Human Rights Conflict Resolu

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

What is the relationship between human rights, conflict and its resolution? While there is a general assumption that respect for human rights is a net social good that contributes to the positive peace of the global community, it is also true that greater awareness of human rights norms among repressed populations has also at times led to violent conflict. This course will explore this tension between human rights and conflict resolution, addressing such topics as group versus individual rights, indigenous rights, religious freedom in secular democracy, post-conflict justice for human rights violations and reconciliation, refugee issues and host nation requirements, property rights and land reform in post-conflict and post-communist societies, and tensions between political, economic and social and environmental rights. Through exploration of these topics and others, students will develop a critical understand of the tensions between the different approaches the fields of human rights and conflict resolution take and the possibilities for their integration.