Short Course in Refugee Law and Humanitarian Support (72877)

Duration: Six months

Target group:

Humanitarian aid workers, Government officials, Lawyers, Welfare and NGO employees, Lay counsellors, Church leaders, Refugees and other migrants; people involved with foreign nationals and other displaced persons.

Admission requirements:

Senior Certificate or an equivalent NQF level 4 qualification

Registration periods:

Semester dates

Course leader details:

Mr Sello Selelo (LLM in International Law)
Dept of Public, Constitutional & International Law
Cas van Vuuren Building, UNISA
Tel: 012 429 6454
E-mail: eselels@unisa.ac.za

Assistant course leader details:

Prof Linda Shirindi (PhD in Social Work)
Dept of Social Work
Theo van Wijk Building, UNISA
Tel: 012 429 6060
E-mail: shiriml@unisa.ac.za

Programme administrator:

Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp

Purpose statement:

The purpose of the module is to equip students with a basic understanding of the different categories of migrants, the various aspects of migration, and the rights and responsibilities of migrants, in order to promote effective and sustainable solutions to human migration and displacement and reduce prejudices towards foreign nationals as a means to this end, to equip students with an integrated legal, psychosocial and humanitarian perspective on the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced persons, migrants and stateless people, and the capacity (knowledge, skills and competencies) to provide legal protection and humanitarian support to different categories of migrants, by applying relevant legislation, international law and human rights instruments with contextualised understanding and empathy.

Modules:

SCRL01A - Refugee Law and Humanitarian Support