Spring 2025 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (52965)
- Instructor(s)
- Ainsley Boe (Proxy)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Notes:
- FFI: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?GLOS5403+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- The constant threat to vulnerable individuals and communities' existence has raised successful social movements in some places, while in others has caused repression and persecution of their members and leaders. Justice has not always been accessible in environments full of cultural barriers and systemic discrimination. This 3-credit seminar will use an interdisciplinary lens to examine the ideas and practices used in international human rights advocacy from a grounded perspective. The issues gravitate around four themes: power, voice, protection, and evaluation. We will apply some of the major tools used in strategic human rights advocacy, which include documentation of violations; mapping the social context in which issues are embedded; framing messages and communications to authorities; consulting with experts; developing project objectives and tactics; and experimenting with other ways to engage with activists, the public, and policymakers to bring about change and social justice. The seminar will ponder the ethical choices faced by human rights advocates, considering our positionality and motivations to advance the rights of individuals and groups.
Students will engage with outside groups/community organizations throughout the class. The instructor will work with groups to choose a topic at the start of the semester. To facilitate group work and link to current policy debates, the recommended topics are:
-Socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental rights of children and youth
-Race and gender-based discrimination and violence
-Other human rights issues - with the instructor's approval - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52965/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2022
Spring 2024 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (53362)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 30
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 17 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Notes:
- FFI: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?GLOS5403+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- The constant threat to vulnerable individuals and communities' existence has raised successful social movements in some places, while in others has caused repression and persecution of their members and leaders. Justice has not always been accessible in environments full of cultural barriers and systemic discrimination. This 3-credit seminar will use an interdisciplinary lens to examine the ideas and practices used in international human rights advocacy from a grounded perspective. The issues gravitate around four themes: power, voice, protection, and evaluation. We will apply some of the major tools used in strategic human rights advocacy, which include documentation of violations; mapping the social context in which issues are embedded; framing messages and communications to authorities; consulting with experts; developing project objectives and tactics; and experimenting with other ways to engage with activists, the public, and policymakers to bring about change and social justice. The seminar will ponder the ethical choices faced by human rights advocates, considering our positionality and motivations to advance the rights of individuals and groups.
Students will engage with outside groups/community organizations throughout the class. The instructor will work with groups to choose a topic at the start of the semester. To facilitate group work and link to current policy debates, the recommended topics are:
-Socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental rights of children and youth
-Race and gender-based discrimination and violence
-Other human rights issues - with the instructor's approval - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53362/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2022
Spring 2023 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (53781)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 205
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Notes:
- FFI: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?GLOS5403+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- The constant threat to vulnerable individuals and communities' existence has raised successful social movements in some places, while in others has caused repression and persecution of their members and leaders. Justice has not always been accessible in environments full of cultural barriers and systemic discrimination. This 3-credit seminar will use an interdisciplinary lens to examine the ideas and practices used in international human rights advocacy from a grounded perspective. The issues gravitate around four themes: power, voice, protection, and evaluation. We will apply some of the major tools used in strategic human rights advocacy, which include documentation of violations; mapping the social context in which issues are embedded; framing messages and communications to authorities; consulting with experts; developing project objectives and tactics; and experimenting with other ways to engage with activists, the public, and policymakers to bring about change and social justice. The seminar will ponder the ethical choices faced by human rights advocates, considering our positionality and motivations to advance the rights of individuals and groups.
Students will engage with outside groups/community organizations throughout the class. The instructor will work with groups to choose a topic at the start of the semester. To facilitate group work and link to current policy debates, the recommended topics are:
-Socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental rights of children and youth
-Race and gender-based discrimination and violence
-Other human rights issues - with the instructor's approval - Learning Objectives:
- As a result of completing this course and the assigned readings and activities, you will be better prepared to
● Integrate issues of practice in the field with theory and research. Special attention will be paid to ethical professionalism in public service.
● Identify political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors working to counter basic human rights protections.
● Develop skills to design strategies and plans for advancing human rights and social justice through legislative reform campaigns, strategic litigation (advocate for clients), private sector advocacy, and United Nations/Inter-American advocacy.
● Develop professional competencies for meaningful and sustainable partnerships with vital human rights actors and organizations. Communicating directly, with organization, focus, purpose, and clarity is part of these competencies.
- Grading:
- Pass/Fail (S/N) & (A/F)
- Exam Format:
- None
- Workload:
- 1 Report on engagement in an HR initiative (2
to 3 students group) 25 points1 Discussant presentation (individual) 20 points
2 Tactics Presentation (group) 30 points
1 Role-play participation (group) 10
pointsParticipation in Class activities 15
points - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53781/1233
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hamm0229_quint100_GLOS5403_Spring2023.docx
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 January 2023
Spring 2022 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (54801)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (20 of 19 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Description:
- This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54801/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2012
Spring 2021 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (50813)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery ModeOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 04/26/2021Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (18 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Description:
- This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50813/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2012
Spring 2020 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (54485)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 184
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Description:
- This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54485/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2012
Spring 2019 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (54739)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 04/29/2019Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Description:
- This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54739/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2012
Spring 2018 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (51622)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 04/23/2018Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 135
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (19 of 18 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Description:
- This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51622/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2012
Spring 2017 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (52449)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 435
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Description:
- This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52449/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2012
Spring 2016 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (60376)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Description:
- This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/60376/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2012
Spring 2015 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (68173)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 60
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study. prereq: Grad student
- Class Notes:
- Please conctact Barbara Frey at freyx001@umn.edu for a permission number.
- Class Description:
- This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68173/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2012
Fall 2013 | GLOS 5403 Section 001: Human Rights Advocacy (26275)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Meets With:
- LAW 6058 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 425
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theoretical basis of human rights movement. Organizations, strategies, tactics, programs. Advocacy: fact-finding, documentation, campaigns, trial observations. Forensic science. Human rights education, medical/psychological treatment. Research project or background for case study.
- Class Description:
- This 3-credit seminar will study the histories, philosophies, and activities of human rights activists and organizations. The course examines the theoretical basis of the human rights movement, the principles underlying key organizations in the human rights field as well as their strategies, tactics, and programs. The class provides an opportunity to put in perspective students' previous experiences as interns or staff with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the human rights field. The class will use case studies and other participatory methods to understand and to evaluate the work of human rights activists. We will learn about tactical methods including fact-finding and documentation of violations, normative campaigns, the use of social networking, and discuss the effectiveness and consequences of each method. The class will consider critiques of human rights practice including cultural relativsm and the asymmetries of power that affect relationships among human rights advocates. Students will consider the basic organizational structure and fundraising needs of NGOs. Students will design and present a research project based on their selection of in-class topics. Readings include material on the history of NGOs; roots and development of the human rights movement; analysis of key NGOs; advocacy within international institutions; and reports and publications from NGOs working in the field.
- Grading:
- 20% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% oral presentation; 30% group project - Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Group Work - Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 3 short papers and 1 oral presentation; group advocacy presentations. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26275/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2012
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