HMRT-HUMAN RIGHTS
The course provides a basic introduction to international human rights including conceptual foundations and key theoretical debates with attention paid to current events that are shaping justice and human rights. It provides a variety of disciplinary perspectives on human rights including philosophy, socio-legal studies, political science, law, and criminology. The combination of understanding the conceptual foundations, key theoretical debates, and thematic areas in human rights will enable students to understand the evolution of human rights regimes and their influence in society today. The course is broken into four parts. The first part provides an understanding of the historical underpi