HUMAN RIGHTS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES

HUMAN RIGHTS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES

Human right 2014. We do not write about Legal and Political Analysis of Human Rights Organizations and Activities 

Human rights (according en.wikipedia.org) are moral principles or norms^[1] that describe certain standards of human behaviour, and are regularly protected as legal rights in national and international law.^[2] They are commonly understood as inalienable^[3]fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being,"^[4] and which are "inherent in all human beings"^[5]regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status.^[3] 

The concept of human rights has been essential to the development of democratic systems and international institutions. It has also been, and continues to be, at the centre of much heated debate concerning its scope, its validity in different cultural contexts, or the legitimacy of its application to justify infringements on nation states' sovereignty. The course is intended to provide participants with the knowledge and awareness to address human rights issues from a proper historical, comparative and global perspective in order to develop feasible solutions to current problems related to human rights. The course will start with a thorough overview of the philosophical and legal basis of the concept of human rights, its historical development and its political implications, with strong emphasis on the different perceptions and definitions of human rights in different national, historical and cultural contexts. Based on this theoretical foundation, the course will review and evaluate the legal basis and political functions of human rights organizations. The general knowledge thus gained will then be applied and expanded by an analysis of past and current human rights practices, instruments and institutions with a focus on a number of central areas of human rights: women's and children's rights, refugee protection and human rights and development. Finally, the interlinkages between various human rights issues will be explored through a comparative regional analysis of human rights regimes.

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