EdX

Human Rights: The Rights of Refugees (edX)

Human Rights: The Rights of Refugees (edX)

Take action for human rights. This course will teach you about the human rights of refugees and empower you to defend them. Across the world, barriers are growing. Every day people fleeing war and persecution find the door slammed in their face.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see EdX's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

Refugees have human rights. What are these rights? Who is responsible for upholding and protecting them? How can we hold them to account?
This short course will enable you to find the answers and empower yourself to defend and promote the rights of refugees and discover how you can be part of the solution.
Learn from the experts, campaigners and activists at Amnesty International how to identify human rights violations and to claim, defend and promote the human rights of refugees.

You will be challenged to think critically and interact with participants. Together you will learn how to empower yourselves to create change.
This is Amnesty International's second human rights MOOC. Be prepared for active learning, connecting with course participants from across the world and to become part of a global community campaigning for the rights of refugees to be upheld everywhere.
The course is also available in French and Spanish.

What you'll learn:

  • How to explain and defend the human rights of refugees
  • The role of governments in preventing human rights violations against refugees
  • How to challenge misconceptions, prejudices and discriminatory attitudes and behaviours towards refugees and asylum seekers
  • How to take action to protect the rights of people in need of international protection
Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion (edX) EdX
SDGAcademyX,SDG Academy

Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion (edX)

With complex legal protections and varying societal norms, how do we ensure rights for all? From women to children to indigenous peoples, the rights of marginalized groups the world over are violated daily. These injustices affect not just these groups, but also the stability of our world – and our collective future.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
International migrations: a global issue (Coursera) Coursera
Sciences Po

International migrations: a global issue (Coursera)

The world is moving, but not all opinions and governments are willing to accept this poorly understood reality. The issue affects both states and the planet, in a process of globalization and of regionalization of migrations, and raises new questions for international relations, now including the South. This course aims at improving knowledge of the subject, addressing the key issues raised by international migration, and assessing the trends of tomorrow.

Jul 27th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Refugees in the 21st Century (Coursera) Coursera
University of London

Refugees in the 21st Century (Coursera)

This MOOC provides insight into the refugee phenomenon as one of the most complex, compelling and (arguably) misunderstood features of the 21st century. Taking a global perspective, it will outline the fundamentals of who ‘refugees’ are, where they come from and where they go, as well as delving into the features of the global system for refugee protection and ‘solutions’ for those who have been forcibly displaced.

Jul 27th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Volunteering with Refugees (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
Cambridge Assessment English,The Human Hive

Volunteering with Refugees (FutureLearn)

Understand how to best support the emotional, linguistic, and social needs of refugees who are settling into a new country. Learn how to identify and respond to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers. When volunteering with refugees, it’s important to understand their backgrounds, current situations and needs in order to provide the best support.

Self Paced
3 Weeks
Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policy and Practice (edX) EdX
Columbia University,ColumbiaX

Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policy and Practice (edX)

Recently, menstruation has attracted attention as an important public health issue, resulting in the proliferation of new research, programs, and policies aimed at tackling menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) challenges faced by girls, women, and others who menstruate. Advocates are directly combating ongoing menstrual stigma and calling for an end to period poverty.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Inside the UK Supreme Court: Its Role, Its Work, and Cases that Affect Us All (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
Royal Holloway, University of London,Judicial Committee of The Privy Council,The Supreme Court of The United Kingdom

Inside the UK Supreme Court: Its Role, Its Work, and Cases that Affect Us All (FutureLearn)

Law

Explore the role of the UK Supreme Court, hear from its Justices and staff, and learn about some of the Court’s landmark rulings. Delve into the UK Supreme Court and its inner workings. If you’d like to learn more about the UK Supreme Court, what it does, and what it’s like to work there, then this Royal Holloway course, produced in collaboration with the Supreme Court, is for you.

Self Paced
2 Weeks
The Science and Practice of Sustainable Development (edX) EdX
University of Queensland,UQx

The Science and Practice of Sustainable Development (edX)

Learn the critical foundations of sustainable development and how to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals that are deeply interconnected in the field. This course introduces the origin and key concepts of sustainability and how to apply those to sustainable development practice. Sustainable development will be explored through theories and case studies from a range of Disciplines. You also will learn about planetary boundaries, urbanisation and growing inequality, to show how integral sustainable development is to our everyday existence.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
International Human Rights Law (edX) EdX
LouvainX,Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL

International Human Rights Law (edX)

Learn how an individual’s human rights are protected from both public and private power by international laws. Human rights are developed through the constant dialogue between international human rights bodies and domestic courts, in a search that crosses geographical, cultural and legal boundaries. The result is a unique human rights grammar, which this course shall discuss and question, examining the sources of human rights, the rights of individuals, the duties of States, and the mechanisms of protection.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Asylum and Refugee Law (edX) EdX
LouvainX,Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL

Asylum and Refugee Law (edX)

What is asylum? What is the principle of non-refoulement? Who should be recognized and protected as a refugee? These notions are complex. Learn to understand and apply them! What is asylum? What is the principle of non-refoulement? Who should be recognized and protected as a refugee? These questions are both ancient and contemporary.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
International Standards on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (edX) EdX
University of Oxford

International Standards on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (edX)

Law

This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is co-organised by the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). It explores the regional and international standards relating to freedom of expression, including press freedom, access to public information, safety of journalists and challenges created by the digital world.

May 29th 2023
5-12 Weeks