POLSC402: Global Justice

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

• Discuss the historical development of human rights in the international/global relations context including the "rights" v. "needs" discourse.
• Examine the tensions surrounding the three human rights dichotomies and how they might be resolved.
• Analyze the extent to which human rights--conceptually and in practice--has been "westernized" and its relevance in "non-western" socio-political contexts.
• Identify and discuss the relationship between justice and human rights.