Introductions:
-Who has a weblog? (blog)
Teamwork?
Final exam or Final paper
Exam will have 1 essay 10 multiple choice. You can earn a passing grade with 10 correct essay answers and no essay, or a great essay and 0 correct multiple choice answers.
(number essay answers correct*10 + essay grade on scale of 1-100)/2 > 65% = pass.
Abbreviations:
HR = human rights
FP = foreign policy
LEGAL TYPOLOGY
Freedom from / Right to
Negative rights / affirmative rights
Procedural/Substantive
civil and political rights
economic, social, and cultural rights
HR and rule of law
vested right, executory right, claim
4 basic rights in EU – free movement of good, workers, capital, services.
relationship between national constitutional rights and international human rights<
Are HR a “sword” or “shield” in FP?
TOPICS
Children’s Rights
Women’s Rights
Rights of Racial Minorities
Rights of Religious freedom
LGBT Rights
Right to Food
Right to Life
Right to Travel / Immigration
India – Capital punishment, right to food, GMO seeds, pesticides?
Trade/Business and human rights: sanctions? Does human rights observance give an advantage to business trade? Does HR implementation create a good business climate? Does HR observance result from a good business climate?
Refugees:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/calais-migrant-claims-travel-uk-111742031.html#nlsALAz
NGOs:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/who-we-are/
http://www.banktrack.org/
https://www.hrw.org/
http://www.osce.org/
http://www.dw.com/en/quadriga-refugees-welcome-in-germany-2015-07-30/e-18573092-9798
Videos:
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkzI7CrrHfI
Germany and HR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee8YyHNHWOo
HR in Germany (lecture six parts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDq7EAL_V-Y&list=PLSLiIwG5ylcU1HSfepjT6lfU9Mx2cVvOs
HR and U.S. foreign policy since 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee8YyHNHWOo
“A tale full of sound and fury, signifying – nothing”? Criticism of implementation of German human rights policy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-EN-8aNPf4
HR Watch
https://www.youtube.com/user/HumanRightsWatch
Germany and HR:
German President Gauck on HR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0hThZR5HR8
The German Presidency is a basically symbolic post, more or less like the UK Queen or Canada’s Governor General. The person holding that post is meant to symbolize German unity and good values.
German Foreign Office (=State Department) on human rights (in English):
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Aussenpolitik/Menschenrechte/Uebersicht_node.html
Germany’s Human Rights Commissioner Strasser on HR in English:
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/AAmt/Koordinatoren/MR-Koordinator/Uebersicht-MRBeauftragter_node.html
Business and Human Rights in Germany:
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Aussenpolitik/Aussenwirtschaft/Wirtschaft-und-Menschenrechte/Uebersicht_node.html
German Foreign Minister Steinmeier on human rights and business:
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Aussenpolitik/Aussenwirtschaft/Wirtschaft-und-Menschenrechte/Wirtschaft-und-Menschenrechte.html