Well stocked library
Computer facilities with internet access

This module will be strongly student centred. It will be delivered through a series of 5x 2 hour seminars supported by student research and personal study and there will be an additional five hours of student guidance, supervision and support. Students will follow a set pattern contained in the module handbook. A formative assessment will be used to encourage research on the subject area.

Students are required to show an informed and at the same time critical understanding of the situation of human rights in the contemporary political context.

1. Human rights, after the fall of communism: a new ideology for the globalised world?
2. Human rights, Kosovo, 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq: justification for empire?
3. Human rights and counter-terrorism; human rights and/or national security?

One piece of formative assessment consisting of a written review of a selected chapter and theme from the required core course text.
One summative assessment consisting of an essay of 3,000 words counting for 100% (learning outcomes 1- 3)

Douzinas, Costas (2000) The End of Human Rights. Hart Publishing
Douzinas, Costas (2007) Human Rights and Empire. Routledge-Cavendish, Oxford