UNESCO-Oxford Multilingual Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Freedom of Expression for Judicial Actors 2026

The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are delighted to announce the 2026 edition of their joint global Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the regional and international standards relating to freedom of expression, including press freedom, access to public information, safety of journalists and challenges created by the digital world. The MOOC will run between 5 October and 9 November 2026 and will comprise a series of weekly online modules.

Details

• The course will be offered in seven languages, namely Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
• A flyer of the course available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian
• The training will be free and open to judicial actors (e.g. judicial branches, public ministries, public defenders, electoral courts, human rights ombudsmen, judicial law clerks) from all justice systems, as well as to journalists, academics and other professionals across the world.
• The MOOC will cover (1) the general principles and scope of freedom of expression; (2) the limitations of the right; (3) the legal protection of the right to access to information; (4) the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, and; (5) the contemporary digital challenges to freedom of expression and information, including those that arise through state and private regulation online.
• The five weekly modules of the MOOC are convened by academics and supplemented by the insights and experiences of prominent guest speakers. Every module introduces and discusses a pertinent topic with respect to the international and regional protection of freedom of expression.

How to engage

The course is open for pre-registrations. Please make sure that you register for the language that you want to take the course in by selecting your language at the top right corner of the form. Please do not register in more than one language. Apply here.

For more information, please visit this page.