History of Human Rights in International Relations - YMN0HHR

• Anglický název: History of Human Rights in International Relations
• Zajišťuje: Program Studia občanské společnosti (24-KSOS)
• Fakulta: Fakulta humanitních studií
• Platnost: od 2022
• Semestr: oba
• E-Kredity: 3
• Rozsah, examinace: 0/2, KZ [HT]
• Počet míst: zimní:neurčen / 20 (20); letní:neurčen / neurčen (20)
• Minimální obsazenost: 5
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu; předmět lze zapsat v ZS i LS
• Garant: Mgr. Selma Muhič Dizdarevič, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: Mgr. Selma Muhič Dizdarevič, Ph.D.
• Třída: Courses available to incoming students
• Korekvizity : {Kurz je pod tímto kódem určen studujícím magisterských studijních programů. Studující bakalářského programu si mohou zapsat jeho bakalářskou variantu s kódem začínajícím na "YB".}
• Neslučitelnost : YBAJ205, YMN202, YMN302
• Záměnnost : YMN00HHR, YMN058, YMN080, YMN091, YMN092, YMN093
• Je neslučitelnost pro: YMN302, YMN202, YBAJ205
• Je záměnnost pro: YMN00HHR

Anotace

čeština

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Selma Muhič Dizdarevič, Ph.D. (02.09.2021)

The main goal of the course is to present students with a history of the concept of human rights in the Western intellectual history; with historical and current forms of institutions in place to promote and enforce human rights; with current controversies related to the human rights agenda in the multi-cultural globalized world.

angličtina

Poslední úprava: FEJFAPET (15.05.2014)

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the following topics: current definitions of human rights, controversy over different generations of human rights, history of human rights from ancient Greece up to contemporary philosophical and political science definitions, differences between natural and human rights, disputes with moral relativism, moral vs. legal rights, claim rights and liberty rights, scope and justification of human rights, HR as the dominant geopolitical doctrine of modern times, HR in international law and HR within the UN. Special attention will be paid to theories of international relations and place of the HR agenda in it. Students will be encouraged to discuss current HR issues and illustrate the theories with political events. The creation of this course was funded by the Operational Programme Prague - Adaptability, cofinanced by the European Social Fund.

Metody výuky

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Selma Muhič Dizdarevič, Ph.D. (13.02.2023)

Pátkova 2137/5

182 00 Praha 8 - Libeň

Room 1.17

Mondays 10-11:20

 

Donnelly, Jack. 2003. Universal Human Rights. New York: Cornell University Press. 

Valeš, František, Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma 2011. Racism and Related Discriminatory Practices in the Czech Republic. Available at: https://www.enar-eu.org/wp-content/uploads/5._czech_rep.pdf

Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma: Islamophobia in the Czech Republic: National Report 2018, in: Enes Bayraklı & Farid Hafez, European Islamophobia Report 2018, Istanbul, SETA, 2019, pp. 233-250. Available at: https://setav.org/en/assets/uploads/2019/09/EIR_2018.pdf

 

 

Požadavky ke zkoušce

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Selma Muhič Dizdarevič, Ph.D. (12.02.2023)

A written test at the end of the course. You can find more information in Moodle. 

Attendance for this course is not mandatory. However, any additional information besides regularly given during lectures must be obtained by coming to the lectures or asking for consultation during office hours, not via individual emails. 

Sylabus

čeština

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Selma Muhič Dizdarevič, Ph.D. (03.09.2021)

1. Introduction to the course. History of the concept of human rights.

2. Human rights and natural rights.

3. Moral vs. legal rights. Legal positivism. Moral relativism and human rights.

4. Generations of human rights.

5. Human rights in non-European traditions.

6. Human rights implementation and post-colonial critique.

7. Human rights in the United Nations. Declaration of human rights.

8. Human rights in international law.

9. Human rights legislation in a regional and continental context.

10. The concept of citizenship and human rights.

11. Human rights treaties by issues: race, gender, age.

12. Role of non-governmental organizations in the promotion of human rights.

13. Concluding remarks and preparation for the test.

angličtina

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Selma Muhič Dizdarevič, Ph.D. (17.06.2021)

1. Introduction in the course. History of the concept of human rights.

2. Human rights and natural rights.

3. Moral vs. legal rights. Legal positivism. Moral relativism and human rights.

4. Generations of human rights.

5. Human rights in non-European traditions.

6. Human rights implementation and post-colonial critique.

7. Human rights in the United Nations. Declaration of human rights.

8. Human rights in international law.

9. Human rights legislation in regional and continental context.

10. The concept of citizenship and human rights.

11. Human rights treaties by issues: race, gender, age.

12. Role of non-governmental organization in promotion of human rights.

13. Concluding remarks and preparation for test.

Requirement for the course is taking a written test and 80% attendence.

Required reading:

Donnelly, Jack. 2003. Universal Human Rights. New York: Cornell University Press. Available from the e-library in Moodle.

Etzioni, Amitai. The Normativity of Human Rights is Sel-Evident. In Human Rights Quarterly. Available at: http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps/etzioni/documents/The%20Normativity%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Is%20Self%20Evident.pdf

Valeš, František, Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma 2011. Racism and Related Discriminatory Pracitces in the Czech Republic. Available at: https://www.enar-eu.org/IMG/pdf/5._czech_rep.pdf