INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Law JD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of international human rights law and its application Audience: Graduate 2. Compare and contrast the international human rights law system and regional human rights systems Audience: Graduate 3. Critically assess specific areas of international human rights law with regard to specific issues such as genocide and torture as well as vis-a-vis marginalized/vulnerable groups such as women, children and indigenous groups Audience: Graduate 4. Examine the principles governing human rights, substantive and procedural rights as well the major human rights treaties Audience: Graduate 5. Examine the linkages with other areas such as economic development, poverty, socio- economic rights, and sustainable development Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate emerging rights such as environmental rights and rights of nature Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of international human rights law and its application Audience: Graduate 2. Compare and contrast the international human rights law system and regional human rights systems Audience: Graduate 3. Critically assess specific areas of international human rights law with regard to specific issues such as genocide and torture as well as vis-a-vis marginalized/vulnerable groups such as women, children and indigenous groups Audience: Graduate 4. Examine the principles governing human rights, substantive and procedural rights as well the major human rights treaties Audience: Graduate 5. Examine the linkages with other areas such as economic development, poverty, socio- economic rights, and sustainable development Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate emerging rights such as environmental rights and rights of nature Audience: Graduate