Lecture

Hauptseminar
Präsenz
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5
Bachelor, Sprache Englisch, ECTS-Credits: 5 (alte PO: 8)
Time and place: Wed 10:15 - 11:45, KH 0.024

Prerequisites / Organisational information

Die regelmäßige Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist für alle Studierenden verpflichtend. Der Leistungsnachweis wird über die fristgerechte Abgabe der Hausarbeit erworben. Die Anmeldung für die Veranstaltung erfolgt über StudOn.

Contents

Human rights are under pressure at various levels. Specialized UN agencies and civil societies regularly document manifold violations perpetrated by states, non-state actors or a combination of both. At the same time, authoritarian governments try to weaken human rights standards by entering far-reaching reservations in the name of cultural or religious specificities or by claiming exceptions for security reasons. Some go a step farther by mixing human rights with undefined “traditional values” in order to blur the contours of the human rights approach in general. In the seminar, we will analyze these and other forms of attacking human rights. The right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) will serve as the main example (not as the only example). Apart from ongoing violations in all parts of the globe, FoRB has been exposed to far-reaching ideological distortions, which may even obscure its critical essence as a universal and egalitarian human right.

Recommended literature

Basic texts will be made available via StudOn.

ECTS information:

Title:: Human rights under pressure – the example of freedom of religion or belief
Credits: 5
Prerequisites: Credits: examination regulations new: 5, examination regulations old: 8

Additional information

Expected participants: 25, Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 30
Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: StudOn

Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen

Startsemester SS 2022:: Menschenrechte (AM6b)



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