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Human Rights International Protection Systems

Objectives

I. Understand the different narratives of the development of international human rights and their implications



II. Know the most important and relevant international and regional legal instruments and institutions that seek to protect human rights



III. Understand the differences between civil and political rights, on the one hand, and socio-economic and cultural rights, on the other hand



IV. Critically reflect on mainstream narratives that have emerged in relation to non-European regional human rights systems


General characterization

Code

33233

Credits

6

Responsible teacher

Veronica Corcodel

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 0

Teaching language

Available soon

Prerequisites

Not Applicable

Bibliography

Not Applicable

Teaching method

Seminars and interactive workshops.


Evaluation method

Students will receive a grade (30%) for an interactive presentation related to the issues discussed during the previous week.



They will also have to write two short reaction papers (70%) during the semester.



Students have the right to take the final examination.


Subject matter

1. Introduction: Course Objectives and Contents



2. Histories and Uses of Human Rights



3. The role of the international civil society



4. International human rights protection under the U.N. (the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants for Human Rights Protection)



5. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide



6. The U.N. Convention on the Status of Refugees



7. European Regional Human Rights Systems: the Council of Europe system



8. European Regional Human Rights Systems: the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU



9. The Inter-American Human Rights System



10. The African Human Rights System



11. The ASEAN Human Rights System



12. Concluding Remarks