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HRTS GR6800

International Human Rights Law · Human Rights

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and problems of international human rights law. What are the origins of modern human rights law? What is the substance of this law, who is…

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Jackie Dugard · 2025 · 2025

Precedent, Mechanisms, and Enforcement of Interational Human Rights Law.

Belinda Cooper · 2025 · 2025

The essential components of international human rights law. How to carefully consider balancing human rights concerns and the law.

Betsy Apple · 2021 · 2021

I learned how to think differently in this class. I learned how to utilize international human rights law in the most basic way and I loved it!

Jackie Dugard · 2025 · 2025

The course properly and appropriately navigated the challenges and critiques of international law while offering its strengths. The professor's personal experience as a lawyer incredibly helped liven the content of the class, alongside the guest speakers!

Belinda Cooper · 2025 · 2025

This was a great foundational course. I wish it would be required during the first semester of the program. I think it would have been a great co-requisite for Intro to Human Rights.

Betsy Apple · 2021 · 2021

I wanted to learn some laws and legal tool for issues of international human rights, for which I found the class very effective. Very good organization of the course material to provide overall knowledge about international issues regarding human rights. Professor ways of teaching and organizing the material was very useful. I learned a lot from this class.

Jackie Dugard · 2025 · 2025

We learned a lot about the different treaties and how to analyse human rights legal frameworks.

Belinda Cooper · 2025 · 2025

I learned a lot about international law and it's role within human rights.

Betsy Apple · 2021 · 2021

I learned the foundations of International Human Rights Law; the treaties, documents, declarations and its implication.

Jackie Dugard · 2025 · 2025

Learned about the elaborate and complex UN systems, the 9 core treaties, critiques of the systems, and the merits.

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