| Course ID: | JURI 4670/6670. 2-3 hours. |
| Course Title: | International Human Rights |
Course
Description: | Study of international human rights law and international and regional organizations, states, and private actors in the field. Examines instruments and institutions forming sources of human rights law (UN system, including Charter and treaties, European, African and Inter-American human rights regimes), the role of NGOs, and interaction between domestic and international law. |
| Oasis Title: | International Human Rights |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To help students place human rights law in its legal, political,
and moral context and to provide students with an understanding
of the instruments, organizations, and arrangements - both
international and domestic - that affect the articulation,
implementation and enforcement of human rights. |
| Topical Outline: | I. The Origins of International Human Rights Law
II. The Core International Human Rights Treaties and Norms
1. Civil and Political Rights
2. Women's Rights
3. Economic and Social Rights
4. Problems of Cultural Relativism
III. International Implementation and Enforcement
1. Treaty Bodies
2. UN Charter Bodies
3. Regional Human Rights Bodies
IV. National Implementation and Enforcement
1. Human Rights in National Courts
2. The Problem of Torture
3. Balancing Human Rights and National Security
V. Mass Violations of Human Rights, International Criminal
Law, and Transitional Justice |