AP/HREQ 3961 3.00

International Human Rights and Children

This course critically examines international children’s rights frameworks and whether and how they translate into practice. We will explore competing conceptualizations of childhood and of Western human rights discourses and consider children’s roles as agents of social change. We will also apply these rights frameworks to analyze contemporary issues impacting children in local and global contexts. This course has a critical sociolegal orientation informed by intersectional, post-colonial, and transnational feminist perspectives.