EIU 4109: SENIOR SEMINAR
THE POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
SUMMER 2009
ON-LINE COURSE
Instructor: Dr. Lilian A. Barria
Office: 2015 Coleman Hall
E-mail: labarria@eiu.edu
Phone: 217-581-2079
All
Human
Rights Quarterly (HRQ)
(Be
aware that this is only for reference purposes. All articles below are
directly
linked to the journals. You just need to click on them. However, if you
have a
problem getting to the link, check the journal directly).
In order to access each of the online required readings, you will need to type a 14-digit Lib# as the password. The Lib# is on the back of your EIU student ID. Please let me know if you do NOT have a Lib# as soon as possible. I can provide you one.
READING SCHEDULE AND DEADLINES FOR ASSIGNMENTS
June 15-June 23
Antecedents and Modern Human Rights
REQUIRED READINGS:
The Philosophic Foundations of Human Rights (HRQ)
The Normative and Institutional Evolution
of
International Human Rights (HRQ)
***EMAIL REACTION PAPER TO ME BY TUESDAY, JUNE 23 BY 11:59 PM***
REFERENCE MATERIALS:
The Magna
Carta
1689 English Bill
of
Rights
US
Declaration of
Independence
US
Bill of Rights
French Declaration of
Rights
of Man and the Citizen
United Nations
Charter
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
International
Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
International
Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Vienna
Declaration of Human Rights
Other International
Human
Rights Instruments
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
ECOSOC (UN Economic
and
Social Council)
UN
Human Rights
High Commissioner
Amnesty
International
Human
Rights
Watch
June 24-June 30
National and Regional Promotion of Human Rights
REQUIRED READINGS:
"Let Justice Judge": An Interview with
Judge Baltasar Garzón
and
Analysis of His Ideas (HRQ)
Muslim Voices in the Human Rights Debate (HRQ)
***EMAIL REACTION PAPER TO ME BY TUESDAY, JUNE 30 AT 11:59 PM***
REFERENCE MATERIALS:
Declaration on
the
Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other
Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention
against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Declaration
on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance
US
State Department Country Reports
The
Quran
The
Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam
July 1- July 7
International Efforts to Promote Human Rights
REQUIRED
Women, War, and Rape: Challenges Facing The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (HRQ)
Who Shall Be Judge?:
The
United States, the International Criminal Court, and the Global
Enforcement of
Human Rights (HRQ)
***EMAIL REACTION PAPER TO ME
BY TUESDAY, JULY 7 BY 11:59 PM***
REFERENCE MATERIALS:
Convention on
the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Convention on
the
Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes
Against
Humanity
Principles of
international co-operation in the detection, arrest, extradition and
punishment
of persons guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Geneva Convention
Relative to
the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Geneva Convention
Relative to
the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
International Criminal Court
International
Court of Justice
International Criminal Tribunal for
the Former Yugoslavia
International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International
Committee of the Red Cross
July 8-July 12
Reflections on Human Rights: Perspectives from your Major/Profession
***EMAIL YOUR REFLECTION PAPER TO ME BY SUNDAY, JULY 12 BY 11:00 PM***
Oral Presentation (Due by Sunday, July 12 by 11:59 PM)
Senior Seminar Survey (Completed by Sunday, July 12 by 11:59 PM)
Watson-Glaser exam (Completed by Sunday, July 12 by 11:59 PM)