Course Details
Country:
Korea, South
Institution:
Yonsei University International Summer School
Course Title:
The UN, International Civil Society, and North Korean Human Rights
Course Number:
IEE2093
Course Description:
The course will address the history, current state, and future of North Korea, essential to understanding its human rights and human security situation. The students will learn skills and techniques essential to being successful as an entry level professional in human rights, development, or humanitarian issues. The course will help students comprehend the vast oppressive apparatus employed to execute North Korea’s policy of human rights denial and to maintain the status quo. Students will learn about the applicable international legal framework, and the available remedies embedded in relevant provisions. Students will become familiar with the methodology employed by human rights organizations dealing with North Korea, including the execution, processing, and analysis of interviews with North Korean defectors and other witnesses, and their corroboration with satellite imagery and other available relevant data. The students will acquire a firm understanding of the structure and functions of both the UN system and international
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 444
Attachment Files:
62.24_IEE209301_6w_THE_UN_SCARLATOIU_P1.pdf
