Keywords

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.

Evaluation

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)

Belongs to following study modules

2018–2019

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

JKKYOA12 Fighting Against Human Rights Violations

POLKVA44 Ihmisoikeudet ja kansainvälinen yhteisö (kirjatentti/essee)

POLKVA44 Human Rights and International Society (book exam/essay)

For Open University students only

JKKYOA12 Fighting Against Human Rights Violations