15400
Seminar
WiSe 13/14: Internationaler Menschenrechtsschutz- Politik und Praxis
Katrin Kinzelbach
Comments
"The aim of this course is to provide students with practice-oriented knowledge on human rights as an international political phenomenon. Following a discussion of the theoretical and historical foundations of international human rights, the first section of the course will introduce legal norms and international mechanisms. In the second section, students will learn hands-on skills required by international human rights professionals. This will be done through a number of exercises around selected human rights issues. Exercises range from drafting an urgent appeal on an individual case; issuing a press release on a thematic issue; briefing a head of state on a country situation; interviewing a human rights victim; making a statement at the Human Rights Council; formulating a resolution; preparing a technical cooperation project document in accordance with the human rights based approach (HRBA) and public debating.
I encourage a multi-disciplinary approach and welcome students from other faculties as well as exchange students.
Essential reading: David P. Forsythe: Human Rights in International Relations (Cambridge Univ. Press) Michael Goodhart (ed.): Human Rights: Politics and Practice (Oxford Univ. Press).
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16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2013-10-15 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2013-10-22 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2013-10-29 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2013-11-05 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2013-11-12 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2013-11-19 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2013-11-26 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2013-12-03 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2013-12-10 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2013-12-17 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2014-01-07 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2014-01-14 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2014-01-21 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2014-01-28 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2014-02-04 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2014-02-11 10:00 - 12:00