HIST 4325 Global Human Rights
Students examine the changing concept and practice of human rights in a globalized and politically re-aligned world. The themes to be examined are social justice, human rights in the global context, the challenge of genocidal politics, rights of refugees and the internally displaced, women and child rights, communal politics and religious minorities, class and caste conflicts, ethnicity and identity, environment and development, poverty and global hunger, and the intersection of morality and the pursuit of international justice. The course also examines governmental policy related to the promotion and protection of human rights through an interventionist and coercive diplomacy as well as an adherence to international norms. Students will examine these issues from a historical perspective and will cover the colonial and post-colonial periods (1600-present).
Notes
This course may not be repeated for credit and does not fulfill the Core Curriculum requirement.