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In this course, you will learn:
- International accords have been put in place to help underprivileged people.
- What role does global politics play in shaping the discussion – and the law?
- Gender, race, and other variables that connect with – and obstruct – human rights around the world.
- How contemporary humanitarian aid approaches both harm and benefit.
Syllabus:
1: Why Does the World Need Human Rights?
- Human Rights and Why We Need Them
- From Economic Growth to People-Centered Development
- The “Rise of Rights” in Development
- Creating Human Rights
- Are Rights Enough?
2: International Legal Frameworks, Institutions and Development
- Underlying Concepts of International Law
- United Nations Institutions
- International Law and Standards
- Regional Systems for Human Rights
- Social Inclusion
3: International Human Rights Frameworks
- Special Rights for Some
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- International Rights Treaties
- Limitations of Existing Standards
4: Underlying Frameworks for Social Inclusion
- Subject vs Object in Law
- Equality of Opportunity
- Affirmative Action
- Autonomy as Protection
- Lawand Combatting Inequality
5: Contested Rights and the Co-option of the Rights Discourse
- Hierarchy of Rights
- Collective vs. Individual Rights
- Co-option of Rights
- Intellectual Property Rights
6: Gendered Poverty and Inequality
- Poverty and Wellbeing
- Gender Inequality
- Households as Sites of Inequality
- Gendered Experience of Poverty
- Attacking Gender Inequality Within Development
7: Gendered Rights and Violence
- Women’s Rights
- Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- Violence and Legal Frameworks
- Gender in the UN Human Rights Framework
- Root Causes and Lived Realities
- Social Communication for Social Change
8: Social Exclusion: Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- Issues Facing Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- Social Exclusion by Continent
- Overcoming Structural Inequalities
- Combatting Social Exclusion
9: Advocating for the Vulnerable
- Vulnerability and “Natural” Disasters
- Gendered Experiences of Disaster
- Social Protection: Problematizing Conditional Cash Transfers
- Culture v. Rights: The Case of Female Genital Mutilation
- Equalizing the Encounter: Free Prior Informed Consent
10: From Exclusion to Inclusion: Responding to Crisis and Conflict
- Humanitarian Response to Crisis
- “Do No Harm”: The Rise of “New Humanitarianism”
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Democratization and Political Participation: The Situation Room
- Responding to Crisis: Mediating for Peace
