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A1 |
What are human rights? Philosophical and normative foundations of human rights |
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A2 |
Philosophical critiques of human rights |
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A3 |
Sovereignty, Cosmopolitanism and Institutionalisation |
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A4 |
Introduction to Public International Law (PIL) - Part I |
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A5 |
Introduction to Public International Law (PIL) - Part II |
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A6 |
The formation and structure of the United Nations (Part I) |
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A7 |
UN Human Rights Framework and key institutions (Part I) |
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A8 (1) |
UN Treaty-based Mechanisms |
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A8 (2) |
UN Charter-based Mechanisms |
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A9 |
Key IHRL Documents, overview |
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A10 |
Key IHRL Documents, overview |
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A11 |
UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Part (I) UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Part (II) |
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A12 |
UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (ICESCR) |
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A13 |
Introduction to Human Rights Mechanisms |
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A14 |
Human rights obligations of Non-state actors |
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Introductory lectures: Concepts |
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B1 (1) |
Introduction to Democracy and Democratisation - Part (I) |
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B1 (2) |
Introduction to Democracy and Democratisation - Part (II) Additional |
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B2 |
Interdependence between Democracy and Human Rights |
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B3 (1) |
Democracy, Equality, Justice and Popular Sovereignty - Part (I) |
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B3 (2) |
Democracy, Equality, Justice and Popular Sovereignty - Part (II) Additional |
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B4 |
Democracy, and the Rule of Law |
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Democratic Systems and Structures |
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B5 |
Systems of Constitutional Governance (introduction) |
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B6 |
Constitutionalism, Rule of Law and the Independence of the Judiciary |
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B7 |
Independence of Public Service |
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B8 |
Dilemmas of Democracy and the role of (Sri Lankan) Civil Society |
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B9 |
Democratic Accountability (political, legal, and Judicial) |
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B10 |
The Electoral System |
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B11 |
Developments in a discourse on liberal democracy in the Asia-Pacific region |
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B12 |
Group Rights/Minority Rights and Democracy |
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B13 |
Human Rights and Democracy during (national/global) crises (man-made or natural causes) |
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B14 |
Transitional Democracy (global context) |
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Lecture Topics |
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Introductory lectures |
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C1 |
Introduction to transitional justice: dilemmas of dealing with the past |
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C2 |
Introduction to transitional justice components and standards |
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C3 |
Human rights law and the development of transitional justice principles |
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C4 |
Transitional justice and international criminal justice |
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Transitional Justice and the Constitution |
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C5 |
Introduction: relationship between constitutions and transitional justice |
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C6 |
Constitutional making/reforms: overcoming barriers to Transitional Justice policies and mechanisms |
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C7 |
Constitutional making/ reform: a tool for non-recurrence |
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C8 |
Sequencing TJ and constitutional reforms. |
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Interventions – advocacy, policy options, impact evaluations |
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C9 |
Practical and policy considerations: Negotiating a TJ policy |
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C10 |
Assessing the impact of transitional justice policies |
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C11 |
Truth and Reconciliation mandate |
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C12 |
Case study: Nepal, Sri Lanka |
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C13 |
Arts for reconciliation / transitional justice/ Transitional Justice outside of formal institutions |
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D1 |
Introduction: What is research? [The relevance of research in human rights protection and promotion and the usefulness of a critical approach to research] |
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D2 |
Research Ethics |
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D3 |
Methodological Debates, Options and Issues - Part (I) |
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D4 |
Methodological Debates, Options and Issues - Part (II) |
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D5 |
Qualitative Methods -Part (I) |
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D6 |
Qualitative Methods - Part (II) |
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D7 |
Qualitative Methods - Part (III) |
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D8 |
Quantitative Methods – Part (I), Qualitative and Quantitative data, Quantitative methods of data collection |
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D9 |
Quantitative Methods – Part (II), Random and non-random sampling |
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D10 |
Quantitative Methods – Part (III), Data processing |
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D11 |
Quantitative Methods – Part (IV), Data analysis and presentation |
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D12 |
Fieldwork and Participatory Research |
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D13 & D14 |
Designing research, formulating research questions and making methodological choices (Part I) |
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Designing research, formulating research questions and making methodological choices (Part I) |
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D15 & D16 |
Designing research, formulating research questions and making methodological choices (Part II) |
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Designing research, formulating research questions and making methodological choices (Part II) |
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D17 |
Argumentation based on research |
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D18 |
Developing a research proposal |
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D19 |
Presenting Research |
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Implementation / Interpretation of Human Rights |
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F1 |
Implementing State obligations: introduction to theoretical basis and practical implementation of international law in domestic systems |
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Implementation of Civil and Political Rights |
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F2 |
Freedom of expression and media freedom |
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F3 |
Freedom of conscience, religion and belief: legal perspectives |
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F4 |
Freedom of conscience, religion and belief: sociological and political perspectives |
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Implementation of Economic, Cultural and Social Rights |
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F5 |
Economic, social and cultural rights: justiciability and indivisibility issues |
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F6 |
The right to health |
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F7 |
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F8 |
The right to housing |
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Interpretation of Key Conventions |
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F9 |
The CEDAW convention and gender based violence |
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F10 |
European convention on human rights/EU law on human rights |
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F11 |
The American system, OAS, The African system ACHR on human rights |
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F12 |
Overview of key ILO Conventions (part 1) |
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F13 |
Overview of key ILO Conventions (part 11) |
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F14 |
CRC and juvenile justice |
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Other |
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F15 |
International humanitarian law and its impact on human rights |
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F16 |
International criminal law: ICC and Ad Hoc tribunals |
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F17 |
Universal periodic review (special procedures) |
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The normative (cultural, religious) contexts in the Asia Pacific region |
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G1 |
Critical approaches to human rights discourse (including a discourse on Asian values) |
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G2 |
Cultural relativism and human rights; contemporary discourse |
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G3 |
Human rights and the impact of religion-inspired nationalism |
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Relationship between deficits in democracy, processes of democratisation and human rights |
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G4 |
Democracy in South Asia: Critical and Emerging Issues |
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G5 |
Democracy, Liberal Constitutionalism and Asian Values: Lessons from East Asia |
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G6 (I) |
Human Rights Discourses in the Context of Postcolonialism and the Challenge of Nation Building |
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G6 (II) |
Discourse on Democracy and Human Rights in Post-Colonial Sri Lanka: Prospects & Challenges' |
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Human rights and development discourses (in the region) |
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G7 |
Globalization, its impact on rights consciousness and democracy |
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G8 |
Human rights, international financial institutions (IFIs) and the WTO |
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G9 |
Multinational Corporations and Human Rights |
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Human rights and the development discourse |
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G10 |
Sustainable development: economic, environmental and social dimensions |
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G11 |
The the rights-based approach to development and the right to development |
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G12 |
New development paradigm: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
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G13 |
Implementation of socio-economic rights - a positive obligation |
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Key issues of concern in the Asia Pacific region |
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G14 |
Emerging labour issues: child labour |
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G15 |
International standards on migration and migrant workers: regional perspectives |
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G16 |
Human trafficking: international standards and regional perspectives |
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G17 |
National security/human security – both domestic and international |
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G18 |
Critical and emerging issues in feminist Discourse |
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G19 |
Disability and human rights – comparative policy perspectives |
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G20 |
LGBTQ rights: comparative approaches |
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G21 |
Religious Extremism in South Asia |
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Nexus Between Environment and Human Rights |
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