Human Rights Defenders is a free online human rights course offered by the organization Amnesty International. In this course you will explore what human rights defenders are doing and how you can become one yourself. You will explore tools and strategies human rights defenders use to mitigate risks and take action to claim and defend their rights.
You will learn how you can use your voice to defend human rights and how you can join forces with others to generate positive change in the world. You will also investigate the role of governments in protecting human rights and how you can influence powerholders to do the right thing. The course is available in multiple languages including English, Spanish, French and Arabic.
Other Amnesty International Courses:
Amnesty International’s Human Right Academy offers many other courses related to human right, some of the other courses offered by Amnesty International are below:
- Decoding descent-based discrimination
- The right to protest
- An introduction to child rights
- An introduction to human rights
- Digital security and human rights
For more information about Amnesty International’s Human Right Academy, click here.