This UNHCR and IOM course is a basic interactive self-paced online course that aims to build knowledge and develop the skills of external partners and stakeholders (State and non-State) to enhance prevention, identification and response to the risks and needs of persons of concern involved in irregular mixed maritime movements, embedding a rights-based approach, including age, gender, and diversity perspectives.
Note: If you are IOM non-staff, be sure to access this version of the course. IOM staff must enroll the I-Learn version.
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Learning modality: Self-paced |
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Date: Available all year |
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Duration: 2 hours |
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Language: English |
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Cost: Free |
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Geographical Coverage: Global |
The overall goal of this online course is to increase awareness of alternatives to detention (ATDs) in the context of migration. Detention often has harmful and negative impacts on migrants’ health, well-being and may risk violating their human rights by exposing them to inhumane conditions, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, without access to procedural rights and guarantees. Both international community and international law recognizes that ATDs should always be considered before detention, leaving detention as a measure of last resort.  |
Learning modality: Self-paced |
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Date: Available all year |
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Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes |
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Language: English |
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Cost: Free |
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Geographical Coverage: Global |
The overall goal of this online course is to describe the competence of States and their obligations at international borders, and the corresponding rights of persons on the move, both at the border on land and at sea. The course will outline the rights and obligations arising out of international human rights law and other relevant norms of international migration law.  |
Learning modality: Self-paced |
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Date: Available all year |
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Duration: 2 hours |
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Language: English |
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Cost: Free |
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Geographical Coverage: Global |