Syllabus
* Povinná literatura:
DONNELLY, J. Universal Human Rights. New York: Cornell University Press, 2003. ISBN: 978-0801487767.
VALEŠ, F., MUHIČ DIZDAREVIČ, S. Racism and Related Discriminatory Practices in the Czech Republic. 2011. Available at:
BOWRING, B. Why we should worry about the theoretical foundations of human rights law and practice. 2015. Available at:
* Doporučená literatura:
Reports on human rights by regions and issues by national and international human rights organizations, e.g. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Český helsinský výbor, Člověk v tísni, etc.
Annotation
Annotation: The main goal of the course is to present students with history of the concept of human rights in the Western intellectual history, with previous 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. The course is successfully passed by writing a test based on reading for the course and information given at lectures. Topics:
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 questions related to future of human rights