Call for Applications! Advanced Human Rights Course: Protection of Forcibly Displaced Persons in Africa! Deadline Extended!
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will host a 5-day intensive hybridcourse on the protection of forcibly displaced persons in Africa from 11 – 15 November 2024.
Venue: University of Pretoria, South Africa
Online: Zoom
About the course
This course presents a human-rights perspective on the protection of forcibly displaced persons in Africa, with a view of enhancing the knowledge of policy makers, lawyers, scholars and students on the protection of the rights of forcibly displaced persons. It covers fundamental legal concepts and principles related to international law on forced displacement, critical challenges in the interpretation and application of key treaty provisions, and rights-based approaches to addressing challenges and ensuring durable solutions to forced displacement in Africa.
The main objective of the course is to enable participants to have a thorough understanding of the meaning, causes and scale of the various forms of forced displacement in Africa, pertinent normative standards at the global and regional level, and the rights of forcibly displaced persons. Participants will be able to critically reflect on the legal and institutional responses to forced displacement, and the roles of humanitarian and development actors in the protection of forcibly displaced persons.
The course covers issues such as
- The legal and institutional framework protecting the rights of refugees, internally displaced persons and stateless persons
- Obligations of states and non-state actors
- The roles of, and standards related to humanitarian and development agencies and non-governmental organisations
- Legal developments: new trends in the interpretation and application of laws
- Strategic advocacy for the rights of forcibly displaced persons, and
- Rights-based approach to durable solutions
Fees
The course will be offered in a hybrid format.
Participation in the course online is $150 (USD)
In person attendance is $250 (USD)
The fee includes venue costs, course materials, lunch and tea for the duration of the course.
Application deadline
21 October 2024
If you do not hear from us within 5 days after applications have closed, please consider your application unsuccessfull.
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