CCJ 4938-0004 International Human Rights Law & State Crime
Terry Coonan
MWF 9:20-10:10 WMS 123

This course addresses a dilemma that is centuries-old: what can be done when a nation state or society perpetrates or allows crimes against its own citizens? The course will survey the framework of international human rights law that has evolved since 1945 in response to systematic state crimes such as torture, genocide, and forced disappearances, as well as human rights violations such as lynchings, female genital cutting, and human trafficking (that can occur when state is corrupt or turns a blind eye). Each of the books and the course itself surveys the human rights movement from the all-important perspective of human rights victims.