Assessed Presentation 25%: 1000 words, Learning outcomes 1-4 (depending on topic of presentation)
Essay [75%; 3,000 words, Learning Outcomes 1-4] (Final work)

This module will give students a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical issues relating to the historical evolution of the issues and complexities of human rights in the international context. It aims to facilitate an understanding of the complexity of the concept, of its development into the moral discourse in international relations, and of the historical development of the project of humanitarianism and internationally protected human rights. It will examine the influence of human rights concerns in the foreign policy of states and will examine human rights in relation to both economic policy and military intervention.

1.DEMONSTRATE AN EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVOLVING NORMS OF HUMANITARIANISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY ONWARDS. Knowledge and Understanding

2. DEMONSTRATE AN EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY AND EXTENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME.
Knowledge and Understanding

3. DEMONSTRATE A SCHOLARLY AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE IMPORTANT THEORISTS AND THEIR KEY IDEAS, CONCEPTS AND DEBATES.
Knowledge and Understanding
Analysis
Reflection

4. APPLY ACADEMIC SKILLS IN THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN FOREIGN POLICY. Application
Communication
Problem-Solving

The lecture for each topic will introduce the main themes and arguments of the module content. The seminars will begin with a student presentation leading on to student-led discussion and analysis of the themes. The independent study element should be used for further reading and preparation of the written assignments.

• Students’ own textbooks; supplied course packs of readings; journals and books from the library.
• Blackboard VLE

Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman, 2013. International Human Rights, Oxford University Press
Michael Haas, 2014. International Human Rights, second edition, Routledge
Burns H. Weston and Anna Grear, 2016. Human Rights in the World Community: Issues and Action, University of Pennsylvania Press
Thomas Buergenthal, Dinah Shelton,¿ David Stewart,¿ Carlos Vazquez, 2017 International Human Rights in a Nutshell, West Academic Publishing
Jack Donnelly,2013 International Human Rights (Dilemmas in World Politic), Westview Press, USA
David Forsyth,2012 Human Rights in International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Michael Barnett, 2011, Humanitarianism Contested: Where Angels Fear to Tread, Oxford: Routledge