Deadline:
September 30, 2024
Program Starts: November 13, 2024
Program Ends: November 15, 2024
Location(s)
Switzerland
Basel
Overview
Learn how human rights and conflict transformation relate to and complement each other in your work.
Details
Human rights and conflict transformation are instrumental for societies seeking peace and social justice. Over time, recognition of the close links between human rights, conflict, peace, and development has grown, and a certain blurring of boundaries between these fields of practice has been observed. Yet experiences indicate that linking human rights and conflict transformation effectively is often easier said than done, partly because they can complement and contradict each other.
Course Objectives
- familiarize yourself with key concepts, focus areas, and strategies in the fields of human rights and conflict transformation;
- understand the relevance of linking human rights and conflict transformation for dealing with past conflicts;
- gain analytical and methodological skills allowing them to incorporate the course content into their own work in various conflict-related situations;
- understand both short and long-term challenges and dilemmas related to linking human rights and conflict transformation and explore strategies for addressing these;
- critically reflect on dominant policy paradigms and programming practices at the complex interface between human rights and conflict transformation;
- exchange experiences and become part of a community of practice.
This course aims at familiarizing participants with key normative assumptions, policy frameworks, and practices in the fields of human rights and conflict transformation. Drawing on international cases such as Ethiopia, Colombia, Cambodia and Ukraine and participants’ experiences, we will consider questions such as: what is the value of linking human rights and conflict transformation? What can these perspectives and fields of practice contribute to one another? What challenges and dilemmas remain, and what are strategies for addressing them?
Faculty
Leading international scholars as well as experienced practitioners from government, international organizations and civil society facilitate this course.
Expert:
- Dr. Tobias Hagmann, Senior Program Officer, Dealing with the Past, swisspeace (Course Lead)
- Claudia Josi, Senior Program Officer, Dealing with the Past, swisspeace (Course Lead)
- other experts will be confirmed soon.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
This course is designed for:
- Practitioners and aspiring practitioners in the fields of peacebuilding, humanitarian work, international relations, human rights, or business in fragile contexts
- Representatives of non-governmental organizations whose mission and mandate include peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and transformation
The course is open to the public. It is also part of the swisspeace continuing education program CAS Peacebuilding Essentials offered annually by swisspeace and the University of Basel.
Candidates must have:
- a university degree in a related discipline such as political science, law, economics or sociology
- at least two years of professional experience
- a good command of English
Dates
Deadline: September 30, 2024
Program starts:
November 13, 2024
Program ends:
November 15, 2024
Program Starts: November 13, 2024
Program Ends: November 15, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
Tuition Fee: 1,700 CHF
Successful participants are awarded a Certificate of Attendance.
Unfortunately, we cannot provide scholarships for this course. Participants (or their employer) must be able to cover the tuition fee.
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