May 14-June 24, 2025
Dr. Felisa Tibbitts
Executive Director and Co-Founder of HREA; UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education.
This course involves approximately 25 hours of reading and discussion, assignments, and quizzes over a 6-week period. It also includes three 90-minute live classroom sessions with the course instructor and/or guests scheduled for Thursday, May 15, Thursday, May 29, and Thursday, June 12, from 9:00–10:30am EST.
Dr. Felisa Tibbitts, a leading HRE expert, is UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education and Chair in Human Rights Education at the Human Rights Centre of Utrecht University (Netherlands). She is also Adjunct Asst. Professor at Columbia University, a Visiting Professor at Nelson Mandela University (South Africa) and director of Human Rights Education Associates (HREA), which she co-founded in 1996.
This e-learning course provides participants with an introduction to the international field of HRE, and basic methods and tools for developing HRE curriculum. Learners will gain or deepen their:
Knowledge of
Definitions of HRE
International HRE standards
Participatory and transformational learning methods
Strategies for curriculum development
Skills in
Developing a component of an HRE curriculum
Locating human rights and HRE resources online
Localizing curriculum
Awareness of
International HRE trends
Key actors in the field of HRE.
This certificate course involves approximately 25 hours of reading & discussion, three 90-minute live classroom sessions (on Thursday, Apr 03, Thursday, Apr 10, and Thursday, Apr 17, from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT) with the course instructor and/or guests, assignments, and quizzes, and is offered over a 6-week period. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on critical reflection and peer-to-peer learning. Participants will do the required readings, prepare interim and final assignments and participate in group discussions. Case studies will be used to enable interactive learning and activities. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation. It is also possible to audit the course.
Week 1: Orientation to the course and international human rights education standards
Week 2: Human rights education programming and learner groups
Week 3: Tools for curriculum development & lesson planning
Week 4: Transformative learning and human rights education pedagogies
Week 5: Online human rights education resources and localization
Week 6: Evaluation of human rights education
The course is intended for educators and trainers working in schools, higher education institutions and civil society organizations. Participants should have a good written command of English and have high competence and comfort with computing devices and Internet use. Optional readings and webinar will be provided for those applicants without basic human rights knowledge.
Tuition fee for participants from OECD-countries: $475; non-OECD countries: $350. Tuition for auditors: $250. Payments can be made online through PayPal and bank transfer. Payments are due upon registration.
Registration deadline May 5, 2025. Click below to register. For queries, please contact learning@hrea.org.
