Unit name | Human Rights in Law, Politics and Society |
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Unit code | LAWD30125 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Greer |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will cover the following topics: the history of the human rights ideal and its contested status in western debates about law, politics and society; the increasing internationalization and globalization of human rights; arguments about the universality and cultural limits of human rights; the profile of human rights in the world's two main rivals to the western model (Islam and 'Chinese/Asian values'); attempts to sanction human rights violations through judicial processes (including the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court); and some sharp contemporary debates, including over the profile of human rights in economic development, aid and trade, in responses to terrorism, and in armed conflicts.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
• Describe key international instruments relating to child rights and welfare and to the processes through which they are implemented.
• Demonstrate skills in the effective use of electronic databases and libraries which are key sources on children’s rights in international law.
• Explain key concepts in private international law relating to child abduction and intercountry
• Employ the Hague Conventions on Abduction and child protection with relevant case law to scenarios relating to cross border disputes relating to individual children.
• Analyse how International Treaties can further and protect the rights of children, individually and collectively.
• Organise and integrate information to provide an evidence based account of children’s rights at specific places and times and in relation to child labour, exploitation and trafficking.
• Assess the effectiveness of specific international organisations and treaties in protecting and furthering children’s right
Ten one-hour lectures and ten two-hour seminars.
Other texts to which frequent reference is made include: