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    GEET 311 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    Course Name
    Politics of Human Rights
    Code
    Semester
    Theory
    (hour/week)
    Application/Lab
    (hour/week)
    Local Credits
    ECTS
    GEET 311
    Fall/Spring
    3
    0
    3
    4

    Prerequisites
    None
    Course Language
    English
    Course Type
    Service Course
    Course Level
    First Cycle
    Mode of Delivery -
    Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
    Lecture / Presentation
    National Occupation Classification -
    Course Coordinator -
    Course Lecturer(s)
    Assistant(s)
    Course Objectives This course is designed to introduce students with the development of human rights as a global phenomenon, an international legal regime transgressing state borders. Our aim is to explore certain questions pertaining to human rights: What is it that we call “human rights”? In what historical periods can we locate progress and expansion in human rights? What do human rights stand for/against? What does it mean to have human rights with a claim to universality? By giving priority to primary texts and documents on human rights, we will try to understand this historical, legal, and political concept both in theory and practice.
    Learning Outcomes
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    Content
    		 PC Sub
    * Contribution Level
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    1to be able to explain political history of human rights
    2to be able to evaluate changes in human rights during the globalization process
    3to be able to explain use of child labor within the context of human rights violations
    4to be able to analyze climate change within the context of human rights violations
    5to be able to explain economic, social and political aspects of human rights in Turkey
    Course Description Our course will proceed on the basis of three parts. In the first part, we will have a general introduction to the course, and will read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 adopted by the United Nations. In this part, we will also spend time on a broad yet somewhat nuanced enough trajectory of human rights. In so doing, we will try to diagnose and shed light upon certain keystones, radical shifts, and arguably progressive moments in historical development of conceptual, political and legal articulations of human rights. In the second part, we will focus on the early 20th century developments on human rights; such as the two world wars, the Nuremberg Trials, and the international recognition of “crimes against humanity” and genocide. We will spare our last few weeks on the decolonization period onwards. In this part we will discuss issues such as right to self-determination, child labor, migrant workers, and rights of persons with disabilities.

     



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    Major Area Courses
    Supportive Courses
    Media and Management Skills Courses
    Transferable Skill Courses

     

    WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

    Week Subjects Related Preparation Learning Outcome
    1 Introduction to the course: Presentation and an overview of the course, course organization, requirements and methods of evaluation
    2 Defining the Concept of Human Rights Carey, et. Al. (Cambridge University Press, 2010): “The Politics of Human Rights”, pp.7-39
    3 Historical Development and Philosophical Justifications of Human Rights Andrew Clapham (Oxford University Press, 2007): “Human Rights – a Very Short Introduction”, pp.23-56
    4 Human Rights and Political Theory Hannah Arendt – The Perplexities of the Rights of Men in Origins of Totalitarianism
    5 Genocide and Crimes against Humanity UN Charter, Nuremberg Trials, Convention on Genocide (1948) Andrew Clapham, “Persecution of International Crimes,” in Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction, (NY: Oxford University Press), pp. 33-42.
    6 Rights of refugees, migrants, prisoners of war and prevention of torture UN Convention Relating to Status of Refugees (1951) Sabine C. Carey et al. “The Politics of Human Rights”, pp. 73-86.
    7 Midterm I
    8 Human Rights and Political Theory Jaques Ranciere – “Who is the Subject of Rights of Men?”
    9 Human Rights and Political Theory Martha Nussbaum – “Capabilities and Human Rights
    10 Cultural Rights as Human Rights Henriette Dahan Kalev, 2004, “Cultural Rights or Human Rights: The Case of Female Genital Mutilation” Sex Roles, Vol. 51, No. 5/6.
    11 Human rights in Turkey Zehra Kabasakal Arat, “Collisions and Crossroads: Introducing Human Rights in Turkey”.
    12 Midterm - II
    13 Human Rights and Political Theory Bruce Ackerman – “We the People” Introduction
    14 Human Rights and Political Theory Claude Lefort – The Political Forms of Modern Society, Chapter 7: Politics and Human Rights
    15 Review of the Semester
    16 Final Exam

     

    Course Notes/Textbooks
    Suggested Readings/Materials

     

    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weighting LO 1 LO 2 LO 3 LO 4 LO 5
    Participation
    1
    20
    Laboratory / Application
    Field Work
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    Portfolio
    Homework / Assignments
    Presentation / Jury
    Project
    Seminar / Workshop
    Oral Exams
    Midterm
    2
    50
    Final Exam
    1
    30
    Total

    Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    3
    60
    Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    1
    40
    Total

    ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

    Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
    Theoretical Course Hours
    (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
    16
    3
    48
    Laboratory / Application Hours
    (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
    16
    0
    Study Hours Out of Class
    0
    Field Work
    0
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    0
    Portfolio
    0
    Homework / Assignments
    0
    Presentation / Jury
    0
    Project
    0
    Seminar / Workshop
    0
    Oral Exam
    0
    Midterms
    2
    20
    40
    Final Exam
    1
    30
    30
        Total
    118

     

    COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP


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    * Contribution Level
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5

    *1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

     

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