HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT SYLLABUS
Professor: Lucía Ferreiro Prado. Phd on International Relations
Email: lucia.ferreiro@uem.es
Course Description
Human Rights and International Cooperation Development is a basic survey that will introduce you to a wide array of areas in the field of cooperation for development and, to a lesser extent, Human Rights.
The first part of the course is comprised of three sections devoted to International Cooperation for Development and will comprise most of this subject. The second section of the course will be centered on Human Rights. Although it also has three sections, they will be a minor part of the course.
Even though this course is taught in English, students
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Those students who are well-informed will obtain “positive points”. Twenty “positive points” assure the student the extra-credit point in their final grade (provided they obtain the minimum required grade of 4).
Punctuality: Students that come more than 10 minutes late to class will have a penalty of one “negative point” each time they come late. Having a negative point implies losing one positive point. Students with more negative than positive points, cannot qualify for this extra-credit point.
Negative points can also be obtained if the student is not working adequately in class assignments or team work.
Attitude: Students that show a lack of respect to the teacher or their peers, even if it’s just once, will not qualify for the extra-credit point.
Exams
Exams will only be carried out on dates which are the official established day for the rest of the class. No exceptions will be made, unless it has the approval of both the head of department and dean of Social Sciences.
IMPORTANT: The European University of Madrid does not allow teachers to change the rules established at the beginning of the course, even if it’s for the students benefit. So, it’s important students are aware of the criteria that rule each course from the beginning.
Miscellaneous Policies
Eating in class is absolutely forbidden, as well as any activities which distract class peers or the teacher. Eg: using whatsup or whatever technological devices.
According to ICRC, International human rights law is the body of international law intended to advance human rights on social, provincial, and residential levels. As a type of worldwide law, global human rights law is fundamentally comprised of arrangements, understandings between sovereign states to have restricting lawful impact between the gatherings that have consented to them; and standard universal law, guidelines of law got from the predictable direct of states carrying on of the conviction that had the law obliged them to act that way. Other worldwide human rights instruments while not lawfully restricting add to the usage, comprehension and improvement of universal human rights law and have been perceived as a wellspring of political obligation.
Alfie Kohn discussed multiple fabulous points in his article, “Degrading to De-Grading”. The author suggests more effective ways to assess students’ progress other than numerical or letter grades. Kohn goes into detail about why our current grading system is flawed. Grades can cause students to lose interest in learning which causes them to stop taking challenges. If students are not engaged and interested than they are not retaining the information they are being taught. The grading system can also cause students to develop unhealthy competition with one another for instance, “I got a better grade than you!”. Indeed, grades are a wonderful concept, but they tend to be more hurtful than helpful. In some cases, grades can have positive effects on students. For example, setting goals for various assignments, or receiving help where they are struggling. Though, there are alternatives that could make positive changes in the system.
If class is missed for personnel reasons, I will not offer make up of participation points.
the student’s standing in the course; a paper grade that does not increase the student’s final
Human rights - they are an ongoing issue in the world today, with the constant struggle against violation. The United Nations has accepted 30 articles on human rights, which help protect millions from political, social, and legal abuses (UDHR). Even with the insistence from the world’s leaders to follow and honor these rights, violation is common and provides a serious threat to people all over the world. One example of a violation of human rights such as equality and safety in possessions is shown through the issue of Japanese American internment camps (UDHR).
Examinations: There will be three non-cumulative, online exams during the semester. Format of the exams will be discussed in class prior to each exam. Make-up exams will be allowed in extreme cases at the discretion of the instructor. Examples of “extreme” cases include: documented, school-sponsored schedule conflict, a documented illness or a documented emergency. You must contact the instructor prior to the scheduled exam to make alternative arrangements and to provide the necessary documentation in the case of school-sponsored schedule conflicts. You must contact the instructor no later than one day after the scheduled exam to make alternative arrangements and to provide the necessary documentation in the case of illness or emergency. The format of make-up exams is at the discretion of the instructor.
