AP/HREQ 2030 6.00 - Theoretical Foundations of Rights and Equity

This course explores the philosophical, religious, and moral foundations of human rights and equity. The course also examines ongoing debates concerning competing rights claims and the shifting paradigms in rights discourses. We also seek to examine human rights in their relation to contemporary concerns over how to enhance and promote local and global justice. We […]

AP/HREQ 1010 6.00 - Introduction to Human Rights and Equity Studies

This course introduces the field of critical human rights and equity studies. It provides an understanding of traditional liberal human rights discourses, covering such concepts as natural rights, moral rights, socio-political, religious and legal conceptions of rights. The second term examines debates within contemporary critical human rights, informed by an interdisciplinary equity and social justice […]