Regionalism and Social and Political Org.: Europe and the Atlantic Area

Objectives

The CU aims to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of International Human Rights Law (IHRL). The CU will focus on the historical evolution of IHRL, through the study of the main international treaties, the customary law and the procedures of international protection of Human Rights. The CU will also approach some challenges that IHRL has to fa

Program

Part I. Genesis and historical evolution

- From national protection to international protection

- From Universal Declaration to International Treaties.

- The main sources of IHRL

Part II. The Human Rights

- Civil and political rights

- Economic, social and cultural rights

- Discriminations: gender, race, minorities.

- The violation of human rights: torture, genocide, crimes against humanity

Part III - The Human Rights Protection System

- The Role of the UN - Non-state actors and NGOs

- The international criminal justice

Part IV. Challenges of ILHR in the contemporary world

- IHRL and the Responsibility to Protect

- IHRL and Migrations

- IHRL and sustainable development

- IHRL in the face of nationalism and fundamentalism

Teaching Methodologies

The CU is based on the coexistence of two learning methodologies. While traditional teaching aims to provide students with the key theoretical knowledge, active participation techniques will be implemented, either individually or through group work. Thus, the methodological and research skills of the students will be implemented and students will be permanently supervised. Sections of shared reading and debate on selected texts are also foreseen. Regarding assessment, students will prepare a paper on a topic proposed by the teacher (50%) and an article on a topic chosen by the doctoral student (50%).

Bibliography

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Rhona K. M. Smith (2020). International Human Rights Law. Oxford University Press.

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A. Simon (2021). Mass Atrocities, the Responsibility to Protect and the Future of Human Rights: ‘If Not Now, When? Routledge.

B. Ghosh (2021). The 2018 Global Migration Compact. A Major Breakthrough or an Opportunity Lost or Both? Palgrave MacMillan.

S. Behrman and A. Kent (2018). ‘Climate Refugees’. Beyond the Legal Impasse? Routledge.

S. A. Atapattu, C. G. Gonzales, S. L. Seck (Eds) (2021). The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development. Cambridge University Press.

M. Daudí (2006). Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos. Tirant lo Blanch.