Course code

KOI7058.FK

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Kultuuriline mitmekesisus ja inimõigused

Course title in English

Cultural Diversity and Human Rights

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The interaction between interculturality and the legal system, more specifically human rights.

Brief description of the course

The course is divided into two parts: a general part on human rights, emphasizing implementation of human rights and control mechanisms and a special part devoted to a more detailed presentation of two specific human rights with a strong intercultural component: Freedom of language and freedom of religion.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands how human rights are conceived and implemented at both national and international levels;
- understands how human rights promote diversity;
- understands where are the limits to diversity.

Teacher

Bertil Cottier