LAWS-8440 (2) Seminar: International Human Rights

Investigates the sources of international human rights law and issues of jurisdiction to prescribe, adjudicate, and enforce norms. Students study treaties and reservations, customary law, declarations, resolutions, and the U.S. courts' and activists' use of materials. Topics include sovereignty and self-determination, culture, privacy, right to equality, language and speech rights, right to development, immigration, workers and globalization, and citizenship.