POL 3480 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
This course provides an overview of the issues central to the theory and practice of human rights in international politics. It analyzes and evaluates (1) the historical basis and theoretical debates within human rights; (2) the emergence, legal development, and politics of human rights since World War II and especially since the late 1980s; and (3) human rights promotion, implementation, and potential enforcement by international organizations, states (e.g. US foreign policy), and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and activists. The course also examines the contemporary challenges of promoting human rights globally and locally. Some of the human rights issues examined may include international courts, humanitarian intervention, culture and human rights, the ethics of humanitarian activism, the role of media and images in human rights work, and issues such as trafficking, torture, genocide, global poverty, and discrimination.
Course Types
Advanced Studies; Peace & Conflict Studies Elective; International Business, Global Politics and Society Course; IGS: Global Studies, Global Justice and Human Rights Area, Global Culture and Society Area, Global Politics and History Area