Courses

    This seminar will explore numerous issues concerning women's human rights throughout the world (examples may include child marriage, HIV/AIDS, triafficking, domestic violence, property and inheritance rights, etc.). Important human rights instruments and mechanisms will be examined, such as treaties (including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Woment - CEDAW), treaty monitoring bodies (including the CEDAW Committee), United Nations agencies (including the Commission on the Status of Women - CSW, the United Nations Development Fund for Women - UNIFEM, and the United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA), as well as the influence of civil society and non-governmental organizations on the evolution of women's human rights. Guest lecturers with practical expertise in advancing women's human rights will be invited to join us throughout the semester. Each student will write a paper addressing a significant international women's human rights issue from a legal perspective, exploring state responsibility under the government's international human rights obligations, as well as domestic and international responses to the problem.