Strategic Litigation and Human Rights
Learn tools for strategic litigation to defend human rights through clinics, pro bono, and real cases.
Learn tools for strategic litigation to defend human rights through clinics, pro bono, and real cases.
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 Human Rights: Contemporary Challenges MicroMasters 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
Understand and apply core concepts of human rights, public interest, and strategic litigation
Learn about clinical legal education's importance in human rights defense
Explore advances in strategic litigation and pro bono work in Latin America
Design specific strategic litigation agendas for human rights issues
Implement strategic litigation tools through a hypothetical clinic
Analyze litigation strategies for international law, environmental cases, and marginalized communities
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
56 Hours PreRecorded video
Graded assignments and exams
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There are 4 modules in this course
This comprehensive course explores strategic litigation as a powerful tool for defending human rights in Latin America. Over four weeks, students will learn foundational concepts of human rights and public interest, and how strategic litigation can be effectively employed to protect them. The curriculum covers various litigation strategies and judicial activism techniques, with special emphasis on the role of universities through legal clinics and the contribution of pro bono legal work. The course examines practical applications across multiple domains including international law, environmental law, indigenous communities, and LGBTI rights. Through theoretical frameworks and regional case studies, participants will develop the skills to design and implement their own strategic litigation agendas through a hypothetical clinic scenario. Taught by Professor Beatriz Socorro Londoño Toro from the University of Rosario, this course combines academic rigor with practical application, preparing students to become effective human rights defenders.
The concept of strategic litigation
Module 1
Strategic litigation tools
Module 2
The role of universities and lawyers in strategic litigation
Module 3
Strategic lithium and its application in human rights
Module 4
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Instructor
Professor at the University of Rosario
Beatriz Socorro Londoño Toro is a lawyer, researcher, and professor emerita at the Universidad del Rosario, specializing in constitutional law, human rights, environmental law, and public policy. She holds a PhD in Law and has extensive institutional and teaching experience. She is the founder of Colombia’s first legal clinic at the Universidad del Rosario and has played a key role in advancing clinical legal education and strategic litigation in Latin America. Her research focuses on public interest protection, legal pedagogy, and high-impact litigation, with numerous publications analyzing these fields.
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