MOOC on Promoting and Protecting Human Rights

Gerd Oberleitner contributes to Global Campus of Human Rights flagship initiative

UNESCO Chair Gerd Oberleitner contributes to the new Global Campus of Human Rights flagship open education initiative: the MOOC on Promoting and Protecting Human Rights: a Global Overview. The course provides you with a solid basis to understand, know and stand up for human rights. Module 1 (two classes) focuses on the international framework of human rights promotion and protection and is recommended for all participants, Module 2 (five classes) is dedicated to regional perspectives on the standards, mechanisms, benefits and challenges in five regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, the Arab World, Asia Pacific, and Europe. This module is elective and can be composed of minimum 1 and maximum 5 classes. A free certificate of completion is provided to participants who successfully conclude all 7 classes.

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Call for Registration: 5th Academy and Conference Human Rights Go Local

We cordially invite you to register for the multi-day online participatory forum “Human Rights Go Local: What Works”. The 2026 edition will scrutinize human rights-based budgeting approaches regarding their effectiveness to promote local governments’ accountability. We will discover how these budgeting approaches can serve to make human rights a reality for all.

FreeAc Lecture Series: Circular Economy for Sustainable Development

On 16 December 2025, within the Erasmus+ project Promoting Academic Freedom in Ukraine, coordinated by the University of Graz, a guest lecture by Ukrainian scholar Dr. Kateryna Nesterova took place as part of the Ukrainian Voices lecture series.

Ukrainian study group explores human rights localisation in Graz

FreeAc Lecture Series: Ukraine and the World as the Ship of Theseus

On 2 December 2025, the online guest lecture “Ukraine and the World as the Ship of Theseus: The Perfect Storm” took place at the University of Graz within the Erasmus+ project “Promoting Academic Freedom in Ukraine” (FreeAc). The event continued the series “Ukrainian Voices: Academic Freedom in a Changing World”.