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The syllabus of this program is made up of 10 modules through which the student will investigate the most relevant and current aspects of Human Rights applied to different social contexts. In addition, didactic materials will be available in formats such as video, readings or interactive summaries, with the idea of being able to adapt the study to your particular educational needs.

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Module 1. Universal Protection of Human Rights

1.1. Background of Human Rights

1.1.1. Human Rights in historical perspective
1.1.2. Human rights and contemporary international society
1.1.3. The United Nations Charter and Human Rights

1.2. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

1.2.1. Historical context of the UDHR and the process of adoption of the UDHR
1.2.2. UDHR Structure and Content
1.2.3. UDHR Legal value

1.3. International bill of Human Rights

1.3.1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1.3.2. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1.3.3. The Optional Protocols to the Covenants

1.4. International protection of the principle of equality and non-discrimination

1.4.1. International Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1.4.2. Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
1.4.3. Elimination of Disability Discrimination

1.5. International protection of specific groups

1.5.1. International protection of children
1.5.2. International protection of refugees
1.5.3. International protection of minorities

1.6. International protection of the dignity and integrity of individuals and their families

1.6.1. The international prohibition against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
1.6.2. The protection of all persons from enforced disappearance
1.6.3. The protection of the rights of migrant workers and their families

1.7. International Mechanisms derived from the Human Rights bodies in the Charter

1.7.1. Human Rights Council
1.7.2. Universal Periodic Review
1.7.3. Special procedures

1.8. Interpretation of UN international human rights treaties by the Committees

1.8.1. The international human rights treaty bodies of the United Nations: competences in the field of human rights
1.8.2. Mechanisms for the protection of human rights established in the treaties and optional protocols
1.8.3. Requirements of the procedure for individual complaints to the Human Rights Committees

1.9. Other international human rights treaties of a general nature adopted at the UN

1.9.1. Object scope and number of States Parties
1.9.2. The international human rights treaty bodies of the United Nations: competences in the field of human rights
1.9.3. Mechanisms for the protection of human rights established in the treaties and optional protocols

1.10. The Role of Civil Society (CS) in the International Protection of Human Rights

1.10.1. Manifestations of civil society in contemporary international society
1.10.2. Participation of CS in official protection mechanisms
1.10.3. Other forms of control and monitoring

Module 2. International Systems of Human Rights Protection at Regional Level

2.1. Universalism versus regionalism in the international protection of human rights

2.1.1. International protection system in the European continent
2.1.2. International protection system in the American continent
2.1.3. International protection system in the African continent

2.2. International organizations for the protection of human rights on the European continent

2.2.1. The European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols
2.2.2. Other human rights conventions adopted within the framework of the Council of Europe
2.2.3. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): jurisdiction, structure and organization

2.3. International organizations for the protection of human rights in the American continent

2.3.1. Historical context of its creation
2.3.2. The normative instruments of the inter-American system
2.3.3. The rights and freedoms recognized

2.4. International organizations for the protection of human rights in the African continent

2.4.1. Historical context of its creation
2.4.2. The normative instruments of the inter-American system
2.4.3. The rights and freedoms recognized

2.5. International tribunals in the regional systems for the protection of human rights

2.5.1. The African Court of Human Rights
2.5.2. The Inter-American Court for the Protection of Human Rights
2.5.3. The European Court of Human Rights

2.6. International protection of human rights protection and international integration organizations

2.6.1. In the framework of Mercosur
2.6.2. In the Framework of the European Union
2.6.3. Other Integration Systems

2.7. Complaints procedures and value of judgments of international tribunals

2.7.1. Complaints procedures and value of ECHR judgments
2.7.2. Complaints procedures and value of judgments of the IACHR
2.7.3. Complaints procedures and value of judgments of IACHR

2.8. Initiatives and challenges for the protection of Human Rights in the East

2.8.1. Asian perspective of human rights protection
2.9.2. ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
2.9.3. Initiatives and challenges for the protection of human rights in Asia

