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Human rights are developed through the constant dialogue between international human rights bodies and domestic courts, in a search that crosses geographical, cultural and legal boundaries. The result is a unique human rights grammar, which this course shall discuss and question, examining the sources of human rights, the rights of individuals, the duties of States, and the mechanisms of protection.

We shall rely extensively on comparative material from different jurisdictions, to study a wide range of topics including, religious freedom in multicultural societies, human rights in employment relationships, economic and social rights in development, or human rights in the context of the fight against terrorism.
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10/10 starsCompleted
4 years, 8 months ago
This course has been of great use for me. Since I graduated from Law School I’ve been quite lost regarding which area I would be working with. With the course, I became interested in improving my English skills and I’ve been considering working with human rights law, though I’m not sure how this actually works, but I’ll be checking it out. The platform is very easy to work with, the discussion sections and the exercises where very clarifying to me and it was very interesting to see other points of view from people from around the world. The structure of the course is incredible, although it involves a lot of different matters, it has been very didactic. Since the first lesson, it followed a logical sequence that made it easy to understand the nuances of the international human rights law. Finally, I would like to thank prof. Olivier De Schutter for the time spent on this course, for the UCL and edX for giving people the opportuni... This course has been of great use for me. Since I graduated from Law School I’ve been quite lost regarding which area I would be working with. With the course, I became interested in improving my English skills and I’ve been considering working with human rights law, though I’m not sure how this actually works, but I’ll be checking it out. The platform is very easy to work with, the discussion sections and the exercises where very clarifying to me and it was very interesting to see other points of view from people from around the world. The structure of the course is incredible, although it involves a lot of different matters, it has been very didactic. Since the first lesson, it followed a logical sequence that made it easy to understand the nuances of the international human rights law. Finally, I would like to thank prof. Olivier De Schutter for the time spent on this course, for the UCL and edX for giving people the opportunity to learn about such an important matter as human rights.
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6/10 starsCompleted
6 months, 1 week ago
Mr. de Schutter is certainly a great professor. He has indeed made a great course and has a great resumee. Nevertheless, I am a lawyer and I think this, as my first EdX course, was too challenging. It took me about 4 months to take the course and I was still pretty behind. The final exam is only composed of 8 questions, 1 question for each section (not counting the endless subsections already included). It is almost impossible to get an acceptable grade if the answers are tricky and there is only one attempt for each question. If you get left behind, is really difficult to re read everything in order to answer the questions. If you don't have previous studies in this subject, this course is going to be too challenging. The 60% mark to pass is UNREAL, with 30% only composed by the final exam. This exam counts too much and the tests for verified learners do not show the explanation for the answers. Besides, most students do not even re... Mr. de Schutter is certainly a great professor. He has indeed made a great course and has a great resumee. Nevertheless, I am a lawyer and I think this, as my first EdX course, was too challenging. It took me about 4 months to take the course and I was still pretty behind. The final exam is only composed of 8 questions, 1 question for each section (not counting the endless subsections already included). It is almost impossible to get an acceptable grade if the answers are tricky and there is only one attempt for each question. If you get left behind, is really difficult to re read everything in order to answer the questions. If you don't have previous studies in this subject, this course is going to be too challenging. The 60% mark to pass is UNREAL, with 30% only composed by the final exam. This exam counts too much and the tests for verified learners do not show the explanation for the answers. Besides, most students do not even realize there is needed an essay to pass this course, with a different deadline than the end of the course. The essay is graded only by one person and no one else will check it in case you have any concerns about your grade. If your opinion does not match what their opinion is, you will certainly get a "poor" grade. If you are a non English speaker, it is even more time consuming because you need to re read a lot, check out terminology, etc. It is okay for it to be challenging but I think the questions are not designed for everyone to understand them. In reality, practice questions do help understand much more than the lessons. I would not recommend EdX verified courses unless you are already are an expert in the subject. To students, its preferable to get the knowledge and save the money you spent on the diploma. Sorry professor de Schutter, your content is great, maybe the platform or the learning methodology was just not right for me.
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Alice Hancock

6/10 starsCompleted
6 months, 1 week ago
This class is super hard. Understandably, but the questions and course material can be confusing and challenging to understand. They are phrased in a convoluted way that makes it difficult to surmise what is actually being said and asked. I was doing very well until the last two chapters and then I dropped completely. I wish the course was easier to understand, perhaps in the summary section a break down of what was covered in a more conductive way.
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10/10 starsTaking Now
6 months, 3 weeks ago
This course is quite fantastic,an excellent expose of knowledge on The Human Rights. Recommendation is that lighter chunks or easy assimilation fractions should be thought at an early stage to children too. I thank you immensely for bringing on this course and a Big thank you to the Professor.-rejoicen1
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Molly Leeson

