| Human rights of women
|
| Section A: Is the theory
underlying human rights law male? |
| ·
Introduction to Human Rights, what is
Human Rights law. |
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Analysis of the history and philosophy of Human Rights discourse. |
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Who is included in the “human” of Human Rights? |
| Section B: Feminist
critiques of human rights |
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Feminist theories and critiques of Human Rights law. |
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The problems and/or virtues of Human Rights law for women on a
global scale. |
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Feminist reconstructions of Human Rights, aiming to ensure the
inclusion of women. |
| Section C: Institutional
framework, institutions and documents relating to the human rights
of women |
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Examination of Human Rights documents and their institutional
framework. |
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Including: the UN Charter, the “three Generations of Rights”, the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women; the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence
Against Women. |
| ·
International Courts, human rights and humanitarian law. |
| Section D: Sovereign
governments, non-state actors and individual responsibility for
human rights violations: linking theory to practice |
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Consideration of the work of non-governmental organisations set up
for/by women. |
| ·
Interrelationship between sovereign governments, non-state actors
and a developing international jurisprudence on Human Rights law
investigating how these impact on the lives of women. |
| ·
Case studies on sexual violence and rape including the
International War Crimes Tribunals at The Hague. |
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Reconnecting feminist legal theory to the Human Rights of women. |
Sequence:
Students are advised to attempt the sections in order but may, if
they wish, attempt sections in the following order:
· Section C, section A, section B and section D
or
· Section C, section D, section A and section B. |
Textbooks:
Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin, The Boundaries of
International Law: A Feminist Analysis (Manchester University
Press: Manchester, 2000),
ISBN: 9780719037399
Rebecca J. Cook (ed), Human Rights of Women: National and
International Perspectives (University of Pennsylvania Press:
Philadelphia, 1994), ISBN: 9780812215380 |
