Factors of Human Rights Violations
Last week, you were introduced to the concepts of human rights, rule of law, and international justice. You also selected a topic for your Capstone Project that relates to one of these concepts and to your concentration. The information from last week was meant to help you begin to conceptualize human rights, rule of law, and international justice. This week, you will focus on human rights violations. Specifically, you will look at factors and consequences of human rights violations. For your Capstone Project you will begin to gather scholarly resources and compose a reference list.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this week, you should be able to:
Explain factors and consequences of human rights violations
Sample Solution
International human rights have traditionally been the domain of attorneys and political activists, but they are now a fast expanding field that includes anthropology, economics, law, political science, public health, public policy, and sociology, among other disciplines and professions. Human rights research on what causes breaches and compliance is a relatively new phenomenon. It’s a vibrant, developing, and contentious field of study, thanks in large part to the subject’s intricacy. Human rights violations are caused by a variety of factors rather than a single cause or collection of factors. They can also be quite context-specific.
