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UN Human Rights Council
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Human Rights Education Associates
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Human Rights Education Associates
, United States of America
Annual
postgraduate
01/02/2010
18/04/2010
This distance learning course is a high-level introduction to the Human Rights Council, the main human right body of the United Nations (UN).
Human Rights Council
The course will start with a brief introduction to the UN human rights system, including the core UN human rights standards and supervisory machineries and the High Commissioner for Human Rights. It will assess the legacy of the dissolved Commission on Human Rights and the reform which led to the creation of the Human Rights Council. It will focus in-depth on the Council, its role, functioning and limitations; examine the newly established Council's Advisory Committee; analyse the place of the Council in the larger UN framework; and (based on international law and international relations theory) reflect on the potential and limits of global human rights institutions such as the Human Rights Council.
Course outline [tentative]
Week 1. Introduction to the course and overview of the United Nations human rights system
Week 2. The UN Commission on Human Rights 1946-2006: achievements and failures
Week 3. The UN Human Rights Council: creation, mandate, expectations, transition
Week 4. Membership, functioning and role of the Council
Week 5. Responding to complaints: "1235" and "1503"
Week 6. "Countries" and "themes": the role of "special procedures"
Week 7. "Peer review": the Universal Periodic Review
Week 8. The role of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Week 9. The role of civil society
Week 10. Critical appraisal of the session and reflections on human rights institutions
01/12/2009
There are no scholarships available for this course.
The course tuition fee is € 525 for residents of OECD countries and € 200 for permanent residents of non-OECD countries. Tuition for auditors is € 200 for residents of OECD countries and € 70 for permanent residents of non-OECD countries.
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