Course Description & Objectives: 

The course is designed to introduce the students to the prospect of an international society based on the concept of the rule of law, where every human being — regardless of race, gender, religion, or nationality — is treated with equal care and respect.  The course provides the theoretical and practical basis of and for understanding International human rights law. 

Learning Outcomes: 

In attempting to realize the above objectives, the learners will have to learn the following:

1.     Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and assess the various institutions and regimes established for the monitoring and enforcement of international human rights laws. 

2.      The issues of compatibility of human values and ethos with international human rights

3.      The universality of human rights and cultural relativism

4.      The importance of human rights and international morality

5.      The possibility of cross-cultural foundation of International Human Rights

6.      And legalism and structural limitations of International human rights laws and Institutions.