Human Mobility: Challenges and Reflections in Today's World.
Explore legal concepts and human rights issues in global migration, asylum, displacement, and statelessness with a focus on international law frameworks.
Explore legal concepts and human rights issues in global migration, asylum, displacement, and statelessness with a focus on international law frameworks.
This course cannot be purchased separately - to access the complete learning experience, graded assignments, and earn certificates, you'll need to enroll in the full MicroMasters in Human Rights: Contemporary Challenges program. You can audit this specific course for free to explore the content, which includes access to course materials and lectures. This allows you to learn at your own pace without any financial commitment.
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What you'll learn
Develop a critical view of internal and cross-border human mobility based on legal concepts
Correlate concepts with practical application to specific cases
Assess the effectiveness of existing standards regulating human movements
Formulate innovative approaches to current human mobility challenges
Analyze barriers to rights access for stateless persons
Understand international protection frameworks for migrants
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This course includes:
56 Hours PreRecorded video
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There are 4 modules in this course
This comprehensive course examines human mobility through the lens of international human rights law and refugee law. Students will analyze the concepts associated with different mobility scenarios including economic immigration, asylum and refuge, statelessness, and forced internal displacement. The curriculum explores the basic legal frameworks applicable to each situation, contextualizes global migration trends, and examines the regulatory protection systems developed in International Human Rights Law and International Refugee Law. The course highlights one of the most pressing contemporary human rights issues and addresses the ongoing challenges states face in guaranteeing migrant rights. Through critical analysis of existing standards and innovative approaches, students will develop a deeper understanding of both internal and cross-border human mobility issues.
Human mobility: a priority for the world
Module 1
International protection: asylum or refuge?
Module 2
Human movements within borders: forced displacement
Module 3
Stateless persons: in search of legal recognition
Module 4
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Instructor
2 Courses
Professor at the University of Rosario, Expert in Human Rights and Migration Law
María Teresa Palacios Sanabria is a lawyer specializing in human rights and migration law, with a Master's in Constitutional Law and a Doctorate in Law from the University of Seville. Currently, she is an associate professor and director of the Human Rights Research Group at the Universidad del Rosario, Faculty of Law. A Carolina Foundation Fellow, her research focuses on migrants’ rights, equality, and state sovereignty. She has published extensively on human rights issues and international migration, contributing to academic journals and books on these topics.
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