LAW 6272 International Humans Rights Law

3 Hours

This course offers a thorough introduction to the theory and practice of international human rights law, with particular emphasis on the changing ways in which human rights law is made and used. Topics to be covered include: an introduction to basic principles of international law; the philosophical foundations of universal human rights; core international human rights norms and their foundations in the UN Charter and other treaties; recent human rights-based challenges to the idea of state sovereignty; and an overview of international humanitarian law and the law of war, human rights, and development.