Professors Gay McDougall & Elisabeth Wickeri
This course will introduce the human rights issues facing groups particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses such as women and children, the LGBT community and persons with disabilities. Readings will examine the various international human rights treaties addressing these concerns and describe the international legal framework’s increasingly cross-referential approach to monitoring such abuses. In addition, the course will explore the intersecting human rights abuses unique to individuals with multiple identities within these groups.