Int'l Human Rghts/Indig People

Catalog description

This fully online, asynchronous course explores international human rights through the example of Indigenous peoples, with particular focus on land rights, cultural rights, and the extractive industries. Among other outcomes, students will learn to (1 describe the United Nations and regional human rights systems; (2) discuss how international human rights standards influence domestic law and policy; (3) describe the unique human rights challenges facing minority populations whose cultures are inextricable from their ancestral lands and resources; (4) select and apply international law to realistic human rights problems; and (5) critically discuss colonization and other social and historical context affecting Indigenous peoples' rights. Students who opt to complete the upper-level writing requirement will complete a seminar paper with revisions based on professor feedback. Those who seek the upper-level oral requirement will complete an individual presentation. Graded.