AZA4810 The globalisation of civil and human rights

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

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   A comprehensive understanding of the key intellectual and political debates about the nature of justice, civil rights and human rights on a global scale, as well as the relationship between universal notions of justice and rights and arguments about difference and diversity;

2. 2

   A thorough grasp of the key differences and similarities in the arguments, objectives, strategies and outcomes of significant campaigns for justice and rights during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, of the links and tensions between local and global campaigns and movements, and of the development of global civil and human rights frameworks;

3. 3

   Knowledge of the unique challenge that political and cultural debates in Africa pose to the development of civil and human rights frameworks.

4. 4

   Strong skills in the critical reading of a variety of texts, including contemporary documents, polemical literature and campaign material, the academic scholarship based upon those texts and the theoretical and conceptual debates about justice and rights;

5. 5

   Strong skills in critical oral and written assessment of the academic scholarship, including methods, assumptions and uses of evidence, and in organising and defending a verbal and written argument based upon those assessments;

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   A capacity to devise, plan and successfully complete a detailed case study, including significant documentary research, that evaluates the significance of a particular campaign, organisation or issue; and

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   A capacity to reflect upon and make critical use of a range of resources including, where relevant, on-line materials, film and visual images.