Global Justice and Human Rights

GENERAL OBJECTIVES 

This course focuses on human rights from both a theoretical and practical point of view, studying, on the one hand, the main scenarios, factors and policies that pose a risk to the enjoyment of human rights and, on the other hand, the regional, national and international institutions designed for their protection and enhancement.

4. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Studying this subject will allow students to have a clear and comprehensive view about the main universal and regional systems and standards for the international
protection of human rights. In doing so, special attention will be drawn to the role of courts and UN bodies in this eld.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- identify and explain the policy, factors and key actors involved in the implementation of Global Justice;
- identify the different contexts in which Human Rights may be at risk;
- explain the relationship between Justice and Human Rights;
- distinguish between Justice as a tool and an end in itself and Human Rights as a tool and an end in itself to reach Global Justice;
- to analyze the role that Justice can play in the protection of Human Rights;
- to apply legal processes and procedures in the protection of Human Rights;
- to evaluate the current legal instruments designed in the Global Justice and guarantee of Human Rights