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Study graduate certificate online with Curtin University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Study the theory and philosophy of different cultural, religious and political traditions to investigate how they can be translated into practice today. Make a difference for human rights groups, aid programs, diplomatic services and governments.

Graduate Certificate in Human Rights

Indigenous Rights

Human Rights History Across Cultures and Religions

Human Rights Activism, Advocacy and Change

Refugee Rights

Human Rights Project

Human Rights Project Preparation

Human Rights Instruments and Institutions

Human Rights and Development

Be emboldened by theories of power, change and social movement. Relive historical fights including the US civil rights struggle and the Algerian independence movement.Evaluate the role advocacy groups and activism play in fighting for human rights.

Navigate the politics of forced migration. Critique and deconstruct theories and literature about refugee rights. Seek a legal perspective on Australia's asylum policies.Shore up a better understanding of refugee rights activism and advocacy.

Chase up the work you began during Human Rights Project Preparation (CHRE601).Extend your practical studies with a human rights group internship followed by a reflection piece. Alternatively, dive back into the theory and complete your dissertation.

Zero your studies in on one human rights issue. Articulate a project plan. Make the choice to take on either a practice- or a theory-based project.Step into an internship at a human rights organisation or begin exploration work for your dissertation.

Come to grips with the key challenges facing the Indigenous rights movement.Survey factors including gender, youth and social change. Unearth ongoing land rights issues. Identify the role of the media and the government.

Balance the relationship between human rights and economic development concerns.Learn how development was used to justify human rights abuses. Probe colonialist and anti-colonialist ways of thinking. Identify environmental development issues.

Enter the international human rights arena and study the laws, framework and institutions that define it.Scan treaties and conventions. Address Australia's human rights responsibilities. Look into the United Nations and non-government organisations.

View human rights through the lenses of religious and cultural beliefs.Return to the Enlightenment and the birth of human rights. Adopt Buddhist, Christian and Islamic approaches. Ask how these perspectives intersect with the field of education.

Human Rights Theory and Philosophy

Curtin University Graduate Certificate Human rights Courses & Degrees | Open Universities Australia

Course results for Curtin University Postgraduate Human rights Degrees