________________________________________________________________________________________________ Modulhandbuch B.A.-Studiengänge 2024/25; Stand 12. Juni 2024 Seite [214] B4407 Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues and Discourses Code HRI Workload 150 h ECTS 5 CP Subject semester 7 Frequency Annually Duration 1 Semester Class type (Core Course: P / Elective: W / Partial Elective: WP) P: TDS Teaching Mode Seminar, Lecture Contact Hours 3 SWS/ 45 UE Individual Study inkl. Exam. 105 h Additional Time Requirement Course objectives: Professional expertise Students acquire knowledge of: • The development of the human rights discourse, • The major international laws • The international human rights organisations and institutions • The discourse of the validity of human rights between different cultures • The major human rights issues and crises, with essential impact on the discourse Course objectives: Skill set Students are able to • Understand the essentials of international human rights discourse • Identify human rights issues and classify them to the respective international law • To discuss and consider critically human rights issues Contents • The historical development of Human Rights • The main international conventions and contracts on Human Rights (general, labour, migrants and refugees, children, women, disabled) • International Human Rights organisations and (special) courts (supernational as well as non-governmental) • Case studies on Human Rights Issues and national/local Human Rights organisations • The discourse on Human Rights between the cultures (Western, Chinese, Islamic understanding) • Special Human Rights Issues such as war against terrorism, military interventions to stop genocide, the discourse on torture, rights of migrants, women and children rights, religious freedom and the rights of the transgenders etc Teaching Mode Lecture, students presentations, group work and group discussion, reading assignments Prerequisites none Forms of examination and assessment • Qualified participation (pass/fail) in the course is required to ensure that the module objectives are achieved and to earn credit points. • Written Examination (120 min.) – 100% Literature will be announced at the beginning of the course Scoring for the final grade Double valuation Academic course coordinator Prof. Dr. Detlef Hiller Lecturer Prof. Dr. Detlef Hiller
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