URosarioX: Movilidad humana: reflexiones y desafíos en el mundo contemporáneo

Course Description

"Movilidad humana y derechos humanos" (Human Mobility and Human Rights) is an intermediate-level course offered by URosarioX that delves into the complex world of human mobility. This comprehensive course explores various aspects of human movement, including economic immigration, international protection needs (asylum and refuge), statelessness, and internal forced displacement. By examining these topics through the lens of human rights and international law, students will gain a deep understanding of one of the most pressing issues in contemporary human rights.

What You Will Learn

• Develop a critical perspective on internal and cross-border human mobility through the study of existing legal concepts
• Enhance abstract thinking and correlation skills to apply concepts to real-world cases
• Formulate reflections on the relevance, sufficiency, and effectiveness of existing laws regulating human movements
• Promote innovative approaches compatible with current challenges in human mobility
• Analyze barriers to accessing rights for stateless individuals and raise awareness about their need for international protection

Prerequisites

There are no specific prerequisites for this course. However, a basic understanding of human rights concepts and an interest in international affairs would be beneficial.

Course Content

• Fundamentals of human mobility and its global significance
• International migration: causes, effects, and human rights implications
• Tension between state sovereignty and human rights
• International protection: asylum and refuge
• Internal forced displacement
• Statelessness and the search for legal recognition
• Applicable legal frameworks in international human rights law and refugee law
• Case studies and comparisons (e.g., Colombia and Peru)

Who This Course Is For

• Law students specializing in human rights or international law
• Professionals working in NGOs, government agencies, or international organizations dealing with migration and human rights
• Policymakers and researchers in the field of human mobility
• Anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of contemporary human rights challenges related to migration and displacement

Real-World Applications

• Developing and implementing more effective migration policies
• Advocating for the rights of migrants, refugees, and stateless persons
• Providing legal assistance to individuals facing displacement or seeking asylum
• Conducting research on human mobility trends and their impact on societies
• Designing programs to address the needs of displaced populations
• Enhancing international cooperation on migration-related issues

Syllabus

• International migration: a human reality
• What's behind migration? (causes and effects)
• An irreconcilable tension: sovereignty vs. human rights
• What rights do migrants have?

• Why is it necessary to protect the person?
• Refuge as a universal response
• Asylum as an alternative response in Latin America

• Displacement: human drama
• Regulatory framework applicable to displaced persons
• Regulatory efforts made from soft law
• Comparison between the cases of Colombia and Peru

• The problem of statelessness: denial of nationality
• International responses to the problem of statelessness