Human Rights and Alternative Dispute Resolution (30 July – 9 September, 2014)

As we begin this course, it is very important that we spend some time getting to know each other. Please take some time to record a short video introducing yourself. Please post it then on YouTube (unlisted setting) and then sharing the link on this forum for your classmates to see. We know ...

What are your goals for this class? Would you say you identify more as a human rights practitioner, conflict resolution practitioner, or neither? Why?

For this assignment you are asked to work with a colleague via Skype, or other video-conferencing website. Discuss the following questions with your assigned colleague. After you discuss with them write a brief summary of your discussion in this forum.

NOTE: If your assigned partners are not ...

Please answer the following questions:

What are the synergies that you experience between human rights activists and ADR practitioners in your work? If you haven't experience any synergies between HR and ADR yet, what synergies could be created? How?

Assess how realistic are some of the ...

Please answer the following questions by adding a new discussion topic (click on the button below):

Should human rights be dealt in public via courts in order to promote structural changes, or should they be dealt with in private (behind closed doors) via ADR techniques in order to better answer...

Please answer the following questions: Do you agree with child labor? Why yes/no? Under what circumstances would you agree with child labor? Should children under the age of 18 be allowed to help their families financially by being employed outside of school? What should be more important...