Human Rights, Dignity, and Global Justice

(2.5-5 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The objective of this module is to understand how human rights developed as a global and transnational idea and set of practices in the post-1776 period. The module looks at the emergence of human rights as a set of ideas from their conception in the eighteenth century, through the development of political rights and humanitarianism in the nineteenth century, through to the United Nations of Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and into the post- World War Two period of decolonisation and sustainable development goals (SDGs). In the seminar discussion, we will focus on key texts, examine crucial political events and follow the ideas of important thinkers. We will look at case studies from North America, Europe and India.