This course will introduce students to the field of human rights and global challenges from a multidisciplinary perspective.

First, students will learn about the philosophy and history of human rights both at the national and international level. More concretely, the main mechanisms of protecting human rights in international organisations will be discussed, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe and other regional organisations.

Further, students will analyze the main problems and challenges to human rights in the 21st century: economic inequality, backsliding of democracy and human rights, new authoritarianism, armed conflicts, organised crime, triple planetary crisis, new technologies, etc. 

Written exam on 28 January at 10.00-12.00 (CDS Lecture Room).

Permitted material to be used during the exam:

Blackstone's International Human Rights Documents, 14th Edition, Alison Bisset (ed.): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/blackstones-international-human-rights-documents-9780197920084?q=blackstone%20international%20law&lang=en&cc=it

Other suggested reading:

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

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