INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW AND MIGRATION LAW
Online Courses
The online regular program is organized into thematic, content-driven modules designed to provide an in-depth and practice-oriented analysis of each course’s topics, including key cross-cutting issues. Delivered through a dynamic mix of theory and applied learning, the courses are highly collaborative and participatory, encouraging active engagement throughout the learning process and supporting the practical application of knowledge gained. They also offer a neutral and inclusive learning space where government officials and civil society actors can interact directly, exchange ideas, and share best practices in a constructive and peer-to-peer environment.
Participants benefit from access to a comprehensive Online Resource Library, featuring international legal instruments, position papers, reference documents, and other background materials organized by course topic. Upon successful completion, participants are awarded an official certificate by the Institute, which carries the same validity as certificates issued for courses delivered at the Institute’s headquarters in Sanremo.
International Refugee Law
The Course on International Refugee Law presents the key aspects of international protection and refugees’ rights. The topics covered range from the analysis of International Refugee Law and its complementarity with other bodies of law to protection risks throughout the displacement cycle and the search for durable and sustainable solutions. Focus areas include protection at sea, trafficking and smuggling, detention and alternatives, and the nexus between protection and development, examined in light of international responses including the Global Compact on Refugees.
Statelessness
The Course on Statelessness responds to the need to strengthen knowledge and capacity to prevent, reduce, and resolve statelessness and to protect stateless persons worldwide. It examines statelessness in international law, including the right to a nationality, legal safeguards against statelessness, its causes and impacts, and its links with forced displacement and climate change. The course also promotes the use and implementation of the UNHCR Global Action Plan to End Statelessness 2.0, while encouraging the sharing of good practices among governments, civil society, and academia.
Internal Displacement
The Online Course on Internal Displacement presents the key aspects of the protection of internally displaced persons. It examines the international norms guiding IDP protection, including the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the Kampala Convention, as well as the causes of internal displacement and the protection risks faced throughout the displacement cycle. The course also addresses cross-cutting issues and the search for durable and sustainable solutions in line with the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement.
Migration
The Course on Migration presents the key aspects of the migration phenomenon from legal and policy perspectives. It examines international legal instruments relating to migration, the rights and responsibilities of migrants, and the obligations of States, while addressing other persons in need of protection such as refugees, victims of trafficking, and smuggled persons. The course also analyses migration trends and risks, as well as integration, return, and reintegration, in light of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Thematic Online Courses
Courses aimed at addressing specific protection challenges through focused and practice-oriented training. The Course on Advocacy for Protection equips participants with tools to influence policies, public discourse, and decision making through protection analysis, advocacy strategies, and message crafting. The Course on Climate Change and Forced Displacement examines the human rights framework and the roles of key actors in responding to climate induced displacement. The Course on Mixed Movements analyses protection challenges along migration routes and promotes coordinated, rights-based responses.
