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Violence, Human Rights, and Justice

A woman in front of a crowd of kids is point to something while sitting down with her wrapped broken wrist.

IDP with a broken wrist at Ardamata Camp Sudan. (Image courtesy of USAID.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

21A.225J / SP.621J / WGS.621J

As Taught In

Fall 2004

Level

Undergraduate

Course Features

Course Description

This course examines the contemporary problem of political violence and the way that human rights have been conceived as a means to protect and promote freedom, peace and justice for citizens against the abuses of the state.

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Erica James. 21A.225J Violence, Human Rights, and Justice, Fall 2004. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), https://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA


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