Universität Wien

030808 KU Human Rights, Democracy and Peacekeeping (2023S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Bitte beachten Sie, dass der Kurs in unterschiedlichen Hörsälen stattfinden wird - versichern Sie sich jedes Mal, dass Sie den richtigen Raum ansteuern.

  • Tuesday 14.03. 09:30 - 10:30 Seminarraum SEM41 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG (Kickoff Class)
  • Tuesday 21.03. 09:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM42 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Tuesday 28.03. 09:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM44 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 4.OG
  • Tuesday 18.04. 09:30 - 12:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 25.04. 09:30 - 12:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 02.05. 09:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM44 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 4.OG
  • Tuesday 09.05. 09:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Tuesday 16.05. 09:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM42 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Tuesday 23.05. 09:30 - 12:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The emergence and cultivation of human rights and democracy are in some ways a success story - but at the same time they owe their existence to exemplary experiences of suffering and devastation. The course reconstructs the history of human rights since the end of the Middle Ages and shows which insights and processes have made them possible in their present form - as rights that people can claim against the state, which is obliged to guarantee them. Other important topics covered in the course are: the universal validity of human rights and the accusation of Eurocentrism; human rights, gender and sexuality; the human right to asylum; current challenges to human rights in times of "securitization" of societies in crisis (terrorism, pandemics).

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentations, participation, short reflection texts, written or oral examination

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Two reflective texts
Presentation (optional): Structured presentation, which conveys the content of texts in a comprehensible way ("close reading"). People delivering a presentation only have two write one reflective text.
Examination: concise answering of questions, ability to look at and discuss them from different perspectives.

Examination topics

Those texts that are made available via Moodle and marked as exam material.

Reading list

Relevant texts will be made available via Moodle.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 11.05.2023 11:26