The Global Campus Caucasus is an interdisciplinary one-year programme. Students are expected to enroll for one year (2 semesters , full-time study) with a workload equivalent to 60 ECTS credits.
All students enrolled in the MA Programme take the courses of the first semester at Yerevan State University. For the second semester, the Programme offers modules at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine; Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; American University in Central Asia; Moldova State University. Students choose their mobility track in late October 2025.
SEMESTER ISEPTEMBER 2025 – JANUARY 2026 |
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| N | COURSE TITLE | PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY |
| 1 | Theoretical Bases of Human Rights | Dr. Artyom Sedrakyan | YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY |
| 2 | Democracy: Theory and Practice | Prof. Aleksander Markarov | |
| 3 | HR in legal perspectives | Prof. Anna Margaryan | |
| 4 | Practical suggestions for litigating before the European Court of Human Rights/ Hasmik Harutyunyan | Ms Hasmik Harutyunyan | |
| 5 | Public Policy Analysis | Gayane Buniatyan | |
| 6 | Public Advocacy & Fact-finding | Sergey Ghazinyan | |
| 7 | Research Methods & Academic Writing | Dr. Arusyak Aleksanyan
Prof. Hranush Tovmasyan |
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| Total credits: 30 ECTS | |||
NB! During the semester, a range of side events and guest lecturing might be organised which are complimentary to the main study curriculum
MOBILITY TERM
SEMESTER 2FEBRUARY 2026 – MAY 2026 |
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| N | COURSE TITLE | PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY |
| 1 | Human rights in a changing world |
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CENTRAL ASIA |
| 2 | Human Rights in Armed Conflicts |
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| 3 | Business and HR |
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| 4 | Technology, Justice and HR |
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| 5 | Electives
§ HR and Environmental Law
§ Combating violence against women
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Dr. Begaiym Esenkulova, Associate Professor of Law (S.J.D); Kanykei Kasybekova, Assistant Professor of Law;
Jannat Kovalchuk, Assistant Professor of Law (LL.M); Dr. Kamila Mateeva, Associate Professor of law (LL.M); |
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| Total credits: 15 ECTS | |||
SEMESTER 2FEBRUARY 2026 – MAY 2026 |
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| N | COURSE TITLE | PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY |
| 1 | Civil Rights and Democracy in the Information Age | Dr Yurii Nosik | TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV (online mode) |
| 2 | Civil Remedies for Human Rights | Dr Olesia Otradnova | |
| 3 | Economic and Social right protection | Dr Yevgen Gerasymenko | |
| 4 | International protection of forced migrants | Dr Yevgen Gerasymenko | |
| 5 | Electives
§ Children’s Rights protection: legal tools and mechanisms § Cultural Rights |
TBC
Dr Ivan Romashchenko |
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| Total credits: 15 ECTS | |||
SEMESTER 2MARCH 2026 – JUNE 2026 |
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| N | COURSE TITLE | PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY |
| 1 | Social and Economic Rights – International, regional and Constitutional protection | Dr Nino Lapiashvili | TBILISI STATE UNIVERISTY |
| 2 | Rights of Minorities | Dr. Besarion Bokhashvili | |
| 3 | International Investment Law and Human Rights | Dr Natia Lapiashvili | |
| 4 | International law | Dr Konstantin Korkelia | |
| 5 | Electives
§Visiting lecturer: Human rights and Democracy: challenges and opportunities § Population and European Development |
TBC | |
| Total credits: 15 ECTS | |||
SEMESTER 2MARCH 2026 – JUNE 2026 |
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| N | COURSE TITLE | PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY |
| 1 | European Standards and Practices of Family and Child’s Rights Protection | Dr Lilia Cirtoaca | MOLDOVA STATE UNIVERISTY |
| 2 | “Human Rights and IT Regulation” | Dr. Veronica Mocanu | |
| 3 | Climate Justice & Human Rights: challenges and opportunities | TBC | |
| Total credits: 15 ECTS | |||
* Each Student during 1st semester will choose one of three mobility tracks of the second semester
SEMESTER 2JUNE 2026 – SEPTEMBER 2026 |
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| N | COURSE TITLE | ECTS |
| 1 | Internship (to be finished by June 15, 2026) | 3 |
| 2 | Master Thesis (mid-September 2026) | 12 |
| Total credits: 15 ECTS | ||
Internship is an important constituent of a learning process. The MA in Human Rights and Democratization in the Caucasus aims to equip students not only with theoretical knowledge but more importantly with practical and personal skills, such as project management skills, dealing with HR cases, working in the field, research, teamwork abilities, etc. Internship should ideally develop and promote both theoretical and practical skills.
The Internship amounts to 3 ECTS credits and should include minimum 4-6 weeks of full time work (excludes report writing) or 6-8 weeks in case of part-time internship. Students are free to have internship at NGO’s, state bodies, research institutions, public and private organization, media companies, i.e. in places where a student can deal with Human Rights and Democratization issues.
By the end of the internship students are to submit report, which needs to be approved by internship supervisor. Additionally, Internship Supervisor needs to fill in assessment paper and provide the Centre with full evaluation describing student’s achievements, tasks and responsibilities during internship period.
Master’s thesis is a crucial and intellectually challenging research element of the Programme. Its aim is to demonstrate students’ ability to gather and assess information, present arguments and analyze critically. The result of the MA thesis is to showcase student’s ability to present research findings in a concise and scholarly way.
MA Thesis is an original piece of work that explicitly presents research and results; it is not just a mere presentation of others’ ideas, theories and proposals. Within the 2025/26 academic year time frame, thesis is written throughout the year and defended during in mid- September 2026.
All students enrolled in the Programme are required to submit a Master’s thesis for the completion of the Programme and defend it publicly.