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PO 650 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann

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This interdisciplinary course focuses on contemporary social and political issues to do with human rights. The course will open with an overview of the philosophy of human rights, followed by discussion of the history of human rights, the international law of human rights, and the role of human rights in foreign policy. It will continue with the question of human rights and cultural relativism, especially regarding Islam; group rights, and controversies over women and children's rights and gays and lesbians= rights. The last part of the course will discuss economic rights, including human rights and development, human rights and globalization, and the social movement for economic human rights.

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This interdisciplinary course focuses on contemporary social and political issues to do with human rights. The course will open with an overview of the philosophy of human rights, followed by discussion of the history of human rights, the international law of human rights, and the role of human rights in foreign policy. It will continue with the question of human rights and cultural relativism, especially regarding Islam; group rights, and controversies over women and children's rights and gays and lesbians= rights. The last part of the course will discuss economic rights, including human rights and development, human rights and globalization, and the social movement for economic human rights.

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This interdisciplinary course focuses on contemporary social and political issues to do with human rights. The course will open with an overview of the philosophy of human rights, followed by discussion of the history of human rights, the international law of human rights, and the role of human rights in foreign policy. It will continue with the question of human rights and cultural relativism, especially regarding Islam; group rights, and controversies over women and children's rights and gays and lesbians= rights. The last part of the course will discuss economic rights, including human rights and development, human rights and globalization, and the social movement for economic human rights.

Key concepts: Human rights, International human rights law, Right to property, Fundamental rights, Political science, Linguistic rights, Human rights movement, Cultural relativism

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