Announcement for an online course on NUTRITION RIGHTS NUTRITION RIGHTS Political Science 675c, Fall 2003 Professor George Kent Cell: 1 (808) 389-9422 Email: kent@hawaii.edu PURPOSE The purpose of this course, Political Science 675c Topics in Public Policy: Nutrition Rights, is to study the working of human rights systems through close examination of the human right to adequate food. Over the last half-century, human rights advocates have emphasized civil and political rights, but work on economic and social rights is now progressing rapidly. The human right to adequate food, in particular, has been clarified under initiatives led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Many agencies at both national and global levels are recognizing the right and working to assure its realization. This course examines the meaning and the application of the human right to adequate food. Participants should gain an understanding of recent developments relating to the human right to adequate food, and also develop skill in applying the human rights approach in specific contexts. Goals include Learning about . . . * the nature of rights systems generally; * the content and character of the international human rights system, in the framework of international law; * the historical foundations of the human right to adequate food; * the meaning of the human right to adequate food as it has been clarified since the World Food Summit of 1996; * the application of the human right to adequate food in various contexts, e.g., in specific countries, and in relation to refugees, infants, drinking water, prisons, etc. and, with these foundations, building skills in . . . * analyzing concrete situations to identify violations of the human right to adequate food; * formulating proposals for policy and legislation that would operationalize the realization of the human right to adequate food in specific contexts. PEDAGOGY This is an on-line course, using the Yahoo! Groups software. After the instructor receives your email address and tells the computer that you are to be admitted, you will be able to access the web site (or "home page") for the course. Participants in this course will need to check the website and/or their email every few days. The core text for the course is The Human Right to Adequate Food, prepared by the instructor. It may be accessed on the Worldwide Web through http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ekent/00HRAF2003ENTRYWAY.doc Participants in this course are advised to download all the files, and then print out this text, section by section. It can then be assembled in an appropriate binder. This course begins on Monday, August 25, 2003 and ends on December 15, 2003. REGISTRATION Full-time students at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa may register through Pa'e, following their usual registration procedures. Individuals who are not registered as full-time students at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa can register for this course through the university's Outreach College, through its website at http://www.aln.hawaii.edu The tuition and registration fee for students who register through Outreach College add up to $537 for both Hawai'i residents and non-residents. Additional information about this course may be obtained from Professor Kent at kent@hawaii.edu ----------------------------- The full syllabus will be made available at http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent/pols675c%20Fall%202003%20Syllabus.doc when it is ready. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ George Kent Professor Department of Political Science University of Hawai'i Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822 U.S.A. Cell: 1 (808) 389-9422 Fax: 1 (808) 956-6877 Email: kent@hawaii.edu Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education@hrea.org>. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education/markup/maillist.php If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-hr-education@hrea.org>. **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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