150016600 HUMAN RIGHTS ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

Pre-Requisites : 150016200

This course is designed to examine the grounds for, and the possibilities of, an international order based on global justice. More specifically, the discussion throughout the course evolves. In attempting to answer the above questions we examine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and assess the various institutions and regimes established for the monitoring and enforcement of international human rights. Among the issues of particular interest to us in this course are: the compatibility of Islamic values and ethos with international human rights, the universality of human rights and cultural relativism, human rights and international morality, the possibility of cross-cultural foundation of international human rights, and legalism and structural limitations. The course also deals with the global human rights movements and pro- democracy and global justice groups.