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Spring semester - BA - IR - Year 3 Calendar view

Politics of Human Rights BA (2022-2023)


Class
Beata Froehlich
Enrolment for this class is currently closed.

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.
Online link: https://meet.google.com/fdh-mqih-zcd

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Level 5 (Year 3)

Credits: 5 ECTS, 10 UK credits

Module leader: Beata Froehlich

Office hour: Fridays 10:00am to 12:00pm

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Learning Outcome

At the end of the module the student shall have:

  1. Critical understanding of the human rights laws and the process of their ratification
  2. Critical understanding of the human rights institutions – international, regional and non-governmental
  3. An ability to effectively discuss the role of different human rights institutions vis-à-vis the contemporary global issues
  4. Ability to use the acquired knowledge to analyse human rights situations in a given country with the support of the relevant resources.

 

 

For more details, please see the attached MSG: YR3_(L5)_S2_(IR)_PHR_MSG_AY_.pdf

 

Here is the class outline:

1. Week 1 - Development of the Human Rights Regime in 20th century

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2. Week 2 - Civil rights

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3. Week 3 - Economic and social rights

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4. Week 4 - UN Human Rights System

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5. Week 5 - Regional Human Rights Regimes

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6. Week 6 - Civil Society and Human Rights

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7. Week 7 -Mid –term review

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8. Week 8 - Challenges to universalism of human rights

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9. Week 9 - Human Rights and Foreign Policy

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10. Week 10 - Human Rights, Globalization and Corporate Social Responsibility

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11. Week 11 - Genocide and humanitarian intervention

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12. Week 12 - Torture

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13. Week 13 - War on Terrorism

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14. Week 14 - Human Rights and Migration

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