2.9. The Protection of Human Rights in the Arab-Islamic World

2.9.1. Protection of Human Rights in the Arab-Islamic World
2.9.2. The normative instruments of the inter-American system
2.9.3. Reception of the international standard relating to the protection of human rights

2.10. The International Criminal Court and other international criminal tribunals

2.10.1. The International Criminal Court and other International Criminal Tribunals
2.10.2. Composition
2.10.3. Operation

Module 3. Right to Development, natural resources and indigenous peoples

3.1. Right to Development

3.1.1. Right to Development
3.1.2. Principle of Permanent Sovereignty of the Peoples over their Natural Resources
3.1.3. Right to Development: Fundamental Content and Elements

3.1.3.1. The UN Declaration of December 4, 1986

3.2. Right to food

3.2.1. World food security situation
3.2.2. The Right to Food: Content and development texts
3.2.3. Current challenges for the right to food

3.3. The right to water

3.3.1. Current global overview of water and water resources
3.3.2. The right to water: Content and prospects for consolidation
3.3.3. Ocean Waters: Necessity and progress in their protection

3.4. International Protection of Peasants

3.4.1. Rural poverty at the global level
3.4.2. The UN Declaration of December 18, 2018. Development perspectives
3.4.3. The creation and claiming of a right to land

3.5. Indigenous peoples in international society

3.5.1. The situation of indigenous peoples worldwide
3.5.2. The path towards the recognition of their rights. Background. ILO Convention on Indigenous Peoples 1989
3.5.3. The Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

3.6. International recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples

3.6.1. Right to territory, natural resources and sacred sites
3.6.2. Political and cultural rights: education, culture, and self-determination
3.6.3. Participation and consultation rights: Free, prior and informed consent

3.7. International systems of regional protection of indigenous peoples

3.7.1. Protection of the rights of indigenous peoples in the inter-American system for the protection of human rights
3.7.2. The American Declaration and case studies
3.7.3. Reference to the situation in other geographical areas: Africa and Europe

3.8. Statute of rural and indigenous women

3.8.1. Overview of the situation of rural women: prospects and areas for action
3.8.2. Overview of the situation of indigenous women: perspectives and areas for action
3.8.3. Case studies and proposals

3.9. Framework of the United Nations System for action for these rights

3.9.1. Mechanisms of the UN System
3.9.2. UN Special Rapporteurs: Right to food, water, indigenous peoples, etc
3.9.3. The work of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

3.10. Other frameworks for action: the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

3.10.1. The contribution of the SDGs: potential, practice, general analysis
3.10.2. SDGs 1 (end of poverty), 2 (zero hunger) and 6 (water and sanitation)
3.10.3. The work of International Development Cooperation

Module 4. Gender, identity and diversity

4.1. The principle of equality and non-discrimination in international society

4.1.1. Limits to discrimination
4.1.2. Categories of protection
4.1.3. International practice

4.2. International Protection of Women

4.2.1. Background of the International Protection of Women
4.2.2. The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of 1979
4.2.3. The work of CEDAW

4.3. Cultural Influences and the International Protection of Women

4.3.1. The protection of women in the European system for the protection of human rights
4.3.2. The protection of women in the inter-American system of human rights protection
4.3.3. The situation of women in the African system for the protection of human and peoples' rights

4.4. Gender and diversity: new spaces for international protection

4.4.1. Categories and conceptual differences
4.4.2. Conventional legal framework for protection
4.4.3. International practice

4.5. Gender identity and expression: Equality

4.5.1. Categories and conceptual differences
4.5.2. Gender Identity
4.5.3. Intersexuality

4.6. Transsexuality: recognition and international protection

4.6.1. Terms and classifications
4.6.2. International Legal Framework
4.6.3. Protection through international jurisprudence

4.7. International protection of the right to marry and form a family

4.7.1. International evolution of the regulation of the family
4.7.2. Ius connubi and the nubendi
4.7.3. International protection in regional systems

4.8. The protection of affective and family relations

4.8.1. Origins of family protection
4.8.2. International evolution of the protection of affective relationships
4.8.3. International practice

