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Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion
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- Accès libre
- Certificat payant
- 11 séquences
- Niveau Intermédiaire
- Sous-titres en Russian
Détails du cours
Déroulé
Module 1: Why Does the World Need Human Rights?
- Human Rights and Why We Need Them
- From Economic Growth to People-Centered Development
- The “Rise of Rights” in Development
- Creating Human Rights
- Are Rights Enough?
Module 2: International Legal Frameworks, Institutions and Development
- Underlying Concepts of International Law
- United Nations Institutions
- International Law and Standards
- Regional Systems for Human Rights
- Social Inclusion
Module 3: International Human Rights Frameworks
- Special Rights for Some
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- International Rights Treaties
- Limitations of Existing Standards
Module 4: Underlying Frameworks for Social Inclusion
- Subject vs Object in Law
- Equality of Opportunity
- Affirmative Action
- Autonomy as Protection
- Lawand Combatting Inequality
Module 5: Contested Rights and the Co-option of the Rights Discourse
- Hierarchy of Rights
- Collective vs. Individual Rights
- Co-option of Rights
- Intellectual Property Rights
Module 6: Gendered Poverty and Inequality
- Poverty and Wellbeing
- Gender Inequality
- Households as Sites of Inequality
- Gendered Experience of Poverty
- Attacking Gender Inequality Within Development
Module 7: Gendered Rights and Violence
- Women’s Rights
- Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- Violence and Legal Frameworks
- Gender in the UN Human Rights Framework
- Root Causes and Lived Realities
- Social Communication for Social Change
Module 8: Social Exclusion: Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- Issues Facing Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- Social Exclusion by Continent
- Overcoming Structural Inequalities
- Combatting Social Exclusion
Module 9: Advocating for the Vulnerable
- Vulnerability and “Natural” Disasters
- Gendered Experiences of Disaster
- Social Protection: Problematizing Conditional Cash Transfers
- Culture v. Rights: The Case of Female Genital Mutilation
- Equalizing the Encounter: Free Prior Informed Consent
Module 10: From Exclusion to Inclusion: Responding to Crisis and Conflict
- Humanitarian Response to Crisis
- “Do No Harm”: The Rise of “New Humanitarianism”
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Democratization and Political Participation: The Situation Room
- Responding to Crisis: Mediating for Peace
Module 11: New Directions: Rights and the SDGs
- Sustainable Development and Rights
- A Vision of Rights for the Future
- Pathways to Sustainable Development and Human Rights
- Human Rights and the Economy
- The SDGs and Beyond
Prérequis
Intervenants
Joshua Castellino
Executive Director and Professor of Law
Minorities Rights Group International
Sarah Bradshaw
Head of the School of Law and Professor of Gender and Sustainable Development
Middlesex University
Éditeur
The SDG Academy creates and curates free massive open online courses and educational materials on sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
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