LL4C2 Half Unit
World Poverty and Human Rights
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Margot Salomon TW3, 8th floor
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in Development Studies, MSc in Global Politics, MSc in Human Rights, MSc in Inequalities and Social Science, Master of Laws and Master of Laws (extended part-time study). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
This course is capped at 30 students. Students must apply through Graduate Course Choice on ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ for You.
Pre-requisites
Some knowledge of public international law is required.
Course content
This course examines world poverty and inequality from the perspective of international law aimed at the protection of human rights. Drawing on rights and obligations, the course considers the duties of states and other actors and the ways in which they may be implicated in the deprivation which has 2.7 billion people concentrated in the South, and many in the North, unable to exercise their minimum essential levels of human rights. While the approach to the course is largely normative and conceptual, it will explore its findings in relation t