Course Description: This course prepares diplomats and foreign policy professionals to address complex issues of migration, displacement, and humanitarian assistance. Participants will explore global frameworks, cross-border coordination, refugee protection, and the diplomatic tools needed to manage crises, support vulnerable populations, and uphold international obligations in times of mass movement and humanitarian need.
Course Length: 6 weeks (36 total instructional hours)
Proficiency Level: Advanced
Prerequisite: Completion of a lower-intermediate ESL course or equivalent language proficiency
Course Objectives:- Explain international legal frameworks on migration and refugees.
- Differentiate between migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and IDPs.
- Analyze causes and impacts of forced displacement and migration flows.
- Navigate institutions such as UNHCR, IOM, and OCHA in humanitarian settings.
- Coordinate cross-border and regional policy responses to migration.
- Support refugee protection, repatriation, and local integration.
- Design diplomatic strategies for managing humanitarian crises.
- Collaborate with civil society and humanitarian organizations.
- Engage in public diplomacy to counter xenophobia and promote inclusion.
- Develop a humanitarian diplomacy action plan for a foreign post.