Introduction to Human Rights

Manfred Nowak
Institut für Kunst und Gesellschaft, Cross-Disciplinary Strategies
2019W, Vorlesung und Diskussion (VD), 2.0 ECTS, 1.0 SemStd., LV-Nr. S03112

Beschreibung

UPDATE: The final oral make-up exam on 4 May 2020, 10:00, will be held via teleconference using Zoom. All registered participants will receive a link via base message to join should they need to. 

 

Students from other faculties or universities will be given a place on the course subject to room capacities.

The Introduction to Human Rights aims at providing a short overview of:

  • the philosophy and history of human rights both at the national and international level
  • the main mechanisms of protecting human rights in international organisations: United Nations, Council of Europe and other regional organisations
  • the main problems and challenges to human rights in the 21st century: economic and financial crisis, food and water crisis, armed conflicts, failed states, poverty, climate change, organized crime, terrorism, new authoritarianism, new technologies (surveillance methods, autonomous weapons, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence), etc.
  • the relationship between the arts and human rights.

 

Course dates:

21 October 2019, 13:45-17:00

4 November 2019, 13:45-17:00

2 December 2019, 13:45-17:00

20 January 2019, 13:45-17:00

 

Prüfungsmodalitäten

Written exam, 20 January 2020 from 13:45-17:00

Permitted material to be used during the exam: Blackstone's International Human Rights Documents, 11th Edition, Alison Bisset (ed.)

Anmerkungen

1.) All Human Rights for All – Vienna Manual on Human Rights: http://www.nwv.at/studienliteratur/963_all_human_rights_for_all/

2.) Blackstone's International Human Rights Documents, 11th Edition, Alison Bisset (ed.): https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/blackstones-international-human-rights-documents-9780198818571?cc=it&lang=en&

Termine

21. Oktober 2019, 13:45–17:00 Cross-Disciplinary Strategies – Lecture Room
04. November 2019, 13:45–17:00 Cross-Disciplinary Strategies – Lecture Room
02. Dezember 2019, 13:45–17:00 Cross-Disciplinary Strategies – Lecture Room
20. Jänner 2020, 12:45–17:00 Cross-Disciplinary Strategies – Lecture Room

LV-Anmeldung

Von 18. September 2019, 16:00 bis 31. Oktober 2019, 15:31
Per Online Anmeldung

Mitbelegung: möglich

Besuch einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen: möglich