General Information
Module Description
The module would introduce students to the nature of the international system and its influence on the promotion and protection of human rights and to key theoretical debates about the pathways to human rights impact from a multidisciplinary perspective. As a practice-oriented module, it will examine the role of foreign policy instruments in the promotion of human rights as well as the use of human rights to advance foreign policy goals of states in bilateral, regional and multilateral contexts.
Aims
The purpose of the module is to provide LLM/MA/MPhil students programmes with a global perspective on the practice of human rights, especially in the negotiation and implementation of human rights norms. It enables an in-depth study of human rights advocacy by multilateral institutions and international civil society organisations, comparative study of foreign policy, and greater understanding the international political context in which human rights are promoted and defended. It will be especially useful for students taking the LLM and MA courses in human rights, and postgraduate students outside of those courses may take the module for credit with approval of the module director. There are no pre-requisites or correlated courses.
Learning Outcomes
The module has five major objectives for learning outcomes:
to understand different conceptions of the international system and how they each enhance or constrain the advancement of human rights as well as the relationship between competing national interests pursued by states
to analyse the processes by which human rights norms are set and promoted, and to examine them in comparative perspective
to recognise the relevance of multi-disciplinary approaches to the understanding of human rights in a global context
to develop greater awareness of the tools and means of success in the advocacy of human rights
to develop the critical reasoning, analytical writing and oral argumentation skills
Module Description
The module would introduce students to the nature of the international system and its influence on the promotion and protection of human rights and to key theoretical debates about the pathways to human rights impact from a multidisciplinary perspective. As a practice-oriented module, it will examine the role of foreign policy instruments in the promotion of human rights as well as the use of human rights to advance foreign policy goals of states in bilateral, regional and multilateral contexts.
Aims
The purpose of the module is to provide LLM/MA/MPhil students programmes with a global perspective on the practice of human rights, especially in the negotiation and implementation of human rights norms. It enables an in-depth study of human rights advocacy by multilateral institutions and international civil society organisations, comparative study of foreign policy, and greater understanding the international political context in which human rights are promoted and defended. It will be especially useful for students taking the LLM and MA courses in human rights, and postgraduate students outside of those courses may take the module for credit with approval of the module director. There are no pre-requisites or correlated courses.
Learning Outcomes
The module has five major objectives for learning outcomes:
to understand different conceptions of the international system and how they each enhance or constrain the advancement of human rights as well as the relationship between competing national interests pursued by states
to analyse the processes by which human rights norms are set and promoted, and to examine them in comparative perspective
to recognise the relevance of multi-disciplinary approaches to the understanding of human rights in a global context
to develop greater awareness of the tools and means of success in the advocacy of human rights
to develop the critical reasoning, analytical writing and oral argumentation skills
- Module Supervisor: Ahmed Shaheed
Category: Postgraduate Taught (PGT)