MOOC on Children Deprived of Liberty: Learning from the UN Global Study

Despite the fact that the Convention on the Rights of the Child affirms that, in principle, children should not be detained and deprivation of liberty should be a measure of last resort, millions of children in the world are locked away.

To address this problem, the United Nations appointed Manfred Nowak as Independent Expert to lead the Global Study on children deprived of liberty.

This unique MOOC stems from this study and provides insights, learning and recommendations in this important area at the crossroad of children, violence, and human rights studies.

SYLLABUS:

• Module 1: general framework of the Study (legal standards, guiding principles, definitions, objectives and methodology).
• Module 2: cross-cutting themes such as deprivation of liberty, children’s participation, disability, gender and health.
• Module 3: the six focus areas of the Study: administration of justice, children living in places of detention with their primary caregivers, migration-related detention, children deprived of liberty in institutions, in armed conflict and for national security reasons.
• Module 4: ‘behind the scenes’ of the making of the UN Global Study, including challenges, opportunities, recommendations and the way forward.

The MOOC is taught by, among others:

Manfred Nowak, Secretary General of the Global Campus of Human Rights;

Jo Becker, Human Rights Watch;

Catalina Devandas Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on Persons with Disabilities;

Ursula Kilkelly, University College Cork;

Vitit Muntarbhorn, Chulalongkorn University;

Marta Santos Pais, former SRSG on Violence against Children;

Ann Skelton, Chair of the UN Global Study Advisory Board and member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child/University of Pretoria.

Free enrolment until 31 December 2019!