This module will provide students with an opportunity to examine contemporary issues and debates in an important and highly topical area of interest for human rights theory and practice. The approach taken will be broadly multi-disciplinary. We will focus upon a broad and detailed range of controversial and challenging questions for protecting human rights within a globally complex world. The module combines the examination of the conceptual context and the practical application of human rights within culturally complex circumstances. Students will study the philosophical basis of human rights claims combined with the legal framework for applying human rights amidst cultural and religious conflict. Specifically, students will then study specific applications of human rights including the rights of indigenous peoples, the rights of women, language rights, controversies surrounding hate speech and cultural toleration.
- Module Supervisor: Andrew Fagan
Category: Postgraduate Taught (PGT)