App Profile: Human Rights Academy

Amnesty’s Human Rights Academy offers a wide variety of human rights courses in more than 20 languages. Every single one is available for free through this app. These range in length from 15 minutes to 15 hours, and many offer an official Amnesty International certificate upon successful completion.

The Academy is training a new generation of human rights defenders - strengthening the human rights movement through action-oriented education. The courses will equip you with knowledge about human rights and will encourage you to take action on different human rights issues. Various human rights topics are covered, including freedom of expression, an introduction to human rights, indigenous peoples’ rights, the right to freedom from torture, digital security and human rights, and many more. You can complete the courses at your own pace, free of cost, just by registering on the platform. No prior knowledge of human rights is required.

Courses can also be downloaded to your device through this app. After you download a course while connected to Wi-Fi, you can learn on the go without using any data.

Human Rights Academy is regularly updated with new learning content!