Module 5
7 Courses
Human Rights: Global & Local Protection Platform: iversity Institution: Universita Degli Studi Di Padova Started: 03/04/2015 Finished: 28/08/2017 Human Rights Theory and Philosophy Platform: edX Institution: Curtin University Started: 27/03/2017 Finished: 10/04/2017 Human Rights and Development Platform: edX Institution: Curtin University Started: 24/04/2017 Finished: 02/11/2017 Exploring English: Magna Carter Platform: FutureLearn Institution: British Council Started: 24/04/2017 Finished: 24/04/2017 Human Rights Advocacy, Activism and Change Platform: edX Institution: Curtin University Started: 02/11/2017 Finished: 28/01/2018 Beyond the Ballot: Women Rights and Suffrage from 1866 to Today Platform: FutureLearn Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London & The Houses of Parliament Started: 02/03/2018 Finished: 08/03/2018 Public Privacy: Cyber Security and Human Rights Platform: iversity Institution: The Hague Institute for Global Justice Started: 10/12/2013 Finished: 29/06/2016
2 Books
Rights of Man Author: Thomas Paine Publisher: Penguin Books Published: 1985 (originally published 1791 & 1792) Started: 10/05/2020 Finished: 27/05/2020 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Publisher: LibriVox Published: 2007 Started: 27/05/2020 Finished:
“Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law, in the forms of treaties, customary international law , general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups.
The principle of universality of human rights is the cornerstone of international human rights law. This principle, as first emphasized in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948, has been reiterated in numerous international human rights conventions, declarations, and resolutions. The 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights, for example, noted that it is the duty of States to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems.“
Your Human Rights, The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, www.ohchr.org
If you do not understand the basic moral principles underpinning fairness, equality, dignity of all human beings then you are committing a great injustice.
Ignorance towards your human rights is an injustice to the many individuals who have fought so hard to establish them in the first place and it is an injustice to yourself, because you won’t know when your rights are being violated.
Like my understanding of political philosophy, I never gained an education in human rights as part of my formal education, so this module is where I set that right.