HUMAN RIGHTS

Course Description

This course aims to generate necessary conceptual, historical, theoretical, and methodological background to assess the different aspects of human rights from a multi-cultural perspective. To serve this main goal, the course will mainly focus on the basic concepts, theories, methods, and measures of human rights; history of ideas and institutions of human rights; international regimes of human rights, issues in human rights respectively. Within this framework, a functioning and internally consistent theoretical, methodological, and practical background are analysed to make students understand and explain the specific cases of human rights regulations and practices in the multicultural world.

HUMAN RIGHTS

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Generating necessary conceptual, historical, theoretical, and methodological background to assess the different aspects of human rights (5).
2. 02 Comparing the specific cases of human rights regulations and practices in the multicultural world (5).
3. 03 Enabling students to discuss human rights issues from different perspectives (4).

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Jack Donnelly, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, 3rd ed., Cornell University Press, Ithaca:2013
2. 02 Andrew Clapham, Human Rights, Oxford University Press, 2007

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Generating necessary conceptual, historical, theoretical, and methodological background to assess the different aspects of human rights SOLO 5
2. L02 Enabling students to discuss human rights issues from different perspectives SOLO 5
3. L03 Comparing the specific cases of human rights regulations and practices in the multicultural world SOLO 4
4. L04 Understanding the relationship between human rights and other concept such as democracy, development, humanitarian intervention. SOLO 5

Program Outcomes

1. P01 PO1: Engaged in insightful thinking leading to self-learning and lifelong learning.
2. P02 PO2: Established a general knowledge of economics sufficient to work independently through specific learned techniques generated via individual efforts and study.
3. P03 PO3: Reached the required knowledge and skills to understand social, economic and legal issues both within national, international and global contexts and apply theoretical knowledge of economics to practice.
4. P04 PO4: Adopted the ability to critically evaluate, analyze and interpret information gathered through the use of related statistical software programs to suggest creative solutions for economic problems and make relevant economic decisions.
5. P05 PO5: Been aware of gathering and analyzing data through the application of appropriate technological tools in an ethical and safe manner in order to generate economic decisions and policy suggestions.
6. P06 PO6: Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills essential for team-working and collaborations for economic decision making for a variety of economic concepts in national and global environment.
7. P07 PO7: Endowed with both oral and written communication skills within the economic field to effectively study and work in an international environment
8. P08 PO8: Been able to transfer theoretical knowledge to real life economic environment: to generate policies for microeconomic and macroeconomic problems faced by individuals, firms and governments at national, international and global context.
9. P09 PO9: Developed an ability to apply economic analysis to everyday problems in real world through the development of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities at work and in personal life.

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