Description de la formation

Le Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) est une formation postgrade donnée par les hautes écoles et elle équivaut à au moins 10 crédits ECTS.

Program

2 week-long modules to be chosen among the following modules of the MAS:

• Module 1 Children's Rights and Childhood Studies (Online learning)
• Module 2 International Children’s Rights Law (University of Geneva)
• Module 3 Child Protection Strategies and Policies (Online learning)
• Module 4 Children’s Rights and Migration (Online learning or University of Geneva)
• Module 5 Child Labour and Education (Online learning)
• Module 6 Children’s Rights and Criminal Justice (Online learning)
• Module 7 Children’s Rights Policy Implementation and Monitoring (Valais Campus - Sion)

Objectives

• Acquire specialised knowledge in children’s rights in their theoretical as well as in their practical dimensions through an international and an interdisciplinary approach to the study of children’s rights
• Understand and critically discuss the role of international instruments on children’s rights in the implementation and monitoring of children’s rights, with a particular focus on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Develop the ability to contribute to the resolution of child rights related issues and problems
• Exercise tools to effectively use human rights standards and mechanisms at the international and national levels

Plan de la formation

1 crédit ECTS correspond à environ 25-30 heures de travail.