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Module Offerings

5107LAWSL-SEP-PAR

Aims

To critically assess the scope and limits of human rights law in political context

Learning Outcomes

1.
Evaluate the significance of human rights today in the light of treaty obligations and the violation of rights in practice.
2.
Know the founding international human rights documents and treaties, the controversies associated with them and understand the development of international human rights law.
3.
Understand current issues in international human rights law such as statelessness and the prohibition against torture.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:1) The history and development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2) International and Regional regime of Rights – International and Regional treaties and Documents. 3) International law and International Human Rights Law. 4) Absolute and Qualified rights: The study of the Prohibition against Torture as an example of an absolute right. 5) Current issues in the human rights debate: gender rights; humanitarian intervention; genocide; the rights of refugees and migrants.
Module Overview:
To critically assess the scope and limits of human rights law in political context This course introduces students to the context in which modern human rights developed. It traces the development of human rights in the 17 century to post WW11. It also introduces students to the creation of the international Bill of Rights and the implications of this for the individual subject in International Law. The course also introduces students to the current debates in Human Rights and places these topics in their political context. This course should give students an understanding of how law develops in response to human conflict.
Additional Information:This course introduces students to the context in which modern human rights developed. It traces the development of human rights in the 17 century to post WW11. It also introduces students to the creation of the international Bill of Rights and the implications of this for the individual subject in International Law. The course also introduces students to the current debates in Human Rights and places these topics in their political context. This course should give students an understanding of how law develops in response to human conflict.

Assessments

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