The main objectives of this module are to present the full spectrum of the human rights laws and institutions and their compatibility with human rights issues and develop the capacity of perceiving and analysing different political and social affairs from the human rights perspective.
The first part of the module is dedicated to the history and scope of human rights. Students learn to differentiate the human rights dimensions and to discuss their importance in the contemporary world. The module presents and discusses the full spectrum of human rights instruments. The students become acquainted with international and regional institutional framework of human rights and with the role of civil society in the human right area. Second part of the module, capitalises on the knowledge acquired in the first half of the semester and moves to more critical perception of human rights and their universality. Consequently, the module deals with the global human rights issues of the 21st century, such as torture, genocide, transitional justice, terrorism and migration. Upon completion of the module students will be able to conduct analyses of different contemporary issues from the human rights perspective.
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