge of the EU and Human Rights will be able to follow the lectures and do the readings.
How To Join This Course
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- Choose “Register Now” to get started.
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