Programme Outlines and Overviews

The course introduces different theoretical and philosophical perspectives on human rights and emphasizes the link between human rights and development. Furthermore, the course examines and discusses human rights from a gender perspective and how human rights are implemented in international and national contexts. The course also gives students the necessary tools to work with human rights in practice through an applied perspective and focus on human rights- based work in various contexts. - Theoretical perspectives on Human Rights - Human Rights, culture and religion - Actors and implementation - Human Rights and development - Human Rights and gender - Human Rights in practice, a rights-based approach