Human Rights

Description

The course will introduce the main features of the contemporary human rights system. Based on the history and theory of human rights, the course will explain the emergence and expansion of international human rights standards. It will introduce the major international institutions such as the UN, CoE, EU, OAS, AU, and ICC and it will explain the processes by which human rights standards are established and enforced at the international, regional and national level. Finally, the course will examine the development of human rights in the context of international and national politics amid growing globalization. Individual course topics will be supplemented with concrete case studies.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
– Understand history, theory, purpose and categorisation of human rights; – Recognize major international institutions and the processes by which human rights standards are established and enforced at the international, regional and national level;
– Analyse the development and enforcement of human rights in the context of international and national politics;
– Analyse concrete cases of human rights violations and their solutions;
– Think critically and to provide possible solutions of present problems concerning different fields of human rights;
– Demonstrate effective presentation and discussion skills;
– Discuss possibilities of further development of human rights in the context of changing international relations; advancing globalization and weakening notion of state sovereignty in particular.