Online Human Rights Certificate Course
From Awareness to Action
The Wassmuth Center’s online Human Rights Certificate Course is an opportunity to build a wide range of skills to cultivate an environment where every person’s human rights are protected and promoted. Designed for learners everywhere, this program develops the knowledge, tools, and confidence to take informed action and cultivate just and joyful communities where all belong and thrive.
Certificate Overview
Program Format:
- Open to all – educators, professionals, students, and community members across the world
- Learn through engaging videos and articles curated by our Education Specialists
- Synthesize through personal reflection, online discussion, and timely practice
- Flexible – go at your own pace and join optional in-person or Zoom discussions as much as you’d like
Structure:
- Welcome Module
- Course overview and introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Six Human Rights Themed Modules
- Released every 1-2 weeks.
- Explore key themes: dignity, diversity, respect, inclusion, joy, and equity & equality
- Final Project Module
- Create your own Human Rights Toolkit
Cost:
$100
The World We're Building
The future we long for is shaped by the choices we make today. The communities we dream of — where every person is treated with dignity, kindness, and justice — don’t just happen. They are built by individuals from all backgrounds who pursue opportunities that foster understanding, compassion, and equity.
At the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, we create spaces where people connect across differences, learn from human rights challenges, and collaborate to turn shared values into everyday actions. Action can happen in every classroom, conversation, and moment of courage. Wherever you are, you can join this important work through our Human Rights Certificate Program.
Throughout the program, participants can explore the basics of human rights, learn what it means to lead with intention, respond to their communities’ needs, and foster environments where all are treated with dignity and respect.
Whether you’re seeking to strengthen your leadership, create a more welcoming workplace, or simply live with greater awareness and compassion, this course offers tools, insights, and inspiration to guide you.
We invite you to join us to learn, reflect, and be part of this growing, global community.
Upcoming Sessions
Each season, a new session of the Human Rights Certificate Course opens to the community, offering a chance to learn, grow, and commit alongside a diverse group of learners who want to create the inclusive communities where dignity is honored for all.
| Session | Dates | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | April 6 – July 12 | Registration Closed |
| Summer | June 1 – August 30 | Registration Opens May 11 |
| Fall | September 7 – December 13 | Registration Opens August 17 |
| Winter 2027 | TBD | Coming Soon |
A key takeaway for me from this entire course (and perhaps from the process of engaging with it), is the role that intentionality and consistency plays in furthering Human Rights. It requires attention and intention - consistently and that is a goal and mantra for me to engage with going forward.
-2025 Participant
The following organizations include individuals who obtained their Human Rights Certificate through the Wassmuth Center:
Advanced Vein Therapy
Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence Inc.
American Red Cross of Idaho & Montana
Battelle Energy Alliance/Idaho National Lab
BAYAC AmeriCorps
BHA
Boise City Human Resources
Boise City Department of Arts & History
Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau
Boise Music Lessons
Boise School District
Boise State Center for Health
Boise Unitarian
Boise Valley Economic Partnership Universalist
BPA Health Fellowship
Center for Global Health and Healing, Saint Alphonsus Medical Group
Consilio
CPC Internet
Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Centers
Girl Scouts Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council
Golden Eagle Audubon Society
Gorongosa Project
Hamulic LLC
Hardee Real Estate/Property Management
HP Inc.
Idaho Community Foundation
Idaho Council on Development Disabilities
Idaho Division of Human Resources
Idaho Fish and Game
Idaho Food and Bank
Idaho Humanities Council
Idaho Historical Society
Idaho Museum of International Diaspora
Intermountain Medical Imaging
Idaho Non-Profit Center
Idaho Power
Idaho PTV
International Trade Administration
Intuit
Jannus, Inc.
Johnson & Sons Plumbing & Pipeworks LLC
Knife River
Kris Clegg P.I.F.
Light On The Mountain
Lost Grove Brewing
Love Heals Free Clinic
McClure Center for Public Policy
Meridian Library District
Migration Theory
Minnesota Alliance With Youth
Monroe County Community School
Mountain Home School District
Museum of Idaho
NAU Civic Service Institute
ON Semiconductor
One Stone
Oracle
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Pacific Source
Pinal County Adult Probation
P.O.D.E.R. of Idaho
Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce
Raymond James Assoc.
Red Sky
Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE)
Rigby High School
Rio ASE
Saint Alphonsus
Scentsy
Second Chance
SERVE Idaho
SHIP Housing
Shift Strategies
J.R. Simplot Company
Sixth Judicial District CASA Pgm
The Spot Sun Valley
Stackrock Talent
St. Luke’s
Stretch Consulting
Sun Valley Museum of Art
Susan G Komen
The Advocates
The Phoenix – Boise
The Next Step
TOK Commercial
Treasure Valley YMCA
United Way
USAF
US Bank
Western Idaho Community Action Partnership
Vertical View Climbing Gym
Wells Fargo
West Ada School District
Winter Wildlands Alliance
Wood River Women’s Charitable Foundation
Wyakin Foundation
Your Health Idaho
YWCA Lewiston, ID/Clarkston, WA
I gained many new insights throughout this course but I think the most valuable aspect of this course is that it provoked meaningful meta cognition and self reflection. This course created a space for me to be vulnerable, open my mind and scrutinize my knowledge about human rights. I learned a tremendous amount about myself and feel more prepared to create a classroom space where dignity, respect, diversity, inclusion, equity and equality, and joy thrive!
-2026 Participant