4.9. New forms of human rights violations: Conversion therapies

4.9.1. World Health Organization
4.9.2. International practice
4.9.3. International initiatives for its elimination

4.10. The Surrogacy and Human Rights

4.10.1. Assisted Reproduction Techniques
4.10.2. International regulatory systems
4.10.3. Abolitionist trends

Module 5. Migratory flows and Human Rights

5.1. Migratory flows at the international level

5.1.1. The international organization of migration
5.1.2. International trends
5.1.3. Interaction of migratory flows with other global challenges

5.2. The right to seek and receive asylum

5.2.1. Historical origins
5.2.2. Emergence and evolution of diplomatic asylum
5.2.3. Crystallization of asylum as a human right in international instruments

5.3. The international application of asylum in the world

5.3.1. The right to seek asylum and its application on the European continent
5.3.2. The right to seek asylum and its application on the American continent
5.3.3. The right to seek asylum and its application on the African continent

5.4. Refugee status as a universal protection regime

5.4.1. International categories of protection
5.4.2. New challenges: LGTBIQ+ community protection
5.4.3. New challenges: climate change and displacement due to disasters

5.5. International migration and asylum policies

5.5.1. Origins
5.5.2. Migration crises and political impulses
5.5.3. Competences in international integration organizations

5.6. Integration processes: Freedom of movement and borders

5.6.1. Freedom of movement
5.6.2. The Schengen area
5.6.3. Re-establishment of internal borders in the framework of the Schengen area

5.7. Agencies and border control

5.7.1. European border control agencies
5.7.2. European agencies guaranteeing the protection of FFDD
5.7.3. Cooperation between European and national agencies

5.8. External dimension of external border control

5.8.1. European Union and neighboring countries
5.8.2. European Union and third countries
5.8.3. European Union and Latin America

5.9. Border control and human rights

5.9.1. European Union and European human rights protection system
5.9.2. Responsibility of European agencies
5.9.3. International jurisprudence and relationship between international courts

5.10. Combating the smuggling of migrants in international society

5.10.1. International situation of organized crime
5.10.2. International instruments
5.10.3. Regional instruments

Module 6. Combating the death penalty: new instruments of international law

6.1. Developments in the regulation of the death penalty

6.1.1. Terminological and conceptual aspects
6.1.2. The death penalty in the Middle Ages
6.1.3. The death penalty in the modern age

6.2. The process of the disappearance of the death penalty

6.2.1. The moratorium in the United Kingdom
6.2.2. The political impetus. France
6.2.3. Role of the European Union

6.3. Progress of the UN

6.3.1. Reports of Rapporteurs and Experts
6.3.2. Conventional instruments
6.3.3. Universal Periodic Review

6.4. Instruments of international cooperation in the fight against capital punishment

6.4.1. Commercial instruments
6.4.2. Refusal of extradition for capital offenses
6.4.3. Refusal of anti-terrorist cooperation with retentionist countries

6.5. Effects of International Jurisdiction on the abolitionist process

6.5.1. European Court of Human Rights
6.5.2. International Court of Justice
6.5.3. Inter-American Court

6.6. The role of regional organizations in the fight against capital punishment

6.6.1. Council of Europe- European Convention on Human Rights and Optional Protocols
6.6.2. OAS - Pact of San José
6.6.3. African Union - African Charter on Human Rights

6.7. Global prohibition of torture as a model for the disappearance of the death penalty

6.7.1. Torture as an affront to human dignity
6.7.2. Death row as a form of torture
6.7.3. Technology in the service of capital punishment. A refinement of torture

6.8. Diplomacy and international politics in the fight against the death penalty

6.8.1. The club of retentionist countries
6.8.2. The figure of diplomatic assurances and its effects
6.8.3. The abolitionist action of the External Action Service

6.9. The action of new actors

6.9.1. The International Commission against the Death Penalty
6.9.2. REPECAP- Academicsforabolition
6.9.3. Ensemble contre la peine de mort

