What participants said about this course:
"I was impressed with the high level of knowledge and discussion by other participants."
"I thoroughly enjoyed the course and I think I have picked up some useful skills for my future work."
"This course exceeded my expectations; I really enjoyed it and learned a lot."
"My participation in this course will have a direct impact on my work"
"It has greatly improved my understanding of monitoring human rights. It has also improved my input in my organization as a human rights activist."
"As I was mainly interested in getting a general overview of the field of human rights monitoring, I am fully satisfied with the course."
"Reading the comments of others was very interesting- a highlight of my week!"
"I really enjoyed the course and found it very interesting. It was great to listen to the views of a range of different people, particularly those working for NGOs."
"The theoretical background to monitoring helped to rethink my own role in the office and reminded me of some fundamentals that are required in good reporting and advocacy. The theory will also help me to encourage and build the capacity of our national staff colleagues to improve their monitoring."
"This course extended my knowledge base of a variety of human rights issues that I have not had the opportunity to deal with, and at the same time expanded on monitoring issues that I interact with on a daily basis."
"I even found myself making comments in staff meetings based on readings from the course! This sort of thing was exactly what I was hoping to get out of the course!"
"I think that the knowledge that I have gained from this course will significantly influence my work and the work of my organization in a very positive way."
"I thoroughly enjoyed participating in this course! This is the first time I have ever participated in something like this and I was apprehensive at first but as time went on I became very comfortable! I think that the approach and attitude of both the facilitator and instructor were instrumental in this!"
"I really appreciated the flexibility of the instructor and the facilitator in terms of assignment due dates. Like other participants in the course, I was required to travel several times during the course and that made completing some of the assignments on time difficult. It was really nice to know that there was some flexibility in that!"
"It is a very useful method of learning. I got a lot of knowledge through it and I enjoyed it."
The course met my expectations very well. It was the first time to have a distance learning course, but not so difficult to become used to it."
"My participation in this course has given me a good understanding of what is involved in human rights monitoring and will enable me to help out with the work of my organization."
"I found the general instructor comments each week to be very insightful. I enjoyed the readings."
"The readings were good and informative and well researched and gave the kind of information that helped my understanding within the shortest possible time, bearing in mind that time was a challenge in this course."
"Course has increased my awareness of human rights and its abuses and how I can be an agent of changes."
"Useful course, which has helped to improve my analytical and observation skills. Also helped to expand my views on some human rights issues."
"I learnt a lot from the course and it really open my mind on new issues. I appreciated the fact that in addiction to theory I gained some practical skills."
"It was truly enriching to read contributions from people from around the world."
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