Regional programs
It was in response to the reports of the Committee on the Rights of the Child that continuing education certificates or “Certificates of Advanced Studies” (CAS) were initiated back in 2017. These reports called for university training in children’s rights for professionals. In response to these recommendations, CAS were set up in French-speaking Africa and Latin America.
Various regional MOOCs have also been produced by the International Institute for the Rights of the Child, such as the MOOC.ch tailored to Swiss professionals, which will begin in January 2024.
CAS Juvenile justice
CAS juvenile justice
Partner(s): Centre interfacultaire en droits de l’enfant de l’UNIGE, Terre des hommes – child relief
Target audience: Professionals working with children and adolescents in conflict or in contact with the law: police officers, public prosecutors, judges, lawyers, staff of public and penal institutions, educators, psychologists, doctors (pediatricians, child psychiatrists, etc.), criminologists, migration professionals, members of non-governmental and international organizations, researchers.
Objectives:
- Train professionals to understand and implement juvenile justice based on a restorative and reparative approach;
- Know the different tools and methods of intervention focused on children’s rights;
- Develop projects and interventions with children in conflict or in contact with the law, while respecting children’s rights.
Language: Spanish
Format: face-to-face and distance learning, between 3 and 4 modules depending on edition
Diploma obtained: Continuing Education Certificate (CAS) in Juvenile Justice
Remarks: More information at https://www.unige.ch/cide/fr/formations/formations-distance/cas-en-justice-juvenile/
University training in partnership with UNIGE’s Interdisciplinary Center for Children’s Rights
CAS in child protection and children’s rights
Course title: CAS in child protection and children’s rights
Partner(s): UNIGE Centre interfacultaire en droits de l’enfant and UCAD Institut des droits de l’homme et de la paix, Dakar (Senegal)
Target audience: West African professionals working with and for children, or involved in the defense of children’s rights.
Objectives:
- Acquire interdisciplinary, scientifically-based theoretical and practical knowledge of children’s rights in the fields of law, sociology, pedagogy, psychology, social work, education, public health and ethics;
- Know the tools for assessing the child’s best interests and taking his or her views into account;
- Develop skills for dealing with difficult situations using a rights-based approach that takes into account the economic and socio-cultural context;
- Develop critical thinking about one’s own practice, ethics and professional duties, and acquire a work methodology;
- Acquire new skills, in particular networking with an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach.
Language: French
Location: Dakar (Senegal)
Format: face-to-face and distance learning, 4 x 5-day modules
Diploma obtained: Continuing education certificate (CAS) in child protection and rights
Remarks : More information on : https://www.unige.ch/formcont/cours/protection-droits-enfant
University courses offered by the Interdisciplinary Center for Children’s Rights (CIDE) at the University of Geneva (UNIGE)
Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights and Certificate of Continuing Education in Children’s Rights
Training title:
- Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights
- Certificate of continuing education in children’s rights
Partner(s): International Institute for the Rights of the Child
Target audience: Professionals working in the field of children’s rights (lawyers, psychologists, sociologists, judges, social workers, government representatives, journalists, researchers).
Language: English
Format: classroom
Notes: more information on :
University courses offered by the Interdisciplinary Center for Children’s Rights (CIDE) at the University of Geneva (UNIGE)
Master’s degree
Course title: Interdisciplinary Master’s Degree in Children’s Rights
Partner(s): International Institute for the Rights of the Child
Target audience: students from various disciplines
Language: French
Format: classroom
Notes: more information at: https: //www.unige.ch/cide/fr/formations/maitrise-universitaire/mide/
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
MOOC Horn of Africa
Title of training course: Through the Horn of Africa: Take action for the rights of the child
Target audience: professionals working with and for children or involved in the defense of children’s rights in the Horn of Africa.
Objectives:
- Participants adapt their professional practices to better respect and protect children’s rights;
- Participants form a learning community, where they exchange information and support each other, analyze their experiences and share best practices.
Language: English
Format: online
Diploma obtained: certificate of participation
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
MOOC from the Interdisciplinary Center for Children’s Rights (CIDE) at the University of Geneva (UNIGE)
Course title: MOOC Children’s human rights: an interdisciplinary introduction
Partner(s): International Institute for the Rights of the Child
Target audience: anyone interested
Language: English
Format: remote
