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140387 VO+UE VM1 / VM8 - Human rights mainstreaming and evaluation in development (2015W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Schwerpunktthema: KOL

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 13.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 2 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-06
  • Tuesday 20.10. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
  • Tuesday 27.10. 17:30 - 19:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
  • Tuesday 03.11. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
  • Tuesday 10.11. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
  • Tuesday 17.11. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
  • Tuesday 24.11. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
  • Tuesday 01.12. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
  • Tuesday 15.12. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
  • Tuesday 12.01. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
  • Tuesday 19.01. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
  • Tuesday 26.01. 17:30 - 19:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course will focus on three aspects
1. Concepts of human rights (HR) mainstreaming in international development organizations
2. Methods of evaluation done by independent consultants and by development agencies
3. Tools required to implement HR mainstreaming and conduct evaluations

Assessment and permitted materials

Reading of literature, home work, group work on mock evaluation projects (including documentation of the work process), participation in discussions.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objective of this course is to impart practical and theoretical knowledge on human rights mainstreaming and evaluation. Students will gain in-depth knowledge on both the scientific discourses on human rights work in development organizations and get an understanding of the processes and mechanisms that are at the core of HR mainstreaming. Additionally, they will be enabled to analyze the limitations of the respective approaches and tools and acquire the ability to develop alternative models and instruments.

Students will acquire knowledge on HR mainstreaming in three steps:
1. Human rights mainstreaming is the new ‘mantra’ in development cooperation. A variety of approaches and theories within human rights discourse has an impact on the interpretation of human rights mainstreaming and will be discussed as the foundation for understanding the instruments and tools.

2. Three concrete tools will be analysed in detail: Results-Based Management, Human Rights Based Approach and Human Rights Risk Assessment. The analysis will provide the practical knowledge of HR mainstreaming in development agencies or funding agencies. Based on the critical discussion of existing tools, students will be guided to develop ideas on new, alternative tools.

3. The qualitative method of gathering empirical evidence for HR mainstreaming will be further discussed as the basis for HR work in international organizations. The special requirements of human rights work will provide the background for understanding the use of concrete empirical methods such as focused group discussions with target groups, expert interviews with senior management and/or in-depth interviews with other staff and stakeholders.

Examination topics

This course will follow a discussion mode with a focus on texts on human rights mainstreaming and evaluating development projects, including scientific literature and policy. Mock evaluation projects will be provided for the practical use of the theoretical knowledge acquired.

Reading list

Sunder, Madhavi. 'Cultural dissent.' Stan. L. Rev. 54 (2001): 495.

Hathaway, Oona A. 'Do human rights treaties make a difference?.' Yale Law Journal (2002): 1935-2042.

Sharp, Joanne, John Briggs, Hoda Yacoub, and Nabila Hamed. 'Doing gender and development: understanding empowerment and local gender relations.' Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 28, no. 3 (2003): 281-295.

Howard, Rhoda. 'Evaluating human rights in Africa: Some problems of implicit comparisons.' Human Rights Quarterly (1984): 160-179.

Kabasakal Arat, Zehra F. 'Forging a global culture of human rights: Origins and prospects of the international bill of rights.' Human Rights Quarterly 28, no. 2 (2006): 416-437.

Gupta, Akhil, Aradhana Sharma, Arun Agrawal, Veronique Benei, John Clarke, John EcheverriGent, John Gledhill et al. 'Globalization and postcolonial states.' Current anthropology 47, no. 2 (2006): 277-307.

Wiles, Ellen. 'Headscarves, human rights, and harmonious multicultural society: Implications of the French ban for interpretations of equality.' Law & Society Review 41, no. 3 (2007): 699-736.

Donnelly, Jack. 'Human rights: a new standard of civilization?.' International Affairs 74, no. 1 (1998): 1-23.

Muchlinski, Peter T. 'Human rights and multinationals: is there a problem?.' International Affairs 77, no. 1 (2001): 31-48.

Murray, Rachel. 'International Human Rights: Neglect of Perspective from African Institutions.' Int'l & Comp. LQ 55 (2006): 193.

Sanders, James R. 'Mainstreaming evaluation.' New Directions for Evaluation2003, no. 99 (2003): 3-6.

Simon, David. 'Separated by common ground? Bringing (post) development and (post) colonialism together.' The Geographical Journal 172, no. 1 (2006): 10-21.

Dubow, Saul. 'Smuts, the United Nations and the Rhetoric of Race and Rights.' Journal of Contemporary History 43, no. 1 (2008): 45-74.

Mutua, Makau. 'Standard setting in human rights: critique and prognosis.' Human Rights Quarterly 29, no. 3 (2007): 547-630.

Milner, Neal. 'The denigration of rights and the persistence of rights talk: A cultural portrait.' Law & Social Inquiry 14, no. 4 (1989): 631-675.

Darrow, Mac, and Louise Arbour. 'The pillar of glass: human rights in the development operations of the United Nations.' American journal of international law (2009): 446-501.

Mégret, Frédéric, and Florian Hoffman. 'UN as a Human Rights Violator-Some Reflections on the United Nations Changing Human Rights Responsibilities, The.' Hum. Rts. Q. 25 (2003): 314.

Forsythe, David P. 'The United Nations, human rights, and development.' Human Rights Quarterly 19, no. 2 (1997): 334-349.

Terretta, Meredith. ' ' We Had Been Fooled into Thinking that the UN Watches over the Entire World': Human Rights, UN Trust Territories, and Africa's Decolonization.' Human Rights Quarterly 34, no. 2 (2012): 329-360.

Oloka-Onyango, Joseph. 'Who's Watching' Big Brother'? Globalization and the Protection of Cultural Rights in Present Day Africa.' Human Rights Quarterly27, no. 4 (2005): 1245-1273.

Sarfaty, Galit A. 'Why Culture Matters in International Institutions: The Marginality of Human Rights at the World Bank.' American Journal of International Law (2009): 647-683.

This is not an exhaustive list. There will be more texts which will be circulated.

Association in the course directory

VM1, VM8

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