Předmět Human Rights in Post-Conflict Societies (MVZ478)

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Cíl

Students attending the course will gain knowledge in HRs in post-conflict societies undergoing process of overall societal transformation. In that respect, they will be instructed into (1) basic tenets of HRs in theory and history, (2) contemporary international and domestic procedures and devices for promoting and protecting HRs, and, last but not least, (3) international and domestic strategies for promotion and protection of human rights in post-conflict states undergoing political transition. Therefore, students will gain insight not only into theory on HRs, but also into contemporary policies and mechanisms for promotion and protection of HRs in general and will also be instructed in major HR issues in post-conflict societies as well.

Osnova

Program:1- Introduction (general info on the course)2- Human Rights in Theory IRequired readings:Donnelly, Jack. 2013. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 7-40.3- Human Rights in Theory IIRequired readings:Donnelly, Jack. 2013. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 40-71.4- Human Rights in HistoryRequired readings:Donnelly, Jack. 2013. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 75-93.5- Human Rights in Contemporary Practice IRequired readings:Kälin, Walter, and Jörg Künzli. 2009. The Law of International Human Rights Protection. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 183-238.6- Human Rights in Contemporary Practice IIRequired readings:Kälin, Walter, and Jörg Künzli. 2009. The Law of International Human Rights Protection. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 238-273.7- Human Rights in Post-Conflict Societies I: The Case of Former YugoslaviaBackground info:BBC documentary ‘The Death of Yugoslavia’ is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzvNZz-X-50 (please follow all six links for the complete documentary)Required readings:Final periodic report on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia submitted by Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, UN Economic and Social Council, 1995, pp. 1-20.Human Rights World Report 2014, pp. 424-430 and 482-492.8- Human Rights in Post-Conflict Societies II: The Case of South East AsiaBackground info:Lucélia Santos’ documentary ‘Timor Lorosae, The Unseen Massacre’ is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXldegFUfGE (please follow all links for the complete documentary)Required readings:Periodic Report on Human Rights Developments in Timor-Leste, United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste, 2010, pp. 3-30.Timor-Leste 2012 Human Rights Report, US Department of State, pp. 1-18.9- Human Rights in Post-Conflict Societies III: The Case of Central and East AfricaBackground info:PBS documentary ‘Ghosts of Rwanda’ is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze14hD2k_T0Required readings:Report on the situation of human rights in Rwanda submitted by Mr. René Degni-Ségui, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, UN Economic and Social Council, 1996, pp. 5-36.Human Rights World Report 2014, pp. 155-160.10- Human Rights in Post-Conflict Societies IV: The Case of Western AsiaBackground info:BBC documentary ‘A Decade of War in Iraq’ is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHsmBbpj600Required readings:“Iraqi Voices” report, International Center for Transitional Justice and the Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, 2004, pp. i-iv and viii-x.Report on Human Rights in Iraq: July-December 2012, UNAMI Human Rights Office/OHCHR Baghdad, 2013, pp. 1-36.11- Human Rights in Post-Conflict Societies V: The Case of South AsiaBackground info:Channel 4 documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz_eCLcp1McRequired readings:Sri Lanka 2013 Human Rights Report, US Department of State, pp. 1-56.12- Course wrap-up: Concluding remarks (1/2) and Final exam (2/2)

Požadavky

This course is intended to provide students with comprehensive information concerning post-conflict transformation from the perspective of human rights. Therefore, the course will provide insight into:1- Basic tenets of Human Rights (HRs) in theory and history;2- Contemporary international and domestic procedures and devices for promoting and protecting HRs (point of view of procedural and practical aspects);3- HRs in relation to post-conflict transformation (case-study approach; international and domestic strategies of promotion and protection of human rights in states undergoing political transition).

Garant

PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.

Vyučující

Bc. Mgr. Vladimir Đorđević, Ph.D.