10/10 starsCompleted
7 months ago
This course has been really useful in gaining a robust understanding of International Human Rights Law. The lectures and readings were engaging and the ongoing questionnaires were a great way of solidifying my understanding.
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7 months, 1 week ago
The course is really good, well detailed and explained. It is a virtual course and it would be really helpful to have live forums to actually talk with the professor. Or at least the opportunity to set a meeting with a group of students and the professor. That's the only part of the course that could be better, but in a matter of content, coverage and explanation, I loved it. Thanks a lot for the opportunity.
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10/10 starsCompleted
7 months, 3 weeks ago
the Course content was very good and the instructors have organized the course well. I am an assistant professor in zoology and I am new to every word in law, yet I enjoyed the course and its contents. I have learnt many things from this course and I will educate and encourage my students to know the basics of Human Rights and the laws available internationally. Especially for women and the marginalized.
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Rama Martinez

10/10 starsCompleted
8 months, 2 weeks ago
This course is a great experience in the area of Human Rights Law if you are really interested or if you study (like in my case) or work on the field of the Law. I think it is not especially much difficult, but you have to dedicate some notable weekly hours in order to overcome it (60% of the global mark to obtain the certificate). Also, it is helpful to have some familiarity with the law concepts presented. There are many materials (lectures, questions, videos) and a little part of them are dispensable, but you have to answer a test at the end of every section and in the final, so it is important to remember the concepts (luckily, you can review them). In general, I recommend this course provided by Louvain University.
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Yancy Villarroel

10/10 starsCompleted
9 months ago
The course’s content is absolutely amazing. Also, the explanation by the professor is very good. However, many times you can't watch videos with explanations, indeed, I believe a thing to enhance is more videos by the professor. Last, you should have more assistants to review the final exam because the time that students must wait is a lot.
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8/10 starsCompleted
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Overall I learned a great many new concepts about IHRL, especially as my background is in social equity and not law. Here is my advice for prospective students: 1) There is a lot of legal and UN type language used in the course that most people will not be familiar with. Highlighting and web search will be very helpful. 2) Be aware that the language used in the curriculum is sometimes different in the tests. I'm not sure if this is to purposefully confuse students or not. 3) Some test questions have extremely similar multiple choice answers making it easy to choose the wrong one - I found this particularly frustrating. 4) EDX - A search feature of the entire curriculum, including the readings and videos, would be very helpful. 5) EDX - A downloadable Certificate would be helpful so folks can save it. Thanks UCL/edx! To those who are about to give it a try, be ready to work hard and stay focused. You'll be just fine.
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Chisara

10/10 starsCompleted
11 months, 4 weeks ago
It was a good course to take. It broadened my knowledge on human rights law. It will greatly help me in my advocacy and working with Non Governmental Organisations. Thank you for this opportunity.
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Kevin Amani

10/10 starsCompleted
1 year, 3 months ago
This was an inlighting course with more refletions on conducts of the UN, governments, NGOs and HRs institutions in the development and preservation of Human Rights Via International and domestic mechanisms.
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Felix Kyalo

8/10 starsTaking Now
1 year, 6 months ago
Enjoyed the course though wished for more time to finish the essay. The course content was quite comprehensive and covered a wide number of areas of my professional interest. It would be good to update the materials as some are a bit dated as well. In addition, it would be good to expand the references to capture more writings, precedents and other materials particularly from Asia and African courts and legal scholars to enrich the course and make it more relevant for people from different backgrounds
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Kimberly Stanton

10/10 starsCompleted
1 year, 6 months ago
This course covers fundamental topics in international human rights law and ongoing controversies. My expectations were more than satisfied. I highly recommend it.
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8/10 starsCompleted
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1 year, 6 months ago
I learned doubly during the pleasant moment, on the one hand International Human Rights Law and on the other hand, English. I will gladly reread this course and the materials. Thank you again for your helpful teaching. I appreciate.
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Amadi Arthur

8/10 starsCompleted
1 year, 7 months ago
Its a great course to start with and it really helped me in understanding not just international human rights law, but also where the knowledge of it will take my career to. I learnt alot though some of the contents of this course was too ambiguous at first but in the summing up, you get to put in place all the dots. The discussion group assisted my understanding.i commend prof schutter
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Chevy Suteja

