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Undergraduate Course: Human Rights in International Relations (PLIT10063)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryWhat role do human rights play in international relations today? How are rights for individuals enforced by states? This course examines the interaction between politics and law and aims to give a general understanding of the role of human rights in the post-Cold War world. It discusses relations between order, stability and justice and pays considerable attention to issues of universality of human rights and particularly the problem of enforcement. The course analyses current issues and debates of military humanitarian interventions as well as judicial interventions such as the ad hoc war crimes tribunals and the International Criminal Court.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites Visiting students should have at least 4 Politics/International Relations courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.

** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Section for admission to this course **
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  60
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 10 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 40% essay, 50% exam, 10% tutorial participation.
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:00
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, it is expected that students will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of the main human rights provisions and ways of their enforcement;
- analyse theoretical foundations of human rights in international politics and concepts of international order and justice;
- show familiarity with core texts and articulate an informed view about current debates and questions surrounding human rights enforcement in international relations
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This course has a quota. Preference will be given to Politics and IR students.
Additional Class Delivery Information Plus 1 hr tutorial per week
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Andrea Birdsall
Tel: (0131 6)50 6974
Email: a.birdsall@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Natalie Stroud
Tel: (0131 6)51 3162
Email: v1nstro2@exseed.ed.ac.uk
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