6.10. Future Perspectives. End of cruelty

6.10.1. The multidisciplinary approach
6.10.2. The interparliamentary debate
6.10.3. Other Strategies

Module 7. Protecting Human Rights in Cyberspace

7.1. Digital Law

7.1.1. Cyberspace and Human Rights
7.1.2. Actors and Stakeholders in Cyberspace
7.1.3. Current challenges of International Digital Law

7.2. The GDPR: Data Protection Pillar

7.2.1. Origins, objectives and principles of the GDPR on the European continent
7.2.2. Rights of data subjects and obligations of data controllers
7.2.3. International transfers of data under the GDPR

7.3. Related Regulations

7.3.1. ePrivacy Directive and its relation to the GDPR
7.3.2. Adequacy decision and other transfer mechanisms
7.3.3. Future of data protection: proposals and discussions

7.4. Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace

7.4.1. Legal framework for protection and guiding principles
7.4.2. Disinformation and fake news
7.4.3. Control and moderation of content on digital platforms

7.5. EU-US Data Protection Agreements

7.5.1. Safe Harbor and its invalidation
7.5.2. The Privacy Shield and its evolution
7.5.3. The latest transatlantic data transfer agreements

7.6. Digital Access and Right to Information

7.6.1. Digital Gap and Human Rights
7.6.2. Right to Internet access and the right to digital information
7.6.3. Digital inclusion and future challenges

7.7. Internet Governance and Human Rights

7.7.1. Agencies and organizations
7.7.2. Network neutrality
7.7.3. Internet governance. Future

7.8. Online Discrimination and Violence

7.8.1. Legal framework against online discrimination and harassment
7.8.2. Emblematic cases and judicial responses
7.8.3. Role of platforms in prevention and response

7.9. Metaverse and Virtual Worlds: New Frontier of Digital Law

7.9.1. Conceptual approach to the Metaverse
7.9.2. Human Rights in virtual worlds
7.9.3. Legal and ethical challenges of the Metaverse

7.10. International Digital Law. Conclusions and Future Perspectives

7.10.1. Challenges and opportunities of Digital International Law
7.10.2. Impact of future technological developments on Human Rights
7.10.3. Ethical and legal implications of digital evolution

Module 8. Citizenship and security in the digital age

8.1. Citizenship in the International Society

8.1.1. Evolution of the concept of citizenship
8.1.2. Citizen's Rights and Responsibilities
8.1.3. Processes of international integration and citizenship

8.2. Digital citizenship

8.2.1. Digital citizenship
8.2.2. Digital rights and their defense at a global level
8.2.3. Protection of vulnerable groups in the digital world

8.3. Threats in cyberspace

8.3.1. Human Rights Implications: Privacy and Data Protection
8.3.2. Transnational cybercrime and international jurisdiction
8.3.3. Detection and prevention of cyber-attacks

8.4. State Cybersecurity and Defense

8.4.1. Cyberdefense and cyberattack strategies between nations
8.4.2. International agreements and treaties on cybersecurity
8.4.3. Cyberspace in today's geopolitics: state and non-state actors

8.5. Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in international relations

8.5.1. Intelligence in International Relations and the integration of 0AI
8.5.2. Post-9/11 changes in intelligence services and adaptation to the digital era
8.5.3. Challenges for the intelligence community: Civil rights and states of emergency

8.6. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the field of human rights

8.6.1. Human Rights and Risk of Discrimination in Automated Controls
8.6.2. International regulations and Ethics in the use of AI
8.6.3. Use of AI for border monitoring and security

8.7. Armed conflicts in the digital era

8.7.1. The emerging role of AI in war strategies and military tactics
8.7.2. Ethical and legal considerations of autonomy in lethal weapons
8.7.3. International regulation of AI-based combat technology

8.8. International Conflict Resolution through Artificial Intelligence (AI)

8.8.1. Use of AI in mediation and monitoring of peace agreements
8.8.2. AI in post-conflict contexts
8.8.3. Practical example: success and failure of AI in negotiation scenarios

8.9. International Cooperation and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

8.9.1. AI in Diplomacy and Multilateral Cooperation
8.9.2. Global Agreements on the Development and Use of AI
8.9.3. Creation and promulgation of international norms in cyberspace

