Peter Johansson

Föreläsningen ger en överblick över framväxten de mänskliga rättigheterna med utgångspunkt i den allmänna förklaringen. Fokus ligger på utvecklingen av de centrala människorättskonventionerna och deras innehåll.

Power Point: MR2101 - Föreläsning 2 - Från riktlinjer till internationell juridik (2022-08-31).pptx

Läsanvisning:

Freemans bok läses parallellt med artiklarna under kursens första block. Artiklarna läses i urval efter eget intresse. Minst två artiklar bör läsas till varje föreläsning, gärna fler. Du bör läsa igenom abstract till alla artiklar för att orientera dig i tema och fokus för respektive artikel.

Böcker

Freeman, M. (2022). Human Rights (4th edition). Cambridge: Polity Press. (ISBN: 9781509546046) eller

Freeman, M. (2017). Human Rights. (3rd edition). Cambridge: Polity Press. (ISBN: 9781509510283)

Artiklar

Human Rights Emergence, Development and Resistance

Finnemore, M. & Sikkink, K. (1998). International Norm Dynamics and Political Change. International Organization, vol. 52(4), pp. 887-917.

Risse, T. (1999). International Norms and Domestic Change: Arguing and Communicative Behavior in the Human Rights Area. Politics & Society, vol. 27(4), pp. 529-559.

Mégret, F. (2008). The Disabilities Convention: Towards a Holistic Concept of Rights. The International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 12(2), pp. 261–277.

Gordon, N. & Berkovitch, N. (2007). Human Rights Discourse in Domestic Settings: How Does it Emerge?. Political Studies, vol. 55(1), pp. 243-266.

Baisley, E. (2016). Reaching the Tipping Point?: Emerging International Human Rights Norms Pertaining to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 38(1), pp. 134-163.

Raley, M. (2016). The drafting of Article 33 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the creation of a novel mechanism. The International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 20:1, pp 138-152.

Ibhawoh, B. (2011). The Right to Development: The Politics and Polemics of Power and Resistance. Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 33(1), pp. 76-104.

McQuigg, R.J.A. (2017). Is it time for a UN treaty on violence against women?. The International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 22(3), pp. 305-324.

Human Rights regime

Krasner, S.D. (1982). Structural Causes and Regime Consequences: Regimes as Intervening Variables. International Organization, vol. 36(2), pp. 185-205.

Hafner-Burton, E. M. (2012). International Regimes for Human Rights. Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 15, pp. 265-286.

Brysk, A. & Jimenez, A. (2012). The Globalization of Law: Implications for the Fulfillment of Human Rights, Journal of Human Rights, vol. 11(1), pp. 4-16.

Pegram, T. (2010). Diffusion Across Political Systems: The Global Spread of National Human Rights Institutions. Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 32(3), pp. 729-760.

Chapman, A. R. & Carbonetti, B. (2011). Human Rights Protections for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups: The Contributions of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Human Rights Quarterly, vol 33(3), pp. 682-732.

Mutua, M. (2007). Standard Setting in Human Rights: Critique and Prognosis. Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 29(3), pp. 547-630.

Long Trends of Human Rights Development

Hitchcock, W. I. (2015). The Rise and Fall of Human Rights? Searching for a Narrative from the Cold War to the 9/11 Era. Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 37(1), pp. 80-106.

Thérien, J-P. & Joly, P. (2014). “All Human Rights for All”: The United Nations and Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era. Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 36(2), pp. 373-396.

National and Regional Case Studies

Shahid, A. & Yerbury, H. (2014). A Case Study of the Socialization of Human Rights Language and Norms in Maldives: Process, Impact and Challenges. Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol. 6(2), pp. 281-305.

Nah. A. M. (2016). Networks and norm entrepreneurship amongst local civil society actors: advancing refugee protection in the Asia Pacific region. The International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 20(2), pp. 223-240.

Linton, S. (2008). ASEAN States, Their Reservations to Human Rights Treaties and the Proposed ASEAN Commission on Women and Children. Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 30(2), pp. 436-493.

Swimelar, S. (2008). The Making of Minority Rights Norms in the Context of EU Enlargement: The Czech Republic and the Roma. The International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 12(4), pp. 505–527.