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History of Human Rights in International Relations (Distance study) - YMN093
Title: History of Human Rights in International Relations (Distance study)
Guaranteed by: Programme Civil Society Studies (24-KSOS)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Actual: from 2014
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:8/0, MC [HS]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (20)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: cancelled
Language: English
Teaching methods: combined
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Selma Muhič Dizdarevič, Ph.D.
Interchangeability : YMN058, YMN080, YMN091, YMN092
Is interchangeable with: YMN092, YMN080, YMN00HHR, YMN164, YMN0HHR, YMN091
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Annotation -
The goal of the course is to introduce students to the following topics: current definitions of human rights, controversy over different generations of human rights, history of human rights from ancient Greece up to contemporary philosophical and political science definitions, differences between natural and human rights, disputes with moral relativism, moral vs. legal rights, claim rights and liberty rights, scope and justification of human rights, HR as the dominant geopolitical doctrine of modern times, HR in international law and HR within the UN. Special attention will be paid to theories of international relations and place of the HR agenda in it. Students will be encouraged to discuss current HR issues and illustrate the theories with political events. The creation of this course was funded by the Operational Programme Prague - Adaptability, cofinanced by the European Social Fund.
Last update: Lukešová Lenka, Bc. (29.08.2012)
Requirements to the exam - Czech

Studenti se zapojí do diskuze o aktuálních otázkách týkajících se

LP a předloží ilustraci teoretických přístupů na konkrétních politických událostech.

Last update: Foffová Magdalena, Bc. (14.06.2013)
Syllabus

Vytvoření tohoto předmětu bylo financováno z operačního programu Praha - Adaptabilita, spolufinancovaného
Evropským sociálním fondem.

 

1st meeting:

The concept of human rights

The universal declaration model

Cultural relativism as opposition to HR concept, market relativism and implementation of HR

Non-Western concepts of HR

International HR regimes

HR and foreign policy

 

2nd meeting:

Group rights and HR

Development and HR

Institutions of HR protection

Institutions of HR protection

Future of HR?

Preparation for the written test.

The requirement for the course is taking a written test and attendece of both dates scheduled for lectures.

Donnelly, Jack. 2003. Universal Human Rights. New York: Cornell University Press. Available from the e-library in Moodle.

Etzioni, Amitai. The Normativity of Human Rights is Sel-Evident. In Human Rights Quarterly. Available at: http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps/etzioni/documents/The%20Normativity%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Is%20Self%20Evident.pdf

Valeš, František, Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma 2011. Racism and Related Discriminatory Pracitces in the Czech Republic. Available at: http://cms.horus.be/files/99935/MediaArchive/publications/shadow%20report%202010-11/5.%20Czech%20Rep.pdf

Last update: Novotná Obeidová Dina, Mgr. (19.06.2012)
 
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