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15 UCL credits, 7.5 ECTS, 4 US ... The consequences of domestic human rights violations: political instability, civil war and refugees.
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Module code ISSU0 009 Taught during Session One: Monday 4 July - Friday 22 July 2022 Mode of delivery Face-to-face on campus Module workload 45 teaching hours plus approximately 100 study hours Module leader Dr M. Rodwan Abouharb Department Political Science, Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences Credit 15 UCL credits, 7.5 ECTS, 4 US Level Level 1, first year undergraduate Pre-requisites Standard entry requirements Assessment Presentation (25%), Examination (75%)
Week One
Please note that this module description is indicative and may be subject to change.
This module will introduce students to the idea of what human rights are and different explanations about where rights come from. From there we will briefly examine how human rights have changed and become imbedded in international law since World War II. Next we will ask why governments repress the rights of their citizens. In particular we will try to understand the political advantage governments seek through violating human rights. Next we will examine what are the economic and social consequences of repression. Finally we will examine if previous cycles of repression like slavery for example make countries more likely to use violence today. Throughout the class we will use examples from the world around us to test and illustrate the arguments made in the literature, the conflicts in Myanmar, Syria and Iraq, and the former conflicts in Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland are a few examples.
Lectures and seminars (led by the tutor but with input from one of our PhD students with expertise in the field), student presentations, classroom debates, private reading, outlines/assignments, and a student research project. There will be three field trips to related human rights organizations. Readings will be available on Moodle, with required book available on short-term loan from the Library. Student support will be provided via seminars/tutorials and weekly office hours.
Upon successful completion of this module, students will:
Abouharb, M. Rodwan, and Caroline Payne. (Forthcoming). “The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Strategic Shift to Forced Disappearance.” Journal of Human Rights. Abouharb, M. Rodwan, Laura Moyer, and Megan Schmidt. 2013. “De Facto Judicial Independence and Physical Integrity Rights.” Journal of Human Rights. 12: 367–396. Abouharb, M. Rodwan, and Susan Aaronson. 2011. “Unexpected Bedfellows: The GATT, the WTO and Some Democratic Rights.” International Studies Quarterly. 55: 379-408.