PO231

Human Rights

Humanities Undergraduate

Credits

3

Course Description

This course introduces students to terms and concepts in the study of human rights as well as the key issues, debates, and controversies surrounding the idea of universal human rights. Students will look deeper into the specific issues of human rights such as access to the resources required to realize human rights, the relationship between citizenship rights and human rights, the rights of minorities, genocide, torture, humanitarian intervention, and international criminal tribunals.

Academic Level

Undergraduate

School

School of Arts and Sciences