Overview

This topic is concerned with marginalised populations, sometimes called minorities, the disempowered, subordinates, vulnerable people etc. The language used to describe people who lack voice or power within a certain system or society is in fact one of the issues we will look at in this topic (because a label … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to teach students to:

  • Be aware of the power of language
  • Understand marginalisation within the context of international law
  • Examine the law that applies to marginalised populations generally and selected groups in particular
  • Appreciate how the law can be used as a tool for empowerment, but also...
  • Consider in what ways the law itself might disempower populations
  • Assess how international law can include (certain) and give voice to marginalised populations
  • Think critically about how international law can improve the situation of (identified) marginalised populations

This topic further aims to:

  • Encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning
  • Provide students with the opportunity to develop their opinions
  • Develop students' awareness of the different types of arguments (legal, moral, practical) that inform debates on marginalised populations
  • Cultivate students' analytical skills
  • Offer the opportunity to research a topic in-depth
  • Support students in successful cooperation with peers

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Have a broad understanding of the concept of marginalisation
2.
Show awareness of the ways in which international law has sought to tackle marginalisation
3.
Identify the rights, rules and principles that apply to the identified populations: indigenous peoples, persons with a disability, children and religious minorities
4.
Understand that international law offers tools to marginalised populations, but that neither their design, nor their workings are always perfect
5.
Appreciate the ways in which international law can empower and disempower marginalised populations
6.
Debate how international law can improve the situation of (identified) marginalised populations

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