Strategic themes:
Internationalisation,
Sustainable development
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the study unit, students are able to identify different interpretations and meanings human rights have in international relations. Students are able to analyse and evaluate the meaning of the human rights questions and problems both locally and globally. Students will be able to analyse peace and security issues from the perspective of human rights and see its consequences.
Contents
Human rights, human rights practices, violations of human rights, responsibility to protect, truth commissions.
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Written exam
In
Finnish
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
In
English
Study materials
Goodhart (ed.), Human Rights. Politics & Practice. Oxford University Press 2012. 2nd ed. (3 ECTS)
and one of the following:
Mana – Weiss, Responsibility to Protect: Cultural Perspectives of the Global South. Routledge 2011. (2 ECTS)
Sikkink, The Justice Cascade. How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics? W.W. Norton & Company Ltd. NY. 2011. (2 ECTS)
Wiebelhaus – Brahm, Truth Commissions and Transitional Societies: The Impact on Human Rights and Democracy. Routledge 2009. (e-book) (2 ECTS)
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Option
2
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
Finnish
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
In
English
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
Goodhart (ed.), Human Rights. Politics & Practice. Oxford University Press 2012. 2nd ed. (3 ECTS)
and one of the following:
Mana – Weiss, Responsibility to Protect: Cultural Perspectives of the Global South. Routledge 2011. (2 ECTS)
Sikkink, The Justice Cascade. How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics? W.W. Norton & Company Ltd. NY. 2011. (2 ECTS)
Wiebelhaus – Brahm, Truth Commissions and Transitional Societies: The Impact on Human Rights and Democracy. Routledge 2009. (e-book) (2 ECTS)