8.10. Global Connectivity, Decentralization and Digital Autonomy

8.10.1. Internet of Things (IoT), Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR): opportunities and risks
8.10.2. Human Rights in the era of immersive technologies
8.10.3. International regulation and public policies in the face of new technologies

Module 9. Business and Human Rights

9.1. Transnational Corporations in International Society

9.1.1. Relationship between Business and Human Rights
9.1.2. Businesses as non-State actors in the human rights framework
9.1.3. Corporate social responsibility vs. business and human rights

9.2. International Instruments on business and human rights

9.2.1. The UN Global Compact
9.2.2. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
9.2.3. UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

9.3. The Pillar of the Guiding Principles: the State's obligation to protect

9.3.1. Obligations of the State and prevention of abuses by corporations
9.3.2. State-owned companies and public procurement
9.3.3. Coherence between public policies

9.4. Pillar II of the Guiding Principles: the corporate responsibility to respect

9.4.1. Corporate policies and transparency measures
9.4.2. Respect and prevention by business through due diligence
9.4.3. Internal remediation mechanisms

9.5. Pillar III of the Guiding Principles: the duty to remediate

9.5.1. Effective remediation
9.5.2. Judicial remediation mechanisms
9.5.3. Extrajudicial remediation mechanisms

9.6. Human Rights Due Diligence

9.6.1. Due diligence
9.6.2. The role of interested parties
9.6.3. Implementing due diligence in practice

9.7. International initiatives for international regulation of human rights due diligence

9.7.1. Regulatory developments on mandatory due diligence in Europe
9.7.2. The draft European Directive on corporate due diligence in sustainability matters
9.7.3. Other sectoral initiatives

9.8. Process towards a binding treaty on business and human rights

9.8.1. Context of the treaty in the work of the UN
9.8.2. Early drafts of the treaty
9.8.3. Relationship of the treaty to other instruments

9.9. Business, human rights and human rights defenders

9.9.1. Business activity and human rights defenders
9.9.2. The problem of SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation)
9.9.3. The necessary participation of interested parties

9.10. Companies in situations of armed conflict

9.10.1. Enhanced due diligence in situations of armed conflict and high risk
9.10.2. International crimes and corporate complicity
9.10.3. The concept of responsible exit

Module 10. Armed Conflict and Human Rights

10.1. International Humanitarian Law

10.1.1. War Humanitarian Law (ius in bello)
10.1.2. International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
10.1.3. Jus contra bellum

10.2. Basic rules and principles of International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

10.2.1. Principle of humanity
10.2.2. Principle of distinction
10.2.3. Principle of limitation

10.3. Protection of victims through the regulation of the conduct of hostilities

10.3.1. International Armed Conflicts
10.3.2. Non-International Armed Conflicts
10.3.3. The Evolution of the conflicts classes

10.4. Protection of the various categories of victims through their identification

10.4.1. Wounded and sick
10.4.2. Castaways
10.4.3. Prisoners of war and civilian population

10.5. Protection of particularly vulnerable victims and property

10.5.1. Women and children
10.5.2. Refugees, displaced persons and journalists
10.5.3. Cultural property and environment

10.6. The IHL effectiveness system

10.6.1. International Instruments
10.6.2. Analysis of the reception of international instruments
10.6.3. Practice

10.7. War crimes and international criminal responsibility of the individual

10.7.1. Origins
10.7.2. Evolution of its regulation
10.7.3. International tribunals that sanction with jurisdiction to try war crimes

10.8. Limitations on the use of certain weapons in hostilities

10.8.1. The St. Petersburg Declaration of 1868
10.8.2. Hague regulations and customs
10.8.3. The Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I

10.9. Environment and IHL

10.9.1. The General Principle of Environmental Protection
10.9.2. Environmental Law and its application
10.9.3. Other international conventions

10.10. International Red Cross Movement

10.10.1. Red Cross and Red Crescent
10.10.2. Principles of the Red Cross Movement
10.10.3. International Committee of the Red Cross

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