Human Rights and the United States

Harvard HLS

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class This course introduces the international human rights system, with particular emphasis on its relationship with the United States, including human rights within the United States and U.S. action either promoting or infringing human rights in other countries. It will examine global and regional human rights institutions and illustrate their scrutiny of U.S. practices. It will compare the international conceptions of civil, political, social, and…