Fall/Winter Timetable
JPJ2048H1F L0101
Undergraduate Course Code: LAW294H1F L0101
International Human Rights Law
Themes
This course is an introduction to the field and examines the extent to which international and regional human rights systems serve as effective vehicles for the protection of human rights. It explores the development of international human rights and the nature of state responsibility for their protection. Through the lens of current issues in human rights (e.g. torture, religion and culture, water), the course will examine the possibilities and challenges faced by individuals,
civil society and states in preventing, punishing and remedying human rights violations. The course will also analyze the domestic application of international human rights in Canada.
LIMITED ENROLMENT: Students in the MAIR and MAIR/JD program.
Format and Requirements
A research paper (6,250 to 7,500 words) on a subject approved by the instructor (80%) and class participation (20%). Class participation includes attendance and input into the discussion both in class and on blackboard.
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...