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WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND READINGS

1. April 1, 3.  Introduction: Human Rights as a Political Issue

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Also in Donnelly, International Human Rights, pp.155-168.

Jack Donnelly, International Human Rights, chapters 1-5.

 2. April 8, 10. The Pinochet Case

Jack Donnelly, International Human Rights, chapters 6-8.

Ariel Dorfman, Exorcising Terror.

The International Criminal Court.

 Pinochet for Beginners

 3. April 15, 17. Torture

         John Conroy, Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People.

 4. April 22. Reforming the Forces of Order

        School of the Americas.

        International Campaign to Ban Landmines

        Child Soldiers.  

April 24: 1st Examination

 5. April 29, May 1. The Bureaucracy of Human Rights

        Scott Anderson, The Man Who Tried to Save the World.

 6. May 6, 8. The Rise of Non-Governmental Organizations

         Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists beyond Borders, chapters 1-5

7. May 13.  NGOs, Globalism, and Sovereignty

        Keck & Sikkink, Activists beyond Borders, chapter 6.

 May 15: 2nd Examination

8. May 20, 22. Chinese Human Rights and the Global Community

        Rosemary Foot. Rights Beyond Borders.

Richard Madsen, "After Liberalism: What if Confucianism Becomes the Hegemonic Ethic of the Twenty-first Century?"

9. May 27, 29.  Human Rights Asylum and the Refugee Problem

UN High Commission for Refugees (Read: News, Basic Facts, Statistics.) 

State of the World’s Refugees. (Read Introduction, Chapters 7 and 11.)

Department of Homeland Security: Asylum

Welcome to Switzerland!

10. June 3, 5. Do Human Rights Have a Future?

        The Echelon Surveillance project

        European Parliament, An Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control.

        Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003.

        Amnesty International, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights

        Amnesty International, USA in 2002

 

June 11, 1-3 pm: 3rd Examination

June 12: Optional papers due in Prof Kraus's office between 11-12.  

 

 

 

 

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