Level

Basic level

Entry requirements

Main field

Human Rights

Progression level

G1N

Progression level in relation to degree requirements

The course is part of the main field of study Human Rights at the 1-30 credit level and meets the degree requirements for the degree of Bachelor, main field of study Human Rights.

Course objectives

Course contents

1. be able to demonstrate knowledge of the structure of international law and account for the relationship between international and national law;
2. be able to demonstrate knowledge of the UN legal framework for human rights and regional systems of human rights;
3. be able to demonstrate knowledge of key concepts and principles of international law and substantive human rights; and
4. be able to demonstrate an ability to identify key legal issues and to apply international law and human rights law in different cases and situations; and
5. be able to demonstrate an ability to legally analyse cases and judicial decisions relating to international law and human rights.

1. be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the role of states in the realisation of human rights
2. be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of theories of the state and international relations
3. be able demonstrate knowledge of the role of society in the realisation of human rights
4. be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of theories of society
5. be able to demonstrate an ability to analyse, interpret the development of and critically reflect over theories of the state and international relations as well as theories of society and their importance for the analysis of human rights
6. be able to use basic academic formalities and academic language

1. be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the philosophical background to the idea of human rights as well as to key human rights issues
2. be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the view of human rights in the different world religions and of the current debate on freedom of religion
3. be able to analyse and critically reflect on philosophical and religious aspects concerning the background to and development of the present-day human rights regime.
4. be able to use basic academic formalities and academic language

• Klabbers, Jan (2017), International law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed.
• Smith, Rhona (2019), Textbook on International Human Rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 9th ed.
• Instruments in Public International Law (follow teacher's instructions)

• Arts, Wil & John Gelissen (2002) “Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism or More? A State-of-the-Art Report”. Journal of European Social Policy, vol. 12, no. 2: 137-158.
• Booth Walling, Carrie (2015) “Human Rights Norms, State Sovereignty, and Humanitarian Intervention”. Human Rights Quarterly, 37(2): 383-413.
• Campbell, John & John Hall (2021) The World of States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition
• Cristi Marcela (2012) “Durkheim on Moral Individualism, Social Justice, and Rights: A Gendered Construction of Rights” Canadian Journal of Sociology/Cahiers canadiens de sociologie 37(4): 409-438.
• Joas, Hans (2006) “Max Weber and the Origin of Human Rights: A Study on Cultural Innovation”. Free University (FU) of Berlin and the University of Chicago.
• Jones, Pip, Liz Bradbury & Shaun LeBoutillier (2018) Introducing Social Theory, 3rd Edition. Polity Press.
• Kolakowski, Leszek (1983)”Marxism and Human Rights” Daedalus, Vol. 112, No. 4: 81-92.
• Lapidus, John (2017) “Private health insurance in Sweden: Fast track lanes and the alleged attempts to stop them”. Health Policy, no 121: 442-449.
• Mamdani, Mahmood (2001) “Beyond Settler and Native as Political Identities: Overcoming the Political Legacy of Colonialism”. Comparative Studies in Society and History 43(4): 651-664.
• Melling, Graham (2018) “Beyond rethoric? Evaluating the Responsibility to Protect as a norm of humanitarian intervention”. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law, vol. 5, no. 1: 78-96.
• Markoff, John (1999) “Where and When Was Democracy Invented?” Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol. 41, no. 4: 660-690.
• Schmitt, Carina, Hanna Lierse & Herbert Obinger (2015) “The Global Emergence of Social Protection: Explaining Social Security Legislation 1820-2013”. Politics & Society, vol. 43, no. 4: 503-524.
• Steinmetz, George (2014) “The Sociology of Empires, Colonies, and Postcolonialism”. Annual Review of Sociology, vol 40: 77-103.
• Wiborg, Susanne (2013) ”Neo-liberalism and universal state education: the cases of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1980-2011” Comparative Education, vol. 49: no 4: 407-423.
• Young, Robert (2020) Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed

• Blackburn, Simon (2003) Ethics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: OUP) (Can be acessed as an e-book om the website of Malmö University Library)
• Miller, David (2003) Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press). (Can be accessed as an e-book on the website of Malmö University Library)
• Nickel, James (latest edition) Making Sense of Human Rights, Malden, MA: Blackwell.
• Nussbaum, Martha (2002) “Capabilities and Social Justice”, International Studies Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 123-135.
• • Waldron, Jeremy (2012) “The Paradoxes of Dignity”, European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie / Europäisches Archiv für Soziologie, Vo.l 54, No. 3, pp. 554-561.
• Witte, John, Jr, Green, Christian (latest edition), Religion and Human Rights. An Introduction, (Oxford Univ. Press.)

• Kymlicka, Will (latest edition) Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
• Orend, Brian (2002) Human Rights: Concept and Context (Peterborough: Broadview Press).
• • Rosen, Michael (2012) Dignity: Its History and Meaning. (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. (Can be accessed as an e-book on the website of Malmö University Library)