Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law Stanford University


CDDRL Courses


The Global Politics of Human Rights

Course number(s): WIN0910--POLISCI141
Offered Winter quarter in the 2009-2010 academic year

Instructors
Terry L. Karl - Stanford University

Lecture: The global development and changing nature of human rights and the rise of an international human rights movement. Conflicts between national sovereignty and rights, and among types of rights. Case studies include genocide in Rwanda, holding torturers accountable in Chile and El Salvador, factory workers versus Nike, and the rights of women in S. Africa.

Tue Thu 1:15-3:05pm - DB-SocSci

Room: 420-040

Level
Undergraduate

Units
5

Department
Department of Political Science
School of Humanities and Sciences