This module provides conceptual and normative tools to understand and defend digital rights within the health sector. Through three lessons, it explores international guidelines, principles and legal developments that safeguard human rights in digital environments, examining how these frameworks are applied to digital health from a critical and context-aware perspective. Key concepts are explored in greater depth through an interactive decalogue that functions as a specialised glossary, supporting the appropriate use of terminology and strengthening advocacy capacity. The module also addresses the classification of digital health technologies, analysing their legal, ethical and social implications in light of international standards, including those proposed by the World Health Organization. By combining audiovisual resources, interactive materials and case studies, this module fosters a deeper understanding of the legal and conceptual ecosystem that shapes digital health, encouraging active and informed participation in its regulation and defence from a human rights perspective.

In this module, we will apply the knowledge acquired on digital human rights to real and diverse scenarios across the Global South. Through a critical analysis of two case studies from Colombia and Vietnam, we will examine concrete situations faced by activists, communities and human rights defenders in digital contexts. These cases, selected and narrated by members of the DHRP Community Advisory Teams (CATs), reveal tensions between the use of technology and human rights, while offering key insights into local dynamics that shape health, dignity and freedom in digital environments.

In this final module, developed by Fundación Karisma—a Colombian organisation with over 20 years of experience in digital technology and human rights—we will explore why privacy and digital security are fundamental rights that must be protected across all environments, including digital spaces. Through critical reflections, everyday examples and audiovisual resources, the module challenges common myths such as “I have nothing to hide” and examines how surveillance, data exploitation and other threats affect dignity, health and human rights. This module invites learners to recognise that defending privacy is not solely an individual responsibility, but a collective challenge that requires community-based action and the demand for fairer systems. From a context-aware perspective, participants will learn to identify risks, apply protective tools and strengthen networks of collective care.

This final module aims to consolidate, reflect on and certify the knowledge acquired throughout the course. Through a series of assessment activities linked to the content of each module, learners will be able to test their critical understanding of digital human rights, their guiding principles, their implications for health, and strategies for protection and advocacy. This space seeks not only to certify participation, but also to recognise the learning journey undertaken, strengthening participants’ capacity to act in response to the challenges of the digital world. The MOOC concludes by reaffirming that defending human rights in digital environments is a collective and transformative endeavour.