International Human Rights Law: Prospects and Challenges

开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: Unknown

所在平台: CourseraArchive

课程类别: 社会科学

大学或机构: Duke University(杜克大学)

授课老师: Laurence R. Helfer

课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/course/intlhumanrightslaw

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This course introduces the international and domestic laws, institutions, and legal and political theories that protect basic liberties of all human beings.  The course provides an overview of the internal law of human rights and the principal mechanisms and strategies for holding governments accountable for violating those rights.

Students engage with thought-provoking issues of human dignity, state sovereignty, and internal justice.  Cutting-edge topics include: genocide and humanitarian intervention, the right to life and capital punishment, the right to health and HIV-AIDS, and counterterrorism and human rights.  Students also learn about the different mechanisms available to redress for human rights violations, such as United Nations political and expert bodies, international litigation, domestic criminal prosecutions, and truth commissions.

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Week 1 – What are human rights?

Week 2 – Which human rights are protected in international law?

Week 3 – How are human rights implemented and enforced? – Global Mechanisms

Week 4 – How are human rights implemented and enforced? – Regional Mechanisms

Week 5 – How are human rights implemented and enforced? – National Mechanisms

Week 6 – What are some current and future human rights challenges?

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This course introduces the international and domestic laws, institutions, and legal and political theories that protect basic liberties of all human beings. The course provides an overview of the internal law of human rights and the principal mechanisms and strategies for holding governments accountable for violating those rights.

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