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 residential 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 criminal justice (Valais Campus - Sion)
• Module 5 Child labour and education (Online learning)
• Module 6 Children’s rights and migration U(University of Geneva)
• 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.