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Human Rights in Global Context
The objectives of this course are to:
- Develop analytical skills to question and appraise human rights policies and practices at the international levels;
- Perceive improvements, discern ambiguities and identify contradictions in the human rights movement; and
- Gain the understanding of the key contemporary challenges in international human rights.
Course Outcomes (CO)
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MIR 324-A |
Human Rights in Global Context |
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: CO60: think critically, engage in complex reasoning and express their thoughts clearly through their written work as well as in their response to various issues in human rights. CO61: consider prevailing trends in the human rights field and of the challenge and provide their own contribution as parts of various state and non-state actors engaged in the promotion and enforcement of human rights. CO62: identify potential roles for oneself in the promotion of human rights CO63: research questions in international human rights and to formulate arguments in defence of a position. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Human Rights- conceptual concerns- Definitions, Characteristics, Natural Rights
Approaches:, Classification- Generations of Human Rights: First; Second, Third
Evolution: Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, American Bill of Rights,The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Universalisation of Human Rights: United Nations Charter, UNDHR, International Bodies for the protection of Human Rights; Regional Arrangements and relation with domestic law , Role of NGOs
Contemporary issues: women& child, war prisoners, refugees and displaced persons
Essential Readings:
Ø Agarwal ,H.O,International Law & Human Rights,(2021),Central Law Publications ,U.P ,India
Ø Encyclopedia of Human Rights : 5 volumes; (2009)Oxford University Press
Ø ABC Teaching of Human Rights: Centre for Human Rights,(1989), New York: UN Publication,
Ø Biswal, T. (2006) Human Rights Gender and Environment. New Delhi: Viva Books Private Limited
Ø O' Byrne, D. J. (2005) Human Rights: An Introduction. Singapore: Pearson Education,
Ø Mishra, P. (2000) Human Rights Global Issues. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications,
Baxi, U.,(2006) The Future of Human Rights, New Delhi: Oxford University Press
Reference Books:
Ø Ahuja, V.K.,Human Rights: Contemporary Issues ,(2019), Eastern Book Company,India
Ø Coicaud, J. M.; Doyle, M.W. and Marie, A. (eds.) (2003) The Globalization of Human Rights. New York: United Nations University Press,
Ø United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2005) Human Rights: The New Consensus. London: The Regency Press
Ø Donnelly, J. (2003). Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice (2nd edn). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Ø Forsythe, D. P. (2006). Human Rights and International Relations (2nd edn). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ø Freeman, M. (2002). Human Rights: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Ø Weiss, T. G. (2007). Humanitarian Intervention: Ideas in Action. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Ø Welsh, J. M. (ed.) (2004). Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ø Basu, L.N., Human Rights: Practice and Limitations, Pointer Publications, Jaipur, 2006.
Ø Brysk, A. (Ed.), Globalization and Human Rights, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA., 2002.
Ø Donnelly, J. International Human Rights, Third Edition, Westview Press,
Ø Evans, T.(2006) The Politics of Human Rights: A Global Perspective. Second Edition, Colorado: Pluto Press
Ø Aswal, B. S.(2007), Human Rights Select International Instruments, New Delhi: Cyber Tech Publications
Facilitating the achievement of Course Learning Outcomes
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think critically, engage in complex reasoning and express their thoughts clearly through their written work as well as in their response to various issues in human rights |
Interactive sessions. Classroom discussions on the basis of assignments related to various human rights issues |
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consider prevailing trends in the human rights field and of the challenge and provide their own contribution as parts of various state and non-state actors engaged in the promotion and enforcement of human rights |
Interactive sessions. Classroom discussions on the basis of assignments related to various human rights issues |
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identify potential roles for oneself in the promotion of human rights |
Lecture cum Discussion (Tool - PowerPoint presentation), group discussion and analysis of current human rights indicators |
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research questions in international human rights and to formulate arguments in defence of a position |
Interactive sessions, group discussion and analysis of current human rights indicators |
*Assessment tasks will include test on the topics, quiz, studentpresentations and assignments
E-Resources-
Ø A basic human right: meaningful access to legal representation, June 2015 http://www.law.unc.edu/documents/academics/humanrights/malr.pdf
Ø Freeman Michael, Human Rights, 4th Edition (2022)
