PSC 255 - Human Rights, International Law, and Humanitarianism

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The course critically engages with the human rights issues that plague liberal democracies. Given how central human rights are to the identity of the global north, it is particularly disconcerting to observe increasing number of human rights abuses in countries such as the United States, UK, Australia, and the members of EU.? What can account for this unsettling fact? Can the unprecedented developments in human rights law and international rights regime be sustained in the face of serious charges of double standards? What is the role and effectiveness of institutions such as ICC and ICJ?