Course Playlist: Human Rights, Human Wrongs
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3,825 playsInternational human rights law focuses on the rights of individuals, and emphasis is on the protection of the individuals inherent dignity and worth. Collective… -
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3,536 playsGender inequality has its roots in differences between men and women in society. These result from social constructions of relations, which in turn stem from sexual… -
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2,629 playsNon-discrimination is an interesting concept in law; Joshua Castellino argues that in society, some discrimination is perfectly justifiable. Unjustifiable discrimination… -
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2,470 playsSarah Bradshaw argues that if we want to change rates of violence, we have to change the way violence is understood and change attitudes about violence in society. In… -
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1,311 playsHow we understand humanitarianism has been changing. People have been reconsidering whether we should be more selective in terms of who we give aid to after the Rwandan… -
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1,273 playsPoverty has been an important part of the development agenda since the 1990s, but the way that we measure poverty has changed drastically over the years. Inequality is… -
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541 playsIn 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set the international policy framework for development across the globe. Critiques of the MDGs are that they were… -
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484 playsJoshua Castellino addresses why the world needs human rights. He questions how the order that is created by governmental and social systems pays attention to justice. He… -
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335 playsThe distinction between the subject and object in law is a very important element in law because it sets the scene for much of the structural discrimination that has… -
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281 playsThe Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the… -
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267 playsFemale genital mutilation (FGM) is considered a violence against women, and it seeks to subjugate women by taking away sexual urges and controlling them by removing… -
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265 playsThe Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the… -
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214 playsGender wasn’t on the development agenda until the 1970s. At that time, it was recognized that development could harm women as modernization brings increased… -
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190 playsInternational law protects the few from the tyranny of the majority because marginalized groups are further away from sites of power. While by law we are all equal, in… -
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187 playsViolence against women can be seen on three levels: the international, national, and intimate levels. We can look at psychological as well as patriarchal factors, and… -
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187 playsThere is a gendered experience of poverty: women and men experience poverty differently, and women may experience poverty differently from one another. In the case of… -
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184 playsIn this chapter, Elizabeth Prügl discusses an initiative that has proliferated in Africa called the Women’s Situation Room. It responds to election violence… -
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180 playsThe terms “sexual” and “sexual abuse” were avoided at the inter-governmental level until 1999 with the Convention of the Rights of the Child and… -
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179 playsThis chapter uses two examples to give further insight into the processes that have been incurred in the context of social exclusion. First–The British assimilated… -
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122 playsOver time, many societies have come to the conclusion that mutually beneficial relationships can be forged with minorities using the ideas of reservations and…