Introduction of the course, covering its contents and requirements.

Specification of deadlines and other important dates.

Recommendations for study materials.

First reflections on the issue of human rights in general.

Q & A.

!! There is no position paper for this seminar.

To get started:

• DUNNE, Tim – HANSON, Marianne (2009). “Human Rights in International Relations”. In: GOODHART, Michael (ed.). Human Rights. Politics & Practice. Oxford: Oxford UP, pp. 61–74. (14 pages)
• DONNELLY Jack (2013). Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. 3^rd ed., Ithaca: Cornell UP. Ch. 1 and 2 (pp. 7–39). (33 pages)

Total: 47 pages.