Sylabus
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.
Anotace
The main goal of the course is to present students with history of the concept of human rights in the Western intellectual history, with building and current form of institutions in place to promote and enforce human rights, with current controversies of the human rights agenda in multi-cultural globalized world.