Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights (MCR)

Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights (MCR)

Objectives

To acquire extended and specialised knowledge in
 
 children’s rights in their theoretical and practical
 
 dimensions
 
 To deepen understanding of the role of international
 
 instruments on children’s rights in the implementation
 
 and monitoring processes
 
 To develop critical thinking on the implementation of
 
 the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Audience

Professional who work with children’s rights issues : lawyer, psychologist, sociologist, judge, social worker, government official, staff from non governmental organisations, academic and journalist

Programme

7 week-long residential modules: Children’s Rights Studies • Interdisciplinary Childhood Studies • Children’s Rights and International Law • Child Labour and Education • Children’s Rights and Health • IChildren’s Rights and Criminal Justice • Children’s Rights and Migration
 
 MAS’s Thesis

Direction

Prof. Karl HANSON, Centre interfacultaire en droits de l’enfant (CIDE), University of Geneva

Coordination

Dr. Roberta RUGGIERO, University of Geneva

Partnership

Institut international des droits de l’enfant (IDE), Sion

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