Description
Unit 1: Foundations of International Human Rights Law
Covers the legal, political, and ethical bases of human rights diplomacy.
Learning Objectives:
– Explain the foundations and evolution of international human rights law.
– Identify key UN and regional human rights institutions and mechanisms.
Content: Covers the legal, political, and ethical bases of human rights diplomacy.
Activity: Create a timeline of landmark human rights milestones.
Assessment: Timeline rubric and reflection.
Unit 2: UN Human Rights Bodies and Monitoring Mechanisms
Teaches how to use and engage with UNHRC, UPR, special procedures, and treaty bodies.
Learning Objectives:
– Identify key UN and regional human rights institutions and mechanisms.
– Apply treaty obligations and soft law instruments in diplomatic practice.
Content: Teaches how to use and engage with UNHRC, UPR, special procedures, and treaty bodies.
Activity: Map out UN mechanisms and case procedures.
Assessment: UN mechanisms quiz and case map.
Unit 3: Regional Systems: ECHR, ACHR, AfCHPR, and ASEAN
Explores key regional courts and commissions for human rights protection.
Learning Objectives:
– Apply treaty obligations and soft law instruments in diplomatic practice.
– Analyze the intersection of foreign policy and human rights priorities.
Content: Explores key regional courts and commissions for human rights protection.
Activity: Compare decisions from three regional human rights courts.
Assessment: Comparative court brief analysis.
Unit 4: Human Rights in Foreign Policy and Development Assistance
Analyzes integration of rights principles in development and bilateral cooperation.
Learning Objectives:
– Analyze the intersection of foreign policy and human rights priorities.
– Develop effective advocacy strategies within multilateral forums.
Content: Analyzes integration of rights principles in development and bilateral cooperation.
Activity: Draft a foreign policy memo integrating human rights issues.
Assessment: Policy memo peer review and instructor evaluation.
Unit 5: Advocacy in Multilateral Forums and Treaty Bodies
Trains students in advocacy, negotiation, and report writing before global institutions.
Learning Objectives:
– Develop effective advocacy strategies within multilateral forums.
– Respond to alleged violations through appropriate diplomatic channels.
Content: Trains students in advocacy, negotiation, and report writing before global institutions.
Activity: Deliver a mock statement to a multilateral treaty body.
Assessment: Statement rubric and delivery feedback.
Unit 6: Responding to Violations and Emergency Diplomacy
Focuses on response strategies, diplomatic statements, and sanctions.
Learning Objectives:
– Respond to alleged violations through appropriate diplomatic channels.
– Balance national interest and moral imperatives in policy decisions.
Content: Focuses on response strategies, diplomatic statements, and sanctions.
Activity: Write an emergency communique in response to a violation.
Assessment: Crisis response letter assessment.
Unit 7: Human Rights and Cultural Contexts
Examines balancing universality and cultural relativism in policy.
Learning Objectives:
– Balance national interest and moral imperatives in policy decisions.
– Address human rights within culturally diverse and sensitive contexts.
Content: Examines balancing universality and cultural relativism in policy.
Activity: Facilitate a cultural dialogue simulation on sensitive topics.
Assessment: Simulation reflection paper.
Unit 8: Engaging Civil Society and NGOs in Rights Diplomacy
Highlights collaborative approaches to human rights engagement.
Learning Objectives:
– Address human rights within culturally diverse and sensitive contexts.
– Engage civil society and international partners in rights promotion.
Content: Highlights collaborative approaches to human rights engagement.
Activity: Develop a partnership plan with local and international NGOs.
Assessment: Collaboration plan scorecard.
Unit 9: Simulation: Human Rights Council Special Session
Simulates real-time decision-making and country-level advocacy.
Learning Objectives:
– Engage civil society and international partners in rights promotion.
– Create a human rights action plan for a foreign mission or embassy.
Content: Simulates real-time decision-making and country-level advocacy.
Activity: Role-play a special session at the UNHRC.
Assessment: Role-play evaluation by peers and facilitator.
Unit 10: Capstone: Embassy-Level Human Rights Action Plan
Concludes with a full strategy plan for human rights promotion abroad.
Learning Objectives:
– Create a human rights action plan for a foreign mission or embassy.
– Explain the foundations and evolution of international human rights law.
Content: Concludes with a full strategy plan for human rights promotion abroad.
Activity: Present a strategic plan tailored to a foreign mission.
Assessment: Capstone action plan submission and presentation.
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