All Courses
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Foreign Pol: Theor Decisn Mkng - 2020F (SIS-689-001)
Foreign Pol: Theor Decisn Mkng
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Arctic Dev & Indigenous People - 2021S (SISU-419-011)
Arctic Sustainable Development and Indigenous People (3) The Arctic is a rapidly evolving region because of climate change and industrialization. It is also a home for many indigenous communities who have a vital role in environmental management and development because of their knowledge and traditional practices. This comprehensive course covers a broad range of political, socioeconomic, legal, and environmental issues linked to the Arctic and indigenous peoples' effective participation in the achievement of sustainable development in the region. Combining the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, the course explores the challenges indigenous peoples face in their efforts to benefit from their natural resources, and their struggles against oppression and the degradation of their environment from exploitation.
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Foreign Pol: Theor Decisn Mkng - 2021S (SIS-689-001)
Restriction: International Affairs (MA): United States Foreign Policy and National Security.
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Contemporary Russia - 2021S (SISU-216-001)
Contemporary Russia
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Global Health Law - 2021SLW (LAW-719D-001)
GLOBAL HEALTH LAW COURSE Description This course explores major global health challenges and the concepts of health laws and human rights as applicable to global health. Students will be introduced to current and emerging global health priorities and analyze possible solutions through the reform of health-related laws as a component of health systems. The course also explores the links between human rights and public health policy. Classroom discussions will examine how international law (including international human rights norms and standards) can be an important tool for formulating and reviewing health-related laws and addressing: current global health challenges and emergencies, improving mental health systems and their response, creating smoke free environments, reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, reducing maternal mortality and protecting older persons and other groups in situations of vulnerability during health emergencies and pandemics. The objectives of the course are: • To help students understand what are the main global health challenges, how to improve health and achieve equity in health through health-related law; • To identify the determinants of health and analyze the components of health systems and global health priorities; • To help students understand international human rights law through a focus on public health and the health of groups in situations of vulnerability; • To identify the theoretical and practical tensions between the goals of human rights protection and public health programs, as well as their potential to further shared goals; • To examine ways in which human rights lawyers, public health officials, NGOs, UN agencies, universal and regional human rights bodies and other stakeholders can work together to achieve the goals of improving health-related laws; and • To enable students to work together in evaluating and analyzing health-related laws and human rights issues from a domestic and international legal perspective. Lectures, discussions, presentations and guest speakers (with experience in the field) will enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to understand global health challenges and to apply international law instruments and tools towards the formulation and reform of health-related laws, the prevention of disease and disability and reduction of health-related abuses and suffering. Students’ abilities to develop original ideas, concept papers and engage in critical thinking on health law and human rights will be reflected in their research assignment selection, presentations and writing.
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Impunidad Y Justicia Int - 2021XLW (LAW-870-002)
Impunidad Y Justicia Internacional
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Just/Eth/Human Rgts/Indigenous - 2021F (SISU-370-002)
Justice, Ethics, and Human Rights for Indigenous Peoples (3) Over the past three decades, the rights of indigenous peoples has become an important component of international law and policy as a result of a global movement driven by indigenous peoples, civil society, international mechanisms, and different states at the domestic, regional, and international levels. This course covers the UN human rights system and regional mechanisms, laws, and policies as they engage with indigenous peoples to address their needs and priorities, such as rights to their lands, territories and resources, and self-determination in Americas, Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Bearing in mind that indigenous peoples have experienced discrimination as peoples and individuals in many countries, the recognition of their rights is justified from an equality and non-discrimination perspective.
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Exploring the Arctic - 2021F (ENVS-396-005)
Instructional Method: Online. Exploring the Arctic (3) This interdisciplinary course focuses on environmental, political, legal, economic, and societal/cultural issues. The course first analyzes Arctic state geopolitics and national/sub-national self-identity, and explores the changing north, focusing on environmental science issues, sustainable development of energy resources, the blue economy, and mineral extraction. It then examines cooperation, conflict, and territorial claims, with special emphasis on security issues and the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. The course concludes by reviewing emerging issues and trends, including renewable energy development and comparative legal regime challenges. Students complete a research paper and actively participate in class, engaging with guest speakers including senior international policymakers, scientists, business leaders, and civil society representatives.