Graduate School of Intercultural Communications

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POL500G1-406(政治学 / Politics 500)
International Human Rights: Contemporary Issues
マイノリティの視点から考える人間の尊厳

Mieko FUJIOKA

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Faculty/Graduate school Graduate School of Intercultural Communications
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Year 2022
Class code X2049
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Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 火6/Tue.6
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Campus 市ヶ谷
Classroom name 各学部・研究科等の時間割等で確認
Grade
Credit(s) 2
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Class taught by instructors with practical experience

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Outline (in English)

【Course outline】
The guarantee of human rights has been considered an issue of universal importance in the modern world. More importantly, socially marginalized groups of people have used human rights to restore their human dignity, contributing to the development of the international human rights systems.
However, the ideas and systems of human rights which were born along with the development of the modern nation-state system now face serious challenges: one is that they are insufficient in, or in fundamental contradictions with, the protection of human dignity of groups of people who have been excluded or exploited in that system. One factor behind it is the continuation of colonialism. The human rights protection systems are now being reconsidered from that perspective.
In this course, the participants will learn how the international human rights protection systems have developed and what impact they have brought to minority and indigenous groups in Japan and elsewhere. They will consider the challenges posed to the international human rights protection systems using racism and colonialism as key concepts. A particular focus will be put on the issues of racism and multiculturalism in present-day Japan. The course provides the participants an opportunity to acquire critical thinking abilities on the issues of human rights and the perspective of the marginalized/discriminated against in thinking about how human rights can be respected for all.

【Learning Objectives】
At the end of the course, students are expected to develop an understanding of how the international human rights system has developed and how it is related to the protection of human rights within national borders, what kind of challenges the world is facing in the changes of the international order since the end of the 20th century and how those issues can be explained with the keywords of colonialism and racism.

【Learning activities outside of classroom】
Before each class meeting, students are expected to have read the relevant text, prepare a summary (when designated) and be ready for class discussion. Your required study time is at least four hours for each class meeting.

【Grading Criteria /Policy】
Grading will be decided based on the following.
Term-end examination: 50%; In-class contribution: 50%

Default language used in class

日本語 / Japanese