Students will develop critical thinking skills by reasoning about human rights. There are a range of aspects of Human Rights that benefit from critical analysis. Examples include asking what we mean when we talk about Human Rights, or asking whether the concept of Human Rights makes sense. When examining particular claimed Human Rights, how are they talked about, breached, enforced, theorized? (Examples include: the right not to be enslaved, the right not to be tortured, LGBT rights, animal rights and climate rights).

This paper is taught partly online and partly face-to-face. There are no lectures: lecture material will be delivered online through Moodle, in the form of online lessons with readings embedded in them.

Face-to-face, zoom, and asynchronous options are available for tutorials. Each student is expected to sign up (through Moodle) to a tutorial group by the end of Week 1, and to participate in weekly tutorials from Week 2. In tutorials, students will work in groups to complete worksheets (or online equivalent), with tutors available to help. We have found that working through carefully-designed tutorial worksheets is an excellent way of developing and practicing critical thinking skills.