10/10 starsTaking Now
1 year, 7 months ago
my experience about this course is excellent. i got many informations about international human rights law which is usefull for my futures and it will be guide me about international human rights law which is very important knowledge.
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YALCIN OGRETEN

10/10 starsCompleted
2 years, 2 months ago
This is a very good course for people who want to learn sth about the human rights law. It's not very easy and being familiar with the concept of law will make it easier.
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Ayoub Eyissa

10/10 starsCompleted
2 years, 8 months ago
The course is very useful. It stimulated my memory on many human rights issues. The lecture presentation is very good, this course deserves attention and I will publish it to my friends on the widest range.
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10/10 starsCompleted
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2 years, 6 months ago
The course is indeed a great opportunity to learn International Human Rights Law at certificated level and with a highly reputable institution like the UCL. A big thank you to Prof. Olivier De Schutter, I appreciate having the opportunity to learn from you. Thank you Edx for this great initiative.
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IRENE TOYO

10/10 starsCompleted
2 years, 6 months ago
I enjoyed this course from beginning to end. Both the content and instructor were excellent! I found all the eight sessions very interesting and looked forward to reading them everyday. I strongly recommend it. Two thumbs up for edx!
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10/10 starsCompleted
2 years, 8 months ago
I think it is hard but worth it , i discovered areas still unknown for me through all the modules included in the course I will highly recommend it. The instructor was excellent introducing the subjects in every module and the content interactive with the discussions and small test that help you with the final test.
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Rabia Saghar

10/10 starsCompleted
2 years, 10 months ago
The course is designed excellently covering all the aspects of international human rights law with great illustration of relevant case laws. The great aspects of course is the lot of knowledge, maximum reading material for content coverage and video lectures. The part of summary before the section test is superb for reviewing the whole contents covered in that section. On the other hand students' involvement in the discussion parts can be increased with changing interface. I am thankful for the faculty for perfectly designing the course and providing the great knowledge.
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Hai Doan

10/10 starsCompleted
2 years, 11 months ago
This is a really excellent course, well organized and selected material as well. It widens my knowledge in this field. The assessment system is friendly as it is not too hard to gain access to the certificate. The debate/discussion is quite good but indeed it is very hard to find answers for any inquiry arisen because of many comments existed.
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ibrahim ŞİRİN

10/10 starsCompleted
3 years, 1 month ago
Çok faydalı bir eğitimdi. Çok şey öğrenme fırsatı buldum. Ders materyalleri, videolar, sorular ve tartışma paneli çok yararlıydı. Türkiye'de insan hakları alanında çok az eğitim çalışması var. Kendimi sizin sayenizde geliştirip ülkeme ve insanlığa fazdalı hizmetler vermeyi umuyorum. Çok teşekkeür ederim.
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10/10 starsCompleted
3 years, 2 months ago
I found the material challenging but well-organized. The explanations provided in the videos and in the answers to the quizzes were very helpful --- an effective learning tool. I was motivated to work through the course content because I saw the relevancy of the issues presented to current events. I believe I now have a solid grasp of international human rights law, and know where to go to look for the answers. Thank you.
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10/10 starsTaking Now
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3 years, 2 months ago
I was very well educated, I learned a lot, I hope I can use it in my own country and for my people, thanks to the university and the professors and I hope they are proud, I really hope to meet them one day because they are very I'm interested in human rights, and I signed up for Harvard Law School a few days ago, and I'm doing my best to be a humanitarian commissar because this is my dream. Thank you.
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10/10 starsCompleted
3 years, 2 months ago
I have acquired a good knowledge and experience, professionally I acquired a lot. I am not getting certificate as pdf also what I have to do. I want certificate atleast in pdf sir.
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Alain Vandecraen

8/10 starsCompleted
3 years, 3 months ago
Prof. De Schutter, just as his colleagues who provide the other courses on International Law from UCL, knows his subject to the detail. The presentation is different from the others, and gives a nice change. I really appreciated the exhaustive rational he provides in the answer to the questions. It helps to understand International Human Rights Law on a more fundamental level, and shows how to reason towards the most appropriate answer in a complex and active field of law.
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6/10 starsCompleted
3 years, 6 months ago
Interesting material, but not much interaction. Canned lectures and zero input by the professor in the discussions. Tests were not always based on underlying material and brought in other twists that were not apparent from the reading.
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