PO 498W
Collectivity & Intl Protection
What groups need international legal protection? Which ones in theory and practice receive which protections and what are the domestic and international implications of advancing and/or using international mechanisms to protect these groups? In this course, we will examine the differences in the international legal protections applied to different groups and the Canadian policy and legal responses domestically and internationally.
The course will be organized around the international legal protection of three groups: indigenous peoples, national minority groups, and migrants/refugees. The first unit lays the ground for understanding how nationalism and international protection of minority groups are related, and the history and the different definitions of minority groups. Each of the subsequent units will familiarize students with the different theoretical and legal definitions of the group in focus, the international legal protection afforded to and withheld from the group, the Canadian domestic and international policy and legal responses, and we will critically analyze and compare these responses.
What groups need international legal protection? Which ones in theory and practice receive which protections and what are the domestic and international implications of advancing and/or using international mechanisms to protect these groups? In this course, we will examine the differences in the international legal protections applied to different groups and the Canadian policy and legal responses domestically and internationally.
The course will be organized around the international legal protection of three groups: indigenous peoples, national minority groups, and migrants/refugees. The first unit lays the ground for understanding how nationalism and international protection of minority groups are related, and the history and the different definitions of minority groups. Each of the subsequent units will familiarize students with the different theoretical and legal definitions of the group in focus, the international legal protection afforded to and withheld from the group, the Canadian domestic and international policy and legal responses, and we will critically analyze and compare these responses.
What groups need international legal protection? Which ones in theory and practice receive which protections and what are the domestic and international implications of advancing and/or using international mechanisms to protect these groups? In this course, we will examine the differences in the international legal protections applied to different groups and the Canadian policy and legal responses domestically and internationally.
The course will be organized around the international legal protection of three groups: indigenous peoples, national minority groups, and migrants/refugees. The first unit lays the ground for understanding how nationalism and international protection of minority groups are related, and the history and the different definitions of minority groups. Each of the subsequent units will familiarize students with the different theoretical and legal definitions of the group in focus, the international legal protection afforded to and withheld from the group, the Canadian domestic and international policy and legal responses, and we will critically analyze and compare these responses.
