10 June 2011 -- HREA is issuing a call for applications for the following short certificate courses offered in the third trimester of 2011 (September-November):

- Environment and Human Rights (5 October-15 November 2011)
- Genocide: What Role for International Law? (17 October-27 November 2011)
- Health and Human Rights (19 October-29 November 2011)
- Housing Rights are Human Rights (5 October-15 November 2011)
- International Tribunals, World Courts and Human Rights (26 October-6 December 2011)
- Safeguards against Torture and Ill-Treatment (12 October-22 November 2011)
- The European Union and Human Rights (17 October-27 November 2011)
- The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (5 October-15 November 2011)

These short e-learning courses are six weeks in duration and involve approximately 30 hours of reading, interaction with participants and instructor on discussion boards, quizzes and "webinars" with invited guests.

The application deadline is 1 September 2011. Applications can be submitted online. For further information about each course please click on the course link above. For a listing of all upcoming courses, please visit www.hrea.org/courses


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About HREA's Distance Learning Programme

Since 2002, over 4,000 human rights defenders, development workers, staff members of international organisations and graduate students have successfully participated in Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)'s e-learning courses.

Further information about HREA's Distance Learning Programme can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/DLP/