Jackie Dugard

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

critical thinking, research, group work on debate

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!

I learned a lot about socio economic. I want to become a doctor and eventually become a board member in a hospital so this class made me realize how messy this world was and is and how important human rights is. We need to help everyone economically and socially. I learned about women rights, housing rights, health rights, etc..

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

I learned A LOT about the structure of international human rights law and the specifics of socioeconomic rights. We were always analyzing a case relating to a socioeconomic right which allowed me to understand the importance of strategic litigation in the human rights field.

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

I learned all of the basics of international human rights law (IHRL). Better yet, I learned them from an expert in the field! This included the international treaties, landmark cases, and so much more.

The international structure of socioeconomic rights, the standards of review of socioeconomic rights, and different approaches in litigation and advocacy to rights including those to health, education, housing, water and sanitation, and a healthy environment.

This class was honestly really fun, and engaging, and incredibly informative. Professor Dugard is so knowledgable, whether it is stuff in class, or questions you have at any other time. I plan to keep the notes from this class to reference even outside of class, in other circumstances, as they are so helpful.