Depending on the class size academic achievement can either be positive or negative. Positive academic achievement means the student is learning and understanding the information and can use it effectively. While negative academic achievement is that the student does not understand the information that is being given to them, which results in not being able to use the information they learn. This will lead failure in tests or assignments.
Articles 1, 55, and 56 are the center pieces for promoting and protecting human rights. During the cold war humanitarian intervention went stagnant because the two superpowers who were facing off (US & Russia) were at odds about ideology and this caused world peace to be thrown into turmoil. The UN was very new and did not have the international legal clout to stop either superpower from promoting its system of governance through invasion or indirect military support. The Cold War caused social, economic, and political upheaval globally which allowed for the UN to revise its interpretation of humanitarian intervention. This allowed for a larger consensus among nations about which circumstances required intervention. From 1945 to 1976 five major human rights documents were adopted; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Genocide Convention, Geneva Convention, Laws of War, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Cultural Economic Civil Rights. The end of the Cold War “liberated the UN which had established 20 new peace keeping missions from 1988-1993, more than it had taken in its entire 40 year history.” (Taha, 14) The major developments of the 1990‘s for international humanitarian
There is a close relationship between human rights and criminal law. The scope of my paper will surround human rights and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in addition to human rights and international crimes. International criminal justice in this context speaks to those interested in prosecuting against the background of international human rights and humanitarian norms. The use of criminal law has many positive effects and pursues many goals that are worth considering. For example, deterrence, accountability and punishment are important principles that will be discussed in the context of human rights. Is the International Criminal Court an effective method to promote and protect human rights internationally? If so, why and how?
Teachers have always used grades to measure the amount a student has learned. This practice is becoming ineffective. Many students have a wide range of grades, which show that grades may not show what a student really knows. Therefore, the standard grading system should be replaced. Some reasons why grades should be replaced are bad grades can hinder a child’s performance, grades define who a student is in the classroom, and grades are not an effective way to see if students have learned the material. The current grading system should be upgraded and every school should incorporate the plus/minus system in their method of grading.
1. For timed tests/exams students are required to complete the exam within the assigned time. For students who exceed this time limit a penalty of 5 points will be deducted for each minute they exceed the assigned time limit.
The International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights was thought of during the mid 1900’s, after World War II. The lack of human rights during this international war brought about a great deal of consideration for human rights and how it is applied amongst the States. It was proposed and introduced during the time the United Nations Charter was ratified. The United Nations Charter urges the commitment to promote international human rights. With that ratified and in place, additional other covenants based on human rights were added to be signed and ratified.
The supporting and advocating on behalf of human rights has been one of the primary principles of the United Nations. Since its founding in 1945, the United Nations has worked to preserve the basic human rights and fundamental freedoms it believes to be deserved of by every man, woman, and child on the planet. Throughout the near seventy years of the United Nations’ existence, it has been challenged with an array of questions, events, and claims regarding the possible violation of human rights. In order to combat these claims, the body has established two organizations to deal with matters of human rights. The first being the Commission Human Rights, was the original organization, founded in 1946. The Commission existed
The Rights Based approach is based on the concept of Human Rights, which aim to create freedom, justice and peace in the world (United Nations 2014, ‘The Universal Declaration of Human Rights’, para. 1). This approach views development
All human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependence and interrelated. All human beings are equal in dignity and rights and these rights are vested upon them. So they should act each other on the basis of the principle of universal brotherhood. All most the international human rights instruments protect the ethnic minorities in their own country and asylum country. Though Bangladesh and Myanmar have no legal bindings to protect the stateless persons under the1954 Convention and 1961 Convention , both the countries have ratified the major international human rights instruments by which both states have legal obligations to protect the human rights of stateless persons. Bangladesh and Myanmar are parties of the UN Charter, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Convention on the Elimination All Forms of Discrimination against Women(CEDAW), AND the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 (UDHR), is the customary international law. Bangladesh is the contracting state of the ICESCR, CAT. When the conflict arises between the Charter obligations and those under international agreements, the problem will be solved on favour of the Charter. Both the states are bounds to respect, protect and ensure the human rights if the stateless persons under