FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Department of Health Management

GEET 311 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Politics of Human Rights

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GEET 311	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Berat Uygar ALTINOK
Assistant(s)	Araş. Gör. Nil DİKMENGİL

Course Objectives	This course is designed to introduce students with the development of human rights as a global phenomenon, an international legal regime transgressing state borders. Our aim is to explore certain questions pertaining to human rights: What is it that we call “human rights”? In what historical periods can we locate progress and expansion in human rights? What do human rights stand for/against? What does it mean to have human rights with a claim to universality? By giving priority to primary texts and documents on human rights, we will try to understand this historical, legal, and political concept both in theory and practice.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; to be able to explain political history of human rights to be able to evaluate changes in human rights during the globalization process to be able to explain use of child labor within the context of human rights violations to be able to analyze climate change within the context of human rights violations to be able to explain economic, social and political aspects of human rights in Turkey
Course Description	Our course will proceed on the basis of three parts. In the first part, we will have a general introduction to the course, and will read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 adopted by the United Nations. In this part, we will also spend time on a broad yet somewhat nuanced enough trajectory of human rights. In so doing, we will try to diagnose and shed light upon certain keystones, radical shifts, and arguably progressive moments in historical development of conceptual, political and legal articulations of human rights. In the second part, we will focus on the early 20th century developments on human rights; such as the two world wars, the Nuremberg Trials, and the international recognition of “crimes against humanity” and genocide. We will spare our last few weeks on the decolonization period onwards. In this part we will discuss issues such as right to self-determination, child labor, migrant workers, and rights of persons with disabilities.

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction to the course: Presentation and an overview of the course, course organization, requirements and methods of evaluation
2	Defining the Concept of Human Rights	Carey, et. Al. (Cambridge University Press, 2010): “The Politics of Human Rights”, pp.7-39
3	Historical Development and Philosophical Justifications of Human Rights	Andrew Clapham (Oxford University Press, 2007): “Human Rights – a Very Short Introduction”, pp.23-56
4	Human Rights and Political Theory	Hannah Arendt – The Perplexities of the Rights of Men in Origins of Totalitarianism
5	Genocide and Crimes against Humanity	UN Charter, Nuremberg Trials, Convention on Genocide (1948) Andrew Clapham, “Persecution of International Crimes,” in Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction, (NY: Oxford University Press), pp. 33-42.
6	Rights of refugees, migrants, prisoners of war and prevention of torture	UN Convention Relating to Status of Refugees (1951) Sabine C. Carey et al. “The Politics of Human Rights”, pp. 73-86.
7	Midterm I
8	Human Rights and Political Theory	Jaques Ranciere – “Who is the Subject of Rights of Men?”
9	Human Rights and Political Theory	Martha Nussbaum – “Capabilities and Human Rights
10	Cultural Rights as Human Rights	Henriette Dahan Kalev, 2004, “Cultural Rights or Human Rights: The Case of Female Genital Mutilation” Sex Roles, Vol. 51, No. 5/6.
11	Human rights in Turkey	Zehra Kabasakal Arat, “Collisions and Crossroads: Introducing Human Rights in Turkey”.
12	Midterm - II
13	Human Rights and Political Theory	Bruce Ackerman – “We the People” Introduction
14	Human Rights and Political Theory	Claude Lefort – The Political Forms of Modern Society, Chapter 7: Politics and Human Rights
15	Review of the Semester
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	20
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	2	50
Final Exam	1	30
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	3	60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class			0
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	2	20	40
Final Exam	1	30	30
		Total	118

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

Program Competencies/Outcomes

* Contribution Level

To be able to acquire and use theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of health management.

To be able to create and use new information by integrating information in the field of health management with information from different disciplines

To be able to solve the problems that require expertise by using scientific research methods.

To be able to solve a problem in the field of health management by using appropriate problem solving techniques.

To be able to transfer the current developments in the field of health management with the data and to transfer them systematically to the groups in and out of the field in written, oral and visual form.

To be able to critically examine the norms governing corporate culture and organizational communication, to develop them and to take action to change them when necessary.

To be able to develop implementation plans in health management field and to evaluate the results within the framework of health services management quality processes.

To be able to act by considering social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of data collection, interpretation and announcement while managing health institutions.

To be able to take responsibility as an individual and a team member in the problems encountered in the related field applications while managing health institutions.

To be able to plan and manage the activities of the employees whose under their responsibility while managing health institutions.

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

To be able to collect data in the areas of “Health Management” and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language.

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

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