ABOUT THE COURSE

SPEAKING OUT AND HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES is a course of self-study, which includes a learning journey. 
Participants of SOCS: Humanitarian Principles Level 1 will learn about speaking out obligations and responsibilities integral to MSF’s social mission. This is the first in a series of modules to come, which demonstrate how MSF teams faced impossible choices, how they struggled with speaking out decisions, and how you may relate this to your work today. Students will learn some key concepts regarding humanitarian principles and how these articulate with speaking out using the Speaking Out Case Studies.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

All MSFers with responsibility to speak out, those that contribute to speaking out debates, and those that want to learn more about speaking out.
Graduate students in the field of humanitarian affairs, international affairs, and related fields.

CERTIFICATE

The course provides a badge and/or a certifícate upon completion of a mínimum of 70% on the embedded quiz.

TIME TO COMPLETE

Time to complete this course is approximately 4 to 6 hours.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to:

Knowledge Competencies
1.         Relate the concept of speaking out to the imperative to speak out based on humanitarian principles.

2.         Understand Speaking out in MSF and the normative international framework for humanitarian action including international law.

3.         Assess how far humanitarian principles and ethics are compromised while formulating critical approaches to speaking out.

Skills Competencies
1.         Apply critical reflective processes to speaking out dilemmas 

2.         Identify, compare, and analyse some of the dilemmas highlighted in SOCS

3.         Apply critical thinking & leadership skills to real-life contemporary dilemmas

LIST OF CONTENTS

This course is made up of 6 sections and includes a thematic section paired with a case study section.

Section 1: Introduction to SOCS and the Speaking Out Module
Section 2: The case study on the Former Yugoslavia
Section 3: Speaking Out and Humanitarian Concepts
Section 4: The Fall of Srebrenica, Speaking Out Mechanisms, and After-Action Analysis
Section 5: Epilogue
Section 6: Quiz & Feedback

HOW TO ENROL

To enrol in this course, we recommend you first complete the Initial module on the Speaking Out & Humanitarian Principles (SOCS) Learning Hub. Then, simply follow the links for the Level 1 course.