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Theme 1: Conceptions of human rights, conceptions of development and historical debates about the two concepts
9-15 June, 2014
Learning objective(s):
Understand the relation between human rights and legal rights and in that context, analyse the concept of development as a human right; analyse the modern understanding of development as a concept that goes beyond mere economic growth; scrutinize the UN Declaration on the Right to Development.
Required Readings:
- James Nickel, Making Sense of Human Rights (Blackwell Publishing, 2007), pp. 22-51.
- Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom (Anchor Books, 1999), pp. 13-53.
- UN Declaration on the Right to Development, 1986.
Optional Readings:
- Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, paragraphs 8 to 14 only.
- Thomas Pogge, World Poverty and Human Rights (Polity Press, 2002), pp. 60-70.
- Amartya Sen, “Elements of a Theory of Human Rights”, Philosopy and Public Affairs Vol. 32 (2004) Issue 4, pp. 315-356.
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