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HUM1MK20HKI Human rights concepts and theories (5cr)

Code: HUM1005Y17S-3002

General information


Enrollment
01.03.2019 - 18.03.2019
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
20.01.2020 - 30.04.2020
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Innovaatiot ja kumppanuudet
Campus
Helsinki
Teaching languages
English
Seats
0 - 100
Degree programmes
MA of Social Services and Health Care
Teachers
Ville Päivänsalo
Mikko Malkavaara
Course
HUM1005Y17S

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Objective

After completing the course, students will be able to
- apply the various concepts, principles and theories of human rights in addressing community problems
- analyse the history, origins and developments of human rights in the regional, national and international context
- explain how the main institutional human rights framework contributes to the protection of human rights in local, regional, national and global communities
- identify different regional human rights policies, implementations and practices
- explain the relationship between human rights and other socio economic concepts

Content

- key concepts, principles and theories of human rights
- historical development and main aspects of the human rights discourse categorizations, applications and relativity of human rights
- civil/political rights and social/economic/cultural rights human rights and corresponding duties selected human rights conventions, CRC and CEDAW
- contemporary human rights issues as applicable in different communities
- human rights and socio economic concepts

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