Course HUMR 501 The International Human Rights Regime
What is a “regime”, according to political scientists? What are the major components of the modern international human rights regime? How are human rights defined in key international human rights agreements, such as the UN Declaration on Human Rights? To what extent is the definition of human rights in the UN Declaration compatible with a biblical perspective on human rights, one based on the premise that individuals are each created in the image of God? To what extent is the definition incompatible with a biblical perspective on human rights?
What are the major features and key elements of Samuel Moyn’s argument about the history and evolution of international human rights law? What are the strengths of his argument? What are the soft or weak points in his argument? To what extent is Moyn’s historical account of human rights compatible, and incompatible, with a biblical perspective on human rights?
Learning Material used in this class
Posner, E. (2014). The twilight of human rights law. Oxford University Press, Inc.
Turek, L. F. (2020). To bring the good news to all nations: Evangelical influence on human rights and U.S. foreign relations. Cornell University Press.
Week 1