Dear Colleagues,
HREA and the University for Peace Human Rights Centre are issuing a
final call for applications for the distance learning course
International Refugee Law and Contemporary Challenges offered from 11
October-21 November 2010.
This short certificate course offered by HREA and the Human Rights
Center of the University for Peace introduces participants to the
international system for refugee protection, from the historical, legal,
theoretical and practical perspectives. Issues concerning international
protection of refugees have undergone a sea change from the time when
the 1951 Refugee Convention came into force. The contemporary world
order poses serious challenges to refugee protection, beginning with
identifying refugees within mixed migratory flows, inadequate national
policies by states to protect refugees, their incompatibilities with
international refugee law, the role of international organisations like
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), issues of
xenophobia and security in host countries amongst various other issues.
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive picture to
participants of how and why refugee protection is indispensable from the
historical and human rights perspective, what are their needs and
available legal protections, which are the relevant actors involved in
refugee protection and what are the challenges facing today's refugees
and host countries. The course also analyses the regional systems of
refugee protection with the help of selected case studies. The course is
based on a dynamic pedagogy including reading materials, video clips,
case studies, and interactive webinars with the instructor as well as
practitioners from NGOs and officials of UNHCR.
This e-learning course involves approximately 40 hours of reading,
interaction with students and instructor on discussion boards, and
webinars with invited guests. 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 be an auditor of the course.
Course outline
Week 1: Introduction to refugee law – history of population movements,
evolution of refugee regime and basic concepts
Weeks 2-3: Contemporary international framework for refugee protection –
the 1951 Refugee Convention, the Protocol of 1967, essential concepts
and case studies
Week 4: UNHCR and other relevant actors; internally displaced persons
and stateless persons
Week 5: Regional systems of refugee protection and selected cases.
Week 6: Contemporary challenges to refugee protection
For further information about the course please go to:
http://www.hrea.org/refugeelaw/
Please note that the registration deadline for the course is Wednesday,
15 September 2010. Applications can be submitted online.
Please send replies to: [log in to unmask]
Best wishes,
Frank Elbers
Distance Learning Programme, HREA
http://www.hrea.org/courses/
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