This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
Missing persons pictures, posted on windows and buildings (Iraq). (Image courtesy of USAID.)
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
11.164 / 11.497 / 17.391
Fall 2010
Undergraduate / Graduate
This course provides a rigorous and critical introduction to the foundation, structure and operation of the international human rights movement. It includes leading theoretical and institutional issues and the functioning of the international human rights mechanisms including non-governmental and inter-governmental ones. It covers cutting-edge human rights issues including gender and race discrimination, religion and state, national security and terrorism, globalization and human rights, and technology and human rights.
OCW has published multiple versions of this subject.
Archived versions:
Balakrishnan Rajagopal. 11.164 Human Rights in Theory and Practice, Fall 2010. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), https://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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