1. LSJ/SIS 322: HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA COURSE WORKSPACE
Summer 2010
Alejandro Cerón

2. Class outline Human rights in Latin America – Readings
Latin American History
Website project
Next class

3. International Bill of Human Rights
United Nations
International Bill of Human Rights
(Informal name)
Universal Declaraction of Human Rights
(adopted in 1948)
UN General Assembly resolution
Principles and standards
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(1966)
International Treaty
Defines rights and their limitations
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

4. ICESCR ICCPR 31 articles 53 articles
Principle of progressive realization
Labor rights,
social security,
family life,
adequate standard of living,
health,
education,
participation in cultural life.
53 articles
Legal remedy
Physical integrity,
liberty and security of the person,
procedural fairness in law,
individual liberty,
political participation,
non-discrimination,
equality before the law

5. Small groups
Summarize and prepare to report back to the larger group (30’ prepare ’ present):
(Based on AI’s and HRW’s country reports.)
Summary of human rights situation in your assigned country
What do you find striking?
What else would you like to know…
…for understanding better the HR’s situation?
…for understanding the reasons behind the HR’s situation?

6. 9 GROUPS 1 Argentina Drew Ava Anna 2 Bolivia Danielle Semir Se Jung 3
Country
Student 1
Student 2
Student 3 1
Argentina
Drew
Ava
Anna 2
Bolivia
Danielle
Semir
Se Jung 3
Brazil
Aman
Hannah
Rebecca 4
Chile
Carlos
Becca West 5
Colombia
Amanda
Adam
Matt 6
Cuba
Brian
Erin
Farrah 7
Guatemala
Oliver
Letizia 8
Mexico
Jessica
Elizabeth
Sergio 9
Peru
Milagros
Christina

7. WEBSITE PROJECT 4 blog entries per student: Weeks 3, 5, 6, and 8.
Each time:
Images/stories/examples from everyday stuff
Text accompanying each image (1 single-spaced page)
Source of image
Description/analysis/explanation relating image to readings
Where: blog created by each group (example)
What:
Present the situation of a specific human right or a group of human rights in the assigned country
Show an image that illustrates, exemplifies or expands the text
You can add links to websites or videos or other resources
Use class readings in combination with one of the following:
Newspapers, or textbooks on Latin America, or Website, or Human rights reports, or Testimonial literature, or Film, or Songs!
Evaluation: ability to relate the concepts and ideas from readings to examples outside classroom

8. 9 GROUPS = 9 BLOGS 1 Argentina Drew Ava Anna 2 Bolivia Danielle Semir
Country
Student 1
Student 2
Student 3 1
Argentina
Drew
Ava
Anna 2
Bolivia
Danielle
Semir
Se Jung 3
Brazil
Aman
Hannah
Rebecca 4
Chile
Carlos
Becca West 5
Colombia
Amanda
Adam
Matt 6
Cuba
Brian
Erin
Farrah 7
Guatemala
Oliver
Letizia 8
Mexico
Jessica
Elizabeth
Sergio 9
Peru
Milagros
Christina

9. Next class
Historical trends of human rights violations in your assigned country
HRW
Don’t read all, choose 3 or 4 from each decade to get a sense of the trends
To think:
Why